Murtagh Hogan obituary

My brother Murtagh Hogan, also known as John, who has died aged 85, became a successful solicitor in his adult life. But it was as a child, in my opinion, that he made his most significant impact.Our father, John, a carpet-planner, died when Murt was just seven, leaving my hard-pressed mother, Margaret (nee Duggan), a dressmaker, to look after five very young children, of whom Murt was the oldest. She took him aside after our father’s death to tell him that he had now become the man of the hou