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The General’s Driver - Part II

Owen Duffy Jr. was born near Castleblayney, County Monaghan, on 28 January 1890. The townland was consistently recorded as Cargaghdoo; the Duffys consistently called their home place Carrickaduff. He was the youngest—by some margin—of the seven children of Owen Duffy Sr., farmer, and Bridget (née Fealy). By 1901, the household comprised Owen (59) and Br…