http://archive.org/stream/memorialsofhenry00juliuoft#page/n27/mode/2up

..."the daughter of an Irish officer who had served all through the Peninsular War with conspicuous heroism, and had taken part with General Picton's Brigade at the Seige of Badajos.

Other family members -

• Canon Neligan of Dublin
• Bishop Neligan, late of Auckland, New Zealand
• Judge Neligan
• Miss Dorina Neligan, a noted hospital nurse in the Franco-German War.