Eamonn Duggan

Eamonn or Edmund S. Duggan (Irish: Éamon Ó Dúgáin;[1] 1874 – 6 June 1936) was an Irish lawyer,nationalist and politician, a member of Sinn Féin and then Cumann na nGaedheal.[2]Born in Longwood, County Meath, Duggan's father was a Royal Irish Constabulary officer fromCounty Armagh serving in the village, his mother a local woman by the name of Dunne. Duggan qualified as a solicitor and soon became involved in politics. He became a supporter of Sinn Féinand fought in the Easter Rising in 1916. He was subject to court-martial following the Rising and sentenced to three years penal servitude. 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.