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Kilkenny All Time Greats - Profile: Willie Duggan

Willie Duggan was an Irish international rugby player. He won 41 Irish caps, the first in 1975 and finished his international career in 1984 as captain. He toured New Zealand in 1977 with the British and Irish Lions. On the pitch, Duggan was widely ...

22 Jan 2019 at 16:30

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A 'Perfect' book launch for Kilkenny author in her home city

The Book Centre on High Street, Kilkenny resembled a classroom on Thursday night of last week for the appearance of one of Kilkenny’s most popular writers. There were children everywhere for the launch of Helena Duggan’s new book, The Battle for ...

17 Sept 2019 at 12:25

Tipperary school pays tribute to Kilkenny past pupil Willie Duggan

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Tipperary school pays tribute to past pupil rugby hero Willie Duggan

Rockwell College has paid tribute to their past pupil, the late Willie Duggan of Dunmore, Kilkenny, who passed away suddenly on Monday. “It was in Munster that the young Willie Duggan first tasted rugby as a pupil at Rockwell College,” a school ...

29 Aug 2017 at 13:16

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All Blacks pay tribute to 'great rival' - Kilkenny's Willie Duggan

There are few better measures of an athlete than the esteem in which he is held by his rivals - perhaps even more so than those who played on the same side. Glowing tributes to the late Willie Duggan have been led here by those who played ...

29 Aug 2017 at 12:46

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'Gone too soon' - online reaction to death of Kilkenny and Ireland rugby giant

The sudden death of Kilkenny man and rugby legend Willie Duggan aged 67 has left many in Kilkenny and in the wider rugby community in shock and sadness. As news of his passing spread this morning, local people took to social media in ...

28 Aug 2017 at 15:44

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Willie Duggan, Kilkenny - 'He was like a meteor'

He was hard to miss. A big, broad pair of shoulders, that bony, athletic frame, the huge hands, that saunter of a walk, that lived-in face with the scars of battle etched on it, that glint in his eye and those expressive gestures. ...

01 Sept 2017 at 10:34

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Willie Duggan funeral - 'You were our everything, you were beyond legend to us' - Daughter Helena

Often likened to a warrior on the field, and described by many players of his generation as the hardest ever to play rugby, many of his admirers will be surprised to hear that the late Willie Duggan cried watching films like ...

31 Aug 2017 at 16:35

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Rolling road closures after funeral Mass for Willie Duggan

The funeral of the great Willie Duggan will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral in the city at 11am today. Afterwards, rolling closures will be in place on High Street, John Street and Hebron Road until about 1pm as the ...

31 Aug 2017 at 10:17

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Mourners arrive for Willie Duggan funeral in Kilkenny

Early arrivals at the funeral of rugby legend Willie Duggan included his former Irish team captain, Ciaran Fitzgerald, who led Ireland to the Triple Crown in 1982 and 1985. Also present is former Irish team mate ...

31 Aug 2017 at 11:33

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Willie Duggan: The rule was you never showed fear or hurt

Willie Duggan once gave an insight into the psychology that determined his career. Never show a weakness. If an opponent hurt you, carry on. Drag yourself on to the next play, or if need be, prompt a colleague ...

31 Aug 2017 at 11:59

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Willie Duggan late for his own funeral

In keeping with his 'casual' attitude towards training, rugby warrior, Willie Duggan was 18 minutes late for his own funeral. Chief celebrant at his Mass in St Mary's Cathedral in the centre of Kilkenny city, ...

31 Aug 2017 at 13:04

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VIDEO: Kilkenny rugby legend Willie Duggan laid to rest today

Hundreds attended the funeral at St Mary's Cathedral this afternoon - including his former rugby colleagues at club, provincial and international level. He was laid to rest in St Kieran's Cemetery.

31 Aug 2017 at 14:09

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