John Duggan (radio presenter)

John Duggan (died 22 July 2019) was an Irish singer-songwriter from Killashee, County Longford.^[1]

Career[]

Duggan was born in Killashee, Longford, although he relocated to Glenamaddy, County Galway at the height of the Irish showband era. He worked as an officer for Garda Síochána for a number of years, and began composing songs while working in the 1970s.^[2][3]

Many of his songs have been recorded by artists including Foster and Allen, Daniel O'Donnell, T.R. Dallas, Seamus Moore, Gene Stuart amongst others.^{[citation needed]}

In later years he lived in Claremorris, County Mayo where he was a host of MidWest Radio. He was also a writer of poetry which were published in a book titled Songs, Poems and Recitations.^[4]

Songs[]

Songs composed and recorded by John Duggan include the following:^[5]

• "Clare Morris"
• "The Races of Killadoon"
• "The Rose of Castlerea"
• "I'll Go Back to Glenamaddy"
• "Golden Dreams"
• "The Roads of Kildare"
• "The Hills Around Clonmel"
• "Twenty One Acres of Land"
• "The Old Threshing Mill"
• "Shoe the Donkey"
• "The Barmaid I Met in Kinsale"
• "The Jolly Farmer"
• "The Rose of Castlerea"

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