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Hi, I'm researching the life and career of my great great grandfather Patrick "Paddy" McGuigan. My research is detailed on a Wikipedia page I created for him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McGuigan) and I plan to write a book about him and the era in which he fought, with a special focus on boxing and other sports in New Jersey and Hudson/Essex counties during the period. Does anyone else have any information about Paddy, or perhaps know of any other resources I should utilize that I may not yet be aware of? I'm looking for any and everything, including old newspaper articles, photos, stories, mentions, illustrations, etc. Thanks in advance for any help or advice provided!

I have a few articles. He use to run a place called "The Bucket of Blood" on Harrison Ave., in Harrison, New Jersey.

Great! Would it be possible for you to scan those to me at [email protected]? I would truly appreciate it. Thanks. -KL

kjlehm wrote:Great! Would it be possible for you to scan those to me at [email protected]? I would truly appreciate it. Thanks. -KL

I just send you a few articles on him.

try a search of fulton postcards mainly New York newspapers might be able to locate some material

kjlehm wrote:Hi, I'm researching the life and career of my great great grandfather Patrick "Paddy" McGuigan. My research is detailed on a Wikipedia page I created for him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McGuigan) and I plan to write a book about him and the era in which he fought, with a special focus on boxing and other sports in New Jersey and Hudson/Essex counties during the period. Does anyone else have any information about Paddy, or perhaps know of any other resources I should utilize that I may not yet be aware of? I'm looking for any and everything, including old newspaper articles, photos, stories, mentions, illustrations, etc. Thanks in advance for any help or advice provided!

Sounds Irish...What part of the country was he from?

oh i thought he was norweigan

ali2013 wrote:

kjlehm wrote:Hi, I'm researching the life and career of my great great grandfather Patrick "Paddy" McGuigan. My research is detailed on a Wikipedia page I created for him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McGuigan) and I plan to write a book about him and the era in which he fought, with a special focus on boxing and other sports in New Jersey and Hudson/Essex counties during the period. Does anyone else have any information about Paddy, or perhaps know of any other resources I should utilize that I may not yet be aware of? I'm looking for any and everything, including old newspaper articles, photos, stories, mentions, illustrations, etc. Thanks in advance for any help or advice provided!

Sounds Irish...What part of the country was he from?

He was born in Kentucky to Irish immigrants but lived almost all of his life in Harrison, NJ.. also in Paterson and Newark for brief periods. Everything known about him is on the above Wikipedia page.

As someone who has been researching his life for a few years now, I'm still amazed he's been so lost in history, considering his amazing life and accomplishments, not to mention the great fighters he met in the ring.