Miguel Duffy

Miguel Duffy (1845–1925) was an Argentine politician, who served for several periods as Intendant of Carmen de Areco, in the Buenos Aires province.[1]

Miguel Antonio Duffy
Mayor of Carmen de Areco
In office
1881–1887
Preceded byJoaquín Canavery
Succeeded byRamón Muñoz
Personal details
Born1845
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
DiedJuly 22, 1925
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
Spouse(s)Francisca de Magallanes
OccupationPolitician
farmer

Biography

Miguel Antonio Duffy was born in Carmen de Areco, the son of John Duffy, born in Longford, and Elizabeth Taaffe, born in Westmeath. He was married in the Parish Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Areco to Francisca de Magallanes, daughter of Saturnino Magallanes and María Josefa Sierra, belonging to an old family of the town of Areco.[2] His wife was related to María Ceballos Blanco, the wife of Joaquín Canaveri, intendant of Areco in 1856–1857.[3]

Duffy was appointed for the first time to occupy the position of mayor of the town of Areco in 1874, being replaced by Baldomero Lamela. He returned to occupy the leadership of the town between 1878 and 1879, 1881–1887 and 1893–1894.[4]

In 1900, Miguel Duffy founded the town of Wheelwright in General López, Santa Fe Province.[5] He was also dedicated to agriculture, he owned land in the villages of Areco and Colón.[6]

References
  1. Memoria del Departamento de Escuelas al Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
  2. Los irlandeses en la Argentina: su actuación y descendencia, Part 1, Eduardo A. Coghlan
  3. Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires
  4. Becoming Gauchos Ingleses: Diasporic Models in Irish-Argentine Literature, Edmundo Murray
  5. Gran enciclopedia de la provincia de Santa Fé, Volume 2, Ediar, 1967
  6. Estudios sociales, Issues 22–25, Universidad Nacional del Litoral
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