Martin D. Currigan
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Martin D. Currigan, Sr., was born in 1845 in Ireland in Ballaghaderreen in County Roscommon. He arrived in America in 1864, went west to Colorado[1], worked as a plastering contractor,[2] [3] and entered politics in the 1890s. [3] [4] M.D. died in 1900.[3]
The Currigan Exhibition Hall (late - RIP) in Denver, Colorado was named after him. [5]
His son, Dr. Martin D. Currigan Jr., was on the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado. [6]. One of his grandsons, Thomas G. Currigan, was Denver Auditor from 1955 to 1963 and Denver Mayor from 1963 to 1968. [7]
He was active in the Catholic Church.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Narrative History of Denver
- ^ 1895 Vital Statistics
- ^ a b c Martin Currigan, Sr. Obituary.
- ^ Joseph Collier photo: Martin Currigan (1890s).
- ^ Denver Convention Complex
- ^ History, Denver Auditors
- ^ Denver's Mayors through History
- ^ Colorado, Catholic Encyclopedia
