Hugh McMonagle

Hugh McMonagle (1817 – October 12, 1889)[1] was an inn-keeper[2] and political figure in New Brunswick, later a province of Canada. He represented King County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1856 to 1857.

He was born in Hillsborough, Albert County,[2]the son of Cornelius McMonagle, a native of Ireland, and Anne Scott.[1] McMonagle later settled in Sussex Corner. He was married twice: first to Margaret Roach and then to Mary Roach, her sister. McMonagle raised cows and work horses as well as raising and training pure-bred race horses.[2] He introduced the Morgan horse to New Brunswick.[3] McMonagle's horse Livingstone defeated George Gilbert's Retriever in the so-called "Great race of 1847".[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "McMonagle". Irish Canadian Cultural Association of New Brunswick. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  2. 1 2 3 "Businessman and sportsman Hugh McMonagle, A Sussex Corner leader" (PDF). Village of Sussex Corner. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  3. ↑ "The Morgan Horse". New Brunswick Morgan Horse Club. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  4. ↑ Flood, Brian; Papenhausen, Richard (1985). Saint John, a sporting tradition, 1785-1985. Neptune Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 0-9692218-0-0.
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