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Sat 09 Sep 2007Jesuit and driving force in Pioneer movementFr Daniel Dargan:Fr Daniel Dargan, who has died aged 92, was central director of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association when 115,000 people gathered at Croke Park in 1959 to celebrate the association's diamond jubilee.It is believed to be the largest crowd to have ever gathered in the stadium.