Rev. Colgan's death Londonderry 1818 17 Jan 1818 death At the house of the Right Rev. Dr. O’DONNELL, Londonderry, on the 3rd instant, of typhus fever, which he caught whilst administering the balm of religion, to his numerous parishioners, who were confined to the bed of sickness, the Rev. Daniel COLGAN, Parish Priest of Londonderry and Templemore. During his illness, which continued about 3 weeks, the house and all the avenues leading to it, were constantly crowded to excess, by people of all ranks and denominations, who evinced the greatest anxiety for his recovery, which fully proves the warm estimation in which this most amiable and highly gifted gentleman was held by all classes in society. Possessed of every qualification which could adorn the Pulpit, either as an eloquent and persuasive orator, a sincere Christian, a profound scholar, or an accomplished gentleman; he died in the 33rd year of his age, to the inexpressible grief of a very populous Parish, who have, in his death, sustained an irreparable loss. His remains were interred in the chapel yard, amidst the greatest and most respectable assemblage of people ever witnessed on any similar occasion.
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