Re: what is the origin of the duffy name?
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Re: what is the origin of the duffy name?
1/09/02
Thought you might find this interesting;
Nine Irishmen
In the Young Irish Disorders, in Ireland in 1848 the following nine men were captured, tried, and convicted of treason against Her Majesty the Queen, and were sentenced to death: John Mitchell, Morris Lyene, Pat Donahue, Thomas McGee, Charles Duffy, Thomas Meagher, Richard O’Gorman, Terrance McManus,and Michael Ireland.
Before passing sentence, the judge asked if there was anything one wished to say. Meagher, speaking for all said:
“My lord, this our first offense but not our last. If you will be easy with us this once, we promise, on our word as gentlemen, to try to do better next time. And next time- sure we won’t be fools and get caught.”
Thereupon the indignant judge sentenced them to be hanged by the neck. Passionate protest from all the world forced Queen Victoria to commute the sentence to transportation for life to far Wild Australia.
In 1874, word reached the astounded Queen Victoria That Sir Charles Duffy who had been elected Prime Minister of Victoria, Australia - was the same Charles Duffy who had been transported 25 years before. On this, the Queen demanded the records of the rest of the transported men to be revealed, and this is what was uncovered:
? Thomas Francis Meagher, Governor of Montana
? Terrance McManus, Brigadier General, United States Army
? Patrick Donahue, Brigadier General, United States Army
? Richard O’Gorman, Governor General of Newfoundland
? Morris Lyene, Attorney General Of Australia, in which office
? Micheal Ireland succeeded him
? Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Member Of Parliament, Montreal , Minister of Agriculture and President Of Council, Dominion Of Canada
John Mitchell, prominent New York politician. This man was the father of John R. Mitchell, Mayor of New York at the outbreak of World War I.
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Re: what is the origin of the duffy name?
Maggie Musselman 4/21/10