Fatal Duel. 1826. Waterford.

 

Fatal Duel

From a Cork Correspondent

1826.

Daniel Connor Esq. (magistrate) of Manch, Co. Cork.

v.

Captain Daunt. Kilcuskin?

The duel arose due to a remark made by Daniel Connor while working as a magistrate. Captain Daunt having been summoned to the Petty Sessions due to none payment of wages to his servant.  Daniel Connor was heard ( off  record) to express his sympathy towards the plaintiff to which Captain Daunt took issue.

Both Connor and Daunt were bound over by the Cork Magistrates, therefore their seconds arranged for them to meet on the Waterford side of the Blackwater river. They both spent the evening prior to the duel in Youghal. In the early hours they took up their positions on the Waterford side. The word was given and at the first shot Captain Daunts hat was knocked off, his adversary's ball having passed through it! An attempt at reconciliation was resorted to, which , having proved ineffectual, they fired again, and Mr Connors passed quite close to the adversary’s second, who stood rather too close to his friend, while Captain Daunts ball tore the ground from under the feet of Mr Connor. The efforts at adjustment were again had recourse to, but with as little success as before, and the word was given the third time, when Mr Connor’s ball entered the centre of Captain Daunt’s forehead and killed him on the spot.

Galway Advertiser dated June 1826.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk