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==Notable people== {{See also|Category:People from Monaghan (town)}} <!-- Please maintain this list in alphabetical order. --> *[[Jonathan Douglas]], footballer{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}} *[[The Right Honourable|The Rt Hon.]] [[Charles Gavan Duffy (Australian politician)|Sir Charles Gavan Duffy]], politician and co-founder of ''[[The Nation (Irish newspaper)|The Nation]]'', subsequently the eighth [[Premier of Victoria]], was born at 10 Dublin Street.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/41303129/birthplace-of-charles-gavin-duffy-dublin-street-roosky-monaghan-county-monaghan |title=Birthplace of Charles Gavin Duffy, Dublin Street, ROOSKY, Monaghan, MONAGHAN |website=Buildings of Ireland |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517230327/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/41303129/birthplace-of-charles-gavin-duffy-dublin-street-roosky-monaghan-county-monaghan |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Jim Lynagh]], Republican who was a [[volunteer (Irish republican)|volunteer]] in the [[Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade|East Tyrone Brigade]] of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] *[[Juan MacKenna]], hero of the [[Chilean War of Independence]]<ref>Brett, C.E.B. "Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings and Areas of Architectural Importance in the Town of Monaghan". Belfast, Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 1973, p. 28.</ref> *[[Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin]], politician{{Citation needed|date=June 2021|reason=Your explanation here}}{{Relevance inline|reason=although he was born in Monaghan and was elected to government for almost 14 years, if you look at his political record he did absolutely nothing of note for County Monaghan in general or for Monaghan Town in particular, no idea why he would be deemed 'Notable' ? |date=January 2023}} *[[Mary Reid (activist)|Mary Reid]] (1953-2003), activist, socialist and poet *[[Nathaniel Walter Swan]] (1834–1884), Australian writer, was born in Monaghan.<ref name=sWAN>{{Cite Australasia|wstitle= Swan, Nathaniel Walter |page= 451 |year=1892}} </ref> *[[William Temple (VC)|William Temple]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2021|reason=Your explanation here}} *[[William Whitla|Sir William Whitla]], politician and physician<ref name="ums">{{cite web |url=http://www.ums.ac.uk/whitla_w.html |title=Ulster Medical Society: William Whitla |access-date=11 June 2021 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511042943/https://ums.ac.uk/whitla_w.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Alexander Williams RHA|Alexander Williams]], artist<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Audrey |date=2009 |title=Williams, Alexander |url=https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9046 |access-date=11 June 2021 |website=Dictionary of Irish Biography – Cambridge University Press |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128044927/https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a9046 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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