Duggan Dugan Dougan family Newsletter Nr 11 -HARD DISK CRASH....I lost all the data that I had for issue 11 back in June. If you wrote to me and wern't included in this issue..please write to me again...a sorry lesson on backing up! fortunately I kept archives and recovered most of the mailing list and the old issues. This issue we have a lot of internet people to add to the AOL gang and the Prodigy group. We keep growing! -The following stories were found on the internet and from the archives of an Irish Newsletter. Some may find them interesting reading and others may wish to skip over them. The stories were all published within the past 8 years. - Phoenix Properties and Finance, a London based company is to acquire the Rohan group for #45m. Phoenix is headed by Tipperary man John Duggan. -John Duggan, the Tipperary born property developer, has managed to find ST£83m with which to purchase a London property company. This means that he now owns the football stadiums used by Chelsea and Fulham. - The Rohan Group (construction and property) is changing hands again. Its owners, Mountleigh, are selling it to Cabra Estates for £42m. This is the second time that it will have been controlled by John Duggan. -According to the RUC, the IRA bomb which killed four UDR soldiers last Monday morning was detonated from a nearby hillside. The incident took place on the Ballyduggan Road near Downpatrick. Television pictures showed a massive crater right across the road. The vehicle in which they were travelling was blown apart and the four men died instantly. Four other soldiers in an accompanying Landrover were treated for shock. -Liam Duggan (24), a porter at Musgrave Park Hospital, was charged with the murder of two British soldiers in last weekend's bomb explosion at the hospital. - As Ireland won the Eurovision Song Contest this year RTE must stage next year's event. It was announced during the week that the 1993 contest will be held in Millstreet. The small Co.Cork town has a population of 1,500 and will be swamped by the 4,000 people who are expected to attend. Noel C. Duggan, the owner of a major indoor showjumping arena in the town, offered the facility without charge to RTE as soon as it became known that Ireland won this year's contest. Hotel accommodation will obviously be a problem in Millstreet so Killarney, which is about 19 miles away, will do well. Millstreet has a mainline railway station and there is a suggestion that a shuttle rail service will be put in place between Killarney and the town in the days preceding the contest. - The above news prompted the media to take a closer look at the phenomenon of Noel C. Duggan. We were reminded of his humble origins, of how he worked in a hardware store without pay to learn the business, and of the development of the Millstreet Outdoor International Horse Show, which has to cope with more than 1,000 horses and attracts 10,000 spectators. The indoor equestrian centre is a follow-on from this. Everyone knocks the Eurovision Song Contest; few admit to watching it; those who do say they confine their viewing to the scoring sequence at the end. It does produce many forgettable songs but official viewing figures show that 300 million people in 25 countries are out of step with the rest of us. A Johnny Logan song, sung by Linda Martin, won for Ireland last year, which meant that we had to host the contest this year. Of course Noel C. Duggan stepped in and said that the ideal venue was the Millstreet show-jumping arena. The 1993 People of the Year Awards were presented at a ceremony in Dublin on Tuesday. The major award went to Dawson Stelfox for leading an Irish expedition to the summit of Everest. Among the seven other people to be honoured were: Noel C. Duggan for bringing the Eurovision Song Contest to Millstreet, Adi Roche of Cork for her work in helping the victims of the Chernobyl disaster, and Sonia O'Sullivan. Noel C. Duggan was one of three people conferred with honorary degrees at UCC on Tuesday. Mr Duggan left school at thirteen and went on to become a very successful businessman. He became well known by building an extremely successful international equestrian centre in his home town of Millstreet. His achievement in bringing the 1993 Eurovision Song contest to the centre made Noel C. Duggan a household name. CountyGlen was back in the news when British-based Irish businessman Niall Duggan took over as chief executive. His controversial predecessor, Richard King, has resigned. It was he who spent more than £1m of the company's money on assets of doubtful value. These transactions are currently being investigated by a High Court appointed inspector. Mr Duggan plans to take a stake in the company and described the move as a cheap way to get a public company. CountyGlen's shares have been suspended since June 1992. Three Limerick men received jail sentences for the assault of William Hannon (33) who died three days after he was beaten up outside his home in Moyross last July. Alan Duggan (22) and Eric Ryan (19) were each jailed for three and a half years with two years suspended. John McGrath received a two-year sentence with one year of this suspended. All three have already been in custody for the last eleven months. Some months ago the late Mr Hannon's daughter Deborah, and his mistress Suzanne Reddin, were jailed for life for the murder of a girl whom they thought had taken part in the assault on Mr Hannon. Noel C. Duggan's latest brainwave is to bring the world's leading fashion models to Millstreet to publicise Irish fashion. Next April, he has arranged that leading models from 75 countries will parade in the showjumping arena. Meanwhile, Millstreet is currently doing what it does best, hosting the world's leading showjumpers at the annual international horse show. One of the claims made by the previous AG was that the Fr Brendan Smyth case was the first of its kind to be considered since new extradition legislation came into force in 1987. This, we were told, added to the delay in dealing with it. The new information uncovered by AG Eoghan Fitzsimons reveals that an almost identical case had been dealt with most expeditiously in 1992. It concerned an ex-monk named Duggan who was also accused of child sexual abuse and the paper work had been signed by former AG Harry Whelehan. In light of these revelations the Taoiseach admits that Dick Spring's reservations about Mr Whelehan are well-founded. He goes on to say that, had he been aware of this last Friday, he would not have considered Mr Whelehan a suitable candidate for the position of President of the High Court. We listen to this open-mouthed but are still not prepared for what is to come. When Dick Spring addresses the House he talks of the record of achievement of the Government and about how he and Mr Reynolds resolved many major differences. He is particularly fulsome in his praise for the way in which Mr Reynolds single-mindedly pursued the cause of peace in the North. The Tanaiste explains how that morning he had been made aware of the Duggan case. He goes on to say that he was prepared to accept the Taoiseach's explanation and apology but he had since contacted AG Eoghan Fitzsimons. From him he learned that the information about the Duggan case had been given to the Taoiseach on Monday and that Mr Reynolds would have been fully aware of the significance of this information prior to addressing the Dail on Tuesday. Mr Spring then announces that in view of all this he and his colleagues will be supporting the vote of no confidence. All Labour ministers and junior ministers will resign before the vote is taken. Opposition leaders are scathing in their criticism of Mr Reynolds, as they have been at every opportunity in the previous few days. Later in the evening Minister for Justice Maire Geoghegan-Quinn addresses the Dail. She accepts that it was her responsibility to ensure that the Taoiseach included details of the Duggan case when he offered his explanation on Tuesday. Having failed in this she had therefore offered her resignation to Mr Reynolds and it was up to him to accept or reject it. - Harry Whelehan resigns as President of the High Court. He is doing so, he says, "to prevent the office of the President of the High Court being further embroiled in public controversy". In a brief statement handed to members of the press he reiterates that he had never seen any papers relating to Fr Smyth prior to the priest's conviction in Belfast; denies that anyone ever made representations on behalf of Fr Smyth; and expresses his regret for the lapse of memory which prevented him mentioning the Duggan case to the Taoiseach. Mr Whelehan points out that, had he remembered the Duggan case, it would have served as proof that he had not delayed the Smyth case because he was dealing with a priest. - Everyone wants to interview Bertie Ahern. He insists that no Fianna Fail minister knowingly withheld information on the Duggan case. The information given to them on Monday was complex and Attorney General Eoghan Fitzsimons had admitted that he was in total disagreement with one of his senior advisors as to its significance. The full implications only became clear when Mr Fitzsimons' letter was read on Tuesday evening. Mr Ahern also said that, had any TD asked Mr Reynolds about cases similar to the Smyth case, the Duggan case would have been mentioned. It was also written into speeches which the Minister for Justice and the Chief Whip would have delivered on Wednesday. Mr Ahern also indicates that Mr Reynolds' experience in dealing with the peace process will not be allowed to go to waste. When asked when we should expect a new Government to be formed, he suggests two weeks. - The Duggan case did not, it appears, relate to an ex-monk but to a former clerical student who left the seminary and later became a teacher at a school for boys in trouble with the law. He was extradited to England and sentenced to two years in prison but was released after a year. - The Party whips meet to discuss the order of business in the Dail. As it is clear that no one will be elected Taoiseach at this stage they agree that there will be no nominations. There is a Dail debate, during which John Bruton again tries to prick Labour's conscience as it contemplates doing business with Fianna Fail. At every opportunity Mr Bruton reminds Labour that all Fianna Fail Ministers are as guilty as the Taoiseach of "hiding" the Duggan case from Labour ministers. Mary Harney and Des O'Malley of the PDs, as well as Proinsias De Rossa for Democratic Left, also argue that Dick Spring cannot reasonably enter into a new arrangement with Fianna Fail. Dick Spring does not comment on this advice but assures any party which wishes to discuss entering Government with Labour that they can do so safe in the knowledge that their proposals will not be used as bargaining counters with other parties. Bertie Ahern talks of the urgency in establishing a new Government, of the need for this new Government to restore public confidence in the decision making process and of how well Labour and Fianna Fail worked together over the last two years. Also for Fianna Fail, Michael Smith assured the House that neither Albert Reynolds nor any of his Ministers had knowingly deceived the Dail in relation to the Duggan case. - A hand-written note at the bottom of a piece of paper has been the cause of much speculation. The typed page is a reply prepared for the Taoiseach, to be used if he was asked about cases similar to the Smyth case. One sentence, "This is the first case giving rise to delays of this magnitude", is underlined. The handwritten note at the bottom advises the Taoiseach, "If pursued on this question keep repeating exactly the above". Opposition TDs see this as proof of conspiracy by Fianna Fail ministers to hide the Duggan case. None of the FF Ministers will admit to writing the note. John Duggan (9), of Donaghmede, died on Saturday when he fell under his father's milk float. He was helping his father deliver milk in the Deansgrange area of Dublin when the accident happened. - CountyGlen asked the High Court for a permanent injunction restraining John Carway and members of his family from reducing their assets in the State below £1,145,500, pending the outcome of a fraud case. During the hearing it was alleged that Mr Carway had made serious threats against CountyGlen's chief executive, Niall Duggan. This was denied by Mr Carway. The court was also told that Mr Carway is taking legal proceedings to uphold his reputation which had been damaged in the report written by the CountyGlen inspector, Frank Clarke. At the end of the hearing the judge ordered CountyGlen to supply the Carway family with details of their alleged fraud, and continued the interim injunction granted at an earlier hearing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Potatoe Famine Note: The following article is taken from The Illustrated London News, October 18, 1845. Those with WWW access on internet may view the more complete story of the Famine, direct from Ireland by visiting the following URL: http://tswww.cc.emory.edu/~ussjt/Famine/Sketches.html THE POTATO DISEASE.-- Accounts received from different parts of Ireland show that the disease in the potato crop is extending far and wide, and causing great alarm amongst the peasantry. Letters from resident landlords feelingly describe the misery and consternation of the poor people around them, and earnestly urge the imperative necessity of speedy intervention on the part of the Government to ascertain the actual extent of the calamity, and provide wholesome food as a substitute for the deficient supply of potatoes. Mr. John Chester, of Kilscorne House, in Magshole, in the county of Louth, in a letter to the Dublin Evening Post, states that he has a field of twenty acres of potatoes, which, up to the 3rd instant, had been perfectly dry and sound, when they were attacked by the blight, and three-fourths of them are so diseased and rotten that pigs decline to eat them. This, he says, is the case all through the county of Louth. The Belfast News Letter has a still more lamentable account. It says, "We have abstained from occupying our space with the accounts of the prevalence of this calamity in various places, for this reason, that it may be here stated, once for all, that there is hardly a district in Ireland in which the potato crops at present are uninfected-- perhaps we might say, hardly a field." "I started from Cork (Ed note...DUGGAN County), by the mail (says our informant), for Skibbereen and saw little until we came to Clonakilty, where the coach stopped for breakfast; and here, for the first time, the horrors of the poverty became visible, in the vast number of famished poor, who flocked around the coach to beg alms: amongst them was a woman carrying in her arms the corpse of a fine child, and making the most distressing appeal to the passengers for aid to enable her to purchase a coffin and bury her dear little baby. This horrible spectacle induced me to make some inquiry about her, when I learned from the people of the hotel that each day brings dozens of such applicants into the town. "After leaving Clonakilty, each step that we took westward brought fresh evidence of the truth of the reports of the misery, as we either met a funeral or a coffin at every hundred yards, until we approached the country of the Shepperton Lakes. (See the Sketch .) Here, the distress became more striking. from the decrease of numbers at the funerals, none having more than eight or ten attendants, and many only two or three. "We next reached Skibbereen, a general view of which I send you from Clover Hill House, the residence of J. Macarthy Downing, Esq.; and, it being then late, I rested until Monday, when, with the valuable aid of Dr. D. Donovan, and his assistant, Mr. Crowley, I witnessed such scenes of misery and privation as I trust it may never be again my lot to look upon. Up to this morning, I, like a large portion, I fear, of the community, looked on the diaries of Dr. Donovan, as published in The Cork Southern Reporter, to be highly-coloured pictures, doubtless, intended for a good and humane purpose; but I can now, with perfect confidence, say that neither pen nor pencil ever could portray the miser and horror, at this moment, to be witnessed in Skibbereen. We first proceeded to Bridgetown, a portion of which is shown in the right hand distance of the sketch; and there I saw thedying, the living, and the dead, lying indiscriminately upon the same floor, without anything between them and the cold earth, save a few miserable rags upon them. To point to any particular house as a proof of this would be a waste of time, as all were in the same state; and, not a single house out of 500 could boast of being free from death and fever, though several could be pointed out with the dead lying close to the living for the space of three or four, even six days, without any effort being made to remove the bodies to a last resting place. "After leaving this abode of death, we proceeded to High-street, or Old Chapel-lane (See the Sketch ) and there found one house, without door or window, filled with destitute people lying on the bare floor; and one, fine, tall, stout country lad, who had entered some hours previously to find shelter from the piercing cold, lay here dead amongst others likely soon to follow him. The appeals to the feelings and professional skill of my kind attendants here became truly heart-rending; and so distressed Dr. Donovan, that he begged me not to go into the house, and to avoid coming into contact with the people surrounding the doorway. "We next proceeded to the Chapel-yard, to see the hut, of which Dr. Donovan gives the following graphic account in his diary:-- 'On my return home, I remembered that I had yet a visit to pay; having in the morning received a ticket to see six members of one family, named Barrett, who had been turned out of the cabin in which they lodged, in the neighbourhood of Old Chapelyard; and who had struggled to this burying-ground, and literally entombed themselves in a small watch-house that was built for the shelter of those who were engaged in guarding against exhumation by the doctors, when more respect was paid to the dead than is at present the case. This shed is exactly seven feet long, by about six in breadth. By the side of the western wall is a long, newly-made grave; by either gable are two of shorter dimensions, which have been recently tenanted; and near the hole that serves as a doorway is the last resting-place of two or three children; in fact, this hut is surrounded by a rampart of human bones, which have accumulated to such a height that the threshold, which was originally on a level with the ground, is now two feet beneath it. In this horrible den, in the midst of a mass of human putrefaction, six individuals, males and females, labouring under most malignant fever, were huddled together, as closely as were the dead in the graves around. 'At the time (eleven o'clock at night) that I went to visit these poor sufferers, it was blowing a perfect hurricane, and such groans of roaring wind and rain I never remember to have heard. 'I was accompanied by my assistant, Crowley, and we took with us some bread, tea and sugar; on reaching this vault, I thrust my head through the hole of entrance, and had immediately to draw back, so intolerable was the effluvium; and, though rendered callous by a companionship for many years with disease and death, yet I was completely unnerved at the humble seen of suffering and misery that was presented to my view; six fellow creatures were almost buried alive in this filthy sepulchre. When they heard my voice, one called out, 'Is that the Priest?' another, 'Is that the Doctor?' The mother of the family begged in the most earnest manner that I would have them removed, or else that they would rot together; and they all implored that we would give them drink. Mr. Crowley produced the tea and sugar, but they said it was of no use to them, as they had no fire or place to light it in, and that what they wanted was water ; that they had put a jug under the droppings from the roof, but would not have drink enough for the night. The next day I got the consent of the Poor Law Guardians to have my patients removed from this abode of the dead to the fever hospital, and they are since improving.' "To complete my melancholy visit to this scene of horror, and to visit every corner of Skibbereen, next morning, accompanied by a Mr. Everett, whose knowledge of the country I found most useful, I started for Ballidichob, and learned upon the road that we should come to a hut or cabin in the parish of Aghadoe, on the property of Mr. Long, where four people had lain dead for six days; and, upon arriving at the hut, the abode of Tim Harrington, we found this to be true; for there lay the four bodies, and a fifth was passing to the same bourne. On hearing our voices, the sinking man made an effort to reach the door, and ask for drink or fire; he fell in the doorway; there, in all probability to die; as the living cannot be prevailed to assist in the interments, for fear of taking the fever. "We next got to Skull, where, by the attention of Dr. Traill, vicar of the parish (and whose humanity at the present moment is beyond all praise), we witnessed almost indescribable in-door horrors. In the street, however, we had the best opportunity of judging of the condition of the people; for here, from three to five hundred women, with money in their hands, were seeking to buy food; whilst a few of the Government officers doled out Indian meal to them in their turn. One of the women told me she had been standing there since daybreak, seeking to get food for her family at home. "This food, it appeared, was being doled out in miserable quantities, at 'famine prices,' to the neighbouring poor, from a stock lately arrived in a sloop, with a Government steamship to protect its cargo of 50 tons; whilst the population amounts to 27,000; so that you may calculate what were the feelings of the disappointed mass. ..................................................................... Ervin S. Duggan President and Chief Executive Officer Public Broadcasting Service Before The International Radio and Television Society New York, New York April 11, 1995 BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR: IF PUBLIC TELEVISION GOES COMMERCIAL ................for the full story go WWW: http://www.pbs.org/aboutPBS/news/irtsspeech.html .......................................................................... James E. Duggan Professor of Law and Director, Appellate Defender Program A.B., Georgetown University J.D., Georgetown University Professor Duggan has been a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association's Board of Governors, founded its Criminal Justice Section, and currently serves on a committee rewriting the Rules of Criminal Procedure. He is Chair of the New Hampshire Board of Claims and has been a New Hampshire Bar Examiner. In 1991 Professor Duggan was elected to the American College of Trial Lawyers - a rare honor for an appellate lawyer. In 1992 he was elected to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers whose nationwide membership is about 200. Professor Duggan appears in both state and federal courts in criminal cases involving constitutional issues. He teaches Criminal Procedure and directs the Appellate Defender Program, and has initiated and superintended the revival of the Annual Survey of New Hampshire Law, researched and written by FPLC students. "Not having the slightest idea what law school was about, I found while there a fascination with criminal law. For the next three years, I was a public defender attorney in Washington, D.C. Sufficiently burnt out, I escaped to nice beaches and environmental litigation on Saipan with Micronesian Legal Services. A year later I inaugurated a legal service project at the District of Columbia jail. In 1974, I came to New Hampshire to run its then blossoming and now statewide Public Defender Program. Since 1980 I have directed the Appellate Defender Program at the Law Center. Working with students writing briefs allows me to draw on their enthusiasm and imagination. For them it is an opportunity to understand the reality of a criminal practice." ................................................................... Margaret Ann DUGAN BIRTH: 14 AUG 1831, Tennessee DEATH: 10 MAR 1913, Diamond Springs, CA BURIAL: 12 MAR 1913, Diamond Springs, CA Father: ??? Mother: ??? Family 1: Nathanial CHAPMAN MARRIAGE: Illinois 1.Mary Eva CHAPMAN 2.John H CHAPMAN 3.Frank CHAPMAN 4.Joe K CHAPMAN 5.Maggie Alice CHAPMAN 6.Walter CHAPMAN 7.Pearl CHAPMAN ................................................................................... Hi, I don't know how you found me, but I'd like to stay on your mailing list. I'll be switching email addresses soon, and I'll send along the new one when I get it. Where in Canada are you ? My folks were from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Cheers, Chris Duggan Westborough, MA ccduggan@nyx.cs.du.edu ........................... Chris, good to have you on the list. ' My cousin Ron Duggan in Halifax has a son Chris! I am just off the coast of NB and NS on Prince Edward Island. I will be here till end of Sept then I return to Tampa. I have a lot of data on the family here and would be glad to share it with you. I found you in a gopher search on the net cousin Lyman Duggan ...................................................................................... Subj: Duggan email list Date: 95-08-31 21:25:17 EDT From: jduggan@epas.utoronto.ca From: jduggan@epas.utoronto.ca (John Duggan) To: lyman@duggan-family.org Dear Lyman Duggan: My brother Frank informs me you are setting up a Duggan newsletter. I would like to be on your list. I had the good fortune to do some research on our family roots. Patrick Duggan left Eniskillen area of County Fermanagh in the late 1830's early 1840's to settle in Canada with his wife Susan Fawcett. They first stayed with her Church of Ireland relatives up towards Owen Sound Ontario near Kimberley and in 1863 they purchased land west of Lloydtown down closer to Toronto. There have been large Duggan reunions in Schomberg next to Lloydtown. There is talk of holding one next summer. Yours sincerely, John F. Duggan, S.J. 569 Huron St. Toronto, Ont. M5R 2R6 416-968-0751 jduggan@epas.utoronto.ca .................................................................. Date sent: Tue, 05 Sep 95 19:48:50 PDT From: Jennifer Duggan Subject: Duggan Family Newsletter To: Lyman Duggan Hi Lyman - I am curious, and a Duggan (by birth) too. Would like to have a look at the newsletter since I've just been bitten by the genealogy bug thanks to a cousin in Prince Rupert who has been doing some digging. So far she has discovered that a lot of our forefathers and mothers settled around Medoc, Ontario when they left Ireland. However, she has been unable to trace back much in Ireland. Anyways, there may yet be a pocket of Duggans in Medoc in case you're surfing through that region. (My cousin in Rupert isn't on-line - yet.) Looking forward to the newsletter, Cheers, Jennifer .................................................................................