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Painter Born
Read Article: Painter BornMaurice Joseph MacGonigal was born in Ranelagh, Dublin, on 22 January 1900, the only son and third child of Francis MacGonigal and Caroline Lane. His father was a painter and decorator from County Sligo, while his mother belonged to a family already connected with Irish craftsmanship and art. Growing up within that environment exposed him…
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Champion Born
Read Article: Champion BornJoseph Francis Devlin, later known throughout international badminton as Frank Devlin, was born at 11 Wellington Place in Dublin on 19 January. He was the son of Joseph Edmund Devlin, a government official, and his wife, Elizabeth. Nothing surrounding the arrival of the child suggested that he would become one of the most successful competitors…
