Martin duggan biography

Duggan Surname Meaning

The Irish name O’Dubhagain, being a diminutive of the Gaelic dubh meaning “black,” was anglicized principally as Duggan.

Other spellings were Dugan and Doogan, the latter representing perhaps a more accurate rendition of the Irish pronunciation. The name was also to be found, as Dougan and Dugan, in SW Scotland close to Ireland.

Martin duggan biography

Dugan, Duggan and Dougan are the main spellings today. Duggan predominates, except in America where there are more Dugans. Dougan is Scottish or Scots Irish.

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Duggan, Dugan and Dougan Surname Ancestry

• from Ireland, Scotland and Isle of Man
• to America, Canada, Argentina and Australia

Ireland.

The surname arose simultaneously in a number of areas – in Cork, Galway, Wexford and Fermanagh. The largest numbers at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the mid-19th century were in Cork, followed by Tipperary and Galwa