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Daniel Durigan / Dorrigan / Dourican / Dorgan
| Rank: | Private / Guardsman |
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| Townland: | Magheraveen |
| Town/Village: | Lanesborough |
| Civil Parish: | Rathcline |
| Catholic Parish: | Rathcline |
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| Alternative Address: | Jarrow-on-Tyne, Co. Durham (now Tyne-on-Wear), England |
| Census 1901: |
Residing at Magheraveen www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Mount_Davis/Magheraveen/1553851/ |
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| Regiment/Unit: | Irish Guards, 2nd Battalion |
| Regiment Number: | 3468 |
| Date of Death: | |
| Cause: | Natural causes |
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| Information: | Daniel was born in Magheraveen, Lanesborough, in January 1887. Prior to war he was serving as a police constable in Jarrow-on-Tyne in England. He originally enlisted with the Irish Guards in November 1909, and entered into the war in August 1914. Daniel saw action at the Battle of Mons, but was then severely wounded at Villers-Cotterêts (sometimes written Villercotter or Villers Cotter) and taken as a prisoner-of-war. He was then retaken by the French and returned to Britain in January 1915 and later to Ireland to recuperate, (see link below); Daniel was discharged on health grounds in July 1915. He earned the 1914 (Mons) Star, and Silver War Badge, as well as the Victory Medal and British War Medal. In an article in the Longford Leader on the 4 September 1915, a photograph of Durrigan was published with the caption: Wounded Lanesboro' Man - Daniel Durrigan, formerly a Jarrow-upon-Tyne policeman, enlisted in the Irish Guards at the outbreak of the war. Wounded at Mons, captured by the Germans, recaptured by French and now permanently invalided. The same edition gave further detail on his service and injury in an article titled Irish Guardsman Home. |
| Parents Names: | Son of William Dorrigan (Durrigan) and Margaret (née Skelly), Magheraveen, Lanesborough. |
| Notes: | Grandson of Charles Durrigan. Daniel's record is not available to view, likely by virtue of being destroyed during WW2. |
| Links: | Link to Civil Record of birth; Longford Leader, March 1915, A Guardsman Home; Longford Leader, Sept 1915, Wounded Lanesboro' Man; Longford Leader, Sept 1915, Irish Guardsman Home; possible Red Cross POW file; link to possible
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