Eamonn S. Duggan (Irish: Éamon Ó Dugain; 1874 – June 6, 1936) was an Irish lawyer, nationalist and politician. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person
Born in Longwood, County Meath, Duggan's father was a RIC officer from County Armagh serving in the village, his mother a local woman by the name of Dunne. Longwood ( is a village in southwest County Meath Ireland. It is located about 15 km south of the town of Trim. County Meath (Contae na Mí is a county in Ireland, often informally called The Royal County The Royal Irish Constabulary ( RIC) ( Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann) was one of Ireland's two police forces in the early twentieth century County Armagh ( Contae Ard Mhacha in Irish - from the height of Macha) is a county in Ulster in the north east of Ireland Duggan qualified as a solicitor and soon became involved in politics. He became a supporter of Sinn Féin and fought in the Easter Rising in 1916. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca was a rebellion staged in Ireland in Easter Week, 1916 He was subject to court-martial following the Rising and sentence to three years penal servitude. A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a Military court. These military courts can determine Punishments for members of the Military subject Duggan was released in 1917 under general amnesty and went back to practicing law. For a time he also served as Irish Republican Army Director of Intelligence. The Irish Republican Army ( IRA) (Óglaigh na hÉireann was a military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers, established 25 November 1913 and who
Duggan was elected to the First Dáil Éireann for South Meath in 1918. The First Dáil (An Chéad Dáil was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 1919&ndash1921 South Meath was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland returning one Member of Parliament (MP 1885-1922 At the end of 1920 he was re-arrested and not released until the Anglo-Irish Truce of July, 1921. " Anglo-Irish " was a term used historically to describe a privileged Social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the After the Truce he was appointed chief liaison officer for Ireland. In October 1921 Duggan was appointed as one of the five envoys to negotiate and conclude a treaty with the British Commonwealth. He signed the Treaty, not at 10 Downing Street, but at 22 Hans Place, London.
In the post-Anglo-Irish Treaty provisional government he was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and later became parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Defence and to the Executive Council. The Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a Treaty He declined to go forward in the 1933 General Election but was elected to Seanad Éireann and in 1933 became the last citizen of the Irish Free State to take the oath of allegiance as a member of the Oireachtas. The Irish general election of 1933 was held on 24 January 1933 Seanad Éireann (ɕan̪ˠad̪ˠ erʲan̪ˠ English Senate of Ireland) also known unofficially as the Senate, is the Upper house of the Oireachtas Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by The Oireachtas (ɛrʲaxt̪ˠasˠ is the "national parliament" or Legislature of Ireland, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann.
Eamonn Duggan died suddenly at Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin on July 6, 1936. Dún Laoghaire (in Irish d̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈɫeːrʲə sometimes spelled Dún Laoire; Anglicised as Dunleary, dʌn ˈlɪəri is a suburban County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or more correctly today the Dublin Region ( Réigiúin Átha Cliath) is the area that contains the city of Dublin Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Political Career
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Austin Stack |
Minister for Home Affairs Jan. Austin Stack (7 December 1879 – 27 April 1929 was an Irish revolutionary The Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform (Aire Dlí agus Cirt Comhionannais agus Athchóirithe Dlí is the senior minister at the Department of Justice Equality 1922–Sep. 1922 |
Succeeded by Kevin O'Higgins |
| Preceded by - |
Minister without Portfolio Sep. Kevin Christopher O'Higgins (Caoimhín Críostóir Ó hUigín 7 June 1892 &ndash 10 July 1927 was an Irish politician who served as Vice-President of the Executive Council A Minister without Portfolio is either a Government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry. 1922–Dec. 1922 |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Newly Created Office |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Executive Council 1922–1926 |
Succeeded by Office Abolished |
| Preceded by John M. O'Sullivan |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance 1926–1927 |
Succeeded by Séamus Burke |
| Preceded by James Dolan |
Parliamentary Secretary to the President (Government Chief Whip) 1927–1932 |
Succeeded by Gerald Boland |
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