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Legacy:
Duffy can be remembered for being apart of the Irish fencing Olympic team, when he competed at the London Summer Olympic Games in England in 1948 and also at the Helsinki Summer Olympic Games in Finland in 1952, where he competed in both Épée and Foil events. Duffy can also be remembered for helping to set up many fencing clubs in Dublin throughout his life. Duffy is responsible for helping with the running the UCD Fencing Club, along with Rev. Fr. O’Doherty, which O’Doherty founded in 1954. Duffy was also very influential with the Dublin University Fencing Club, or the Trinity Fencing Club, which was founded in the year 1936. Duffy, who was a coach there from 1942 to 1987, helped in turning the Dublin University Fencing Club into one of the most elite fencing clubs within the country. As well as helping in the running of University College Dublin Fencing Club and Trinity Fencing Club, Duffy set up his own fencing club as well. This was called Salle d’Armes Duffy and it was located on St John’s Road in Sandymount Dublin, in what used to be an old church. Maître Fionbarr Farrell was a student of Duffy and became a fencing master of Salle d’Armes Duffy in 1999. Dublin University Fencing Club run a competition in honour of Duffy and his achievements every year in January, called the Prof. Duffy Memorial Team Epee, held in Trinity College Dublin. This competition has been run since 1988 and attracts teams from all over the United Kingdom and Ireland and even teams from across Europe. In recent years team from Leipzig in Germany have gone and won the women’s event. The competition specializes in team events in the epee discipline.