Amy Dwyer - 1938 at the RHS show
Dwyer Family of Kilmacud, Stillorgan.
John Dwyer married Anne Belinda Dunne
born circa 1854 28 Apr 1879 born circa 1855
Tipperary Mountmellick Queens County
died 23 Aug 1931 died 2 Nov 1938
Kilmacud House Kilmacud House
John Dwyer, a spirit merchant with a shop on Main Street, Thurles was the son of Patrick Dwyer a farmer
from Thurles. He married Anne Belinda Dunne, the daughter of Michael Dunne, a farmer, at
Mountmellick on 28 Apr 1879. John was a Franciscan Tertiary, and retired to Rathcoole in Co Dublin to
farm in the early 1900's. The had nine children but three died young. The family moved to Kilmacud
House in 1920. John died in 1931 and Anne in 1938 at Kilmacud House, both are buried in Deansgrange.
Anne left 2K in personal estate.
1 Patrick Joseph O'Dwyer born 8 May 1880 at Main Street Thurles joined the British Army and
attain the rank of Lieutenant Colonel with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He married Amy
Geraldine Hendriks in Kingston, Jamaica on 23 Jul 1925. Amy was the daughter of John Hendriks.
They lived at Kilmacud House until 1949. Patrick was a keen gardener and a regular winner at
the Royal Horticultural Society competitions particularly for delphiniums. Patrick died at 69
Park Avenue, Sandymount on 28 Feb 1955 and left 17K in personal estate in the UK. Amy died
at 69 Park Avenue on 17 Dec 1978 and left 2K in personal estate in the UK. Both are buried at
Deansgrange.
2 John Dwyer born 24 Jun 1882 Main Street Thurles. The family have given us some information.
According to US Naturalization records, John Thomas Dwyer was born 24 Jun 1882 and went to
New York in December 1900. He became a US citizen on 11 Mar 1927. His US draft also gives
the same birthdate.
3 Joseph O'Dwyer born 27 Aug 1883 Main Street Thurles became a doctor.
4 Daniel Francis (Frank) Dwyer born 21 Aug 1891 Main Street Thurles married Mary Agnes Wood
25 Apr 1918 at SS Michael and John and was living at Holylands, Rathfarnham when his daughter
Vera died aged ten in 1935.
5 Michael Dwyer corn circa 1892 in Tipperary married Mary Lee, a teacher on 30 Nov 1916 at St
James' Church, Dublin. She was the daughter of James Lee, a farmer. Michael had been working
as a grocer and living at Brittas but had just bought a 109 acre farm called Newton Park two miles
outside Wicklow. On 21 Oct 1920 when driving his motorcycle and side car, his vehicle was hit by
a military lorry at Saggart and he was killed. His passenger, the Rev John M Clarke from Kilbride,
survived the accident. The Coroners Court returned a verdict of reckless driving against the
military. Michael's funeral mass was held in Stillorgan, and he was buried at Deansgrange.
6 Mary C Dwyer born circa 1898. According to the family, Mary Cecelia Dwyer became Sister Mary
Aloysius Gonzaga, Sisters of Mercy.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2017
John Dwyer married Anne Belinda Dunne
born circa 1854 28 Apr 1879 born circa 1855
Tipperary Mountmellick Queens County
died 23 Aug 1931 died 2 Nov 1938
Kilmacud House Kilmacud House
John Dwyer, a spirit merchant with a shop on Main Street, Thurles was the son of Patrick Dwyer a farmer
from Thurles. He married Anne Belinda Dunne, the daughter of Michael Dunne, a farmer, at
Mountmellick on 28 Apr 1879. John was a Franciscan Tertiary, and retired to Rathcoole in Co Dublin to
farm in the early 1900's. The had nine children but three died young. The family moved to Kilmacud
House in 1920. John died in 1931 and Anne in 1938 at Kilmacud House, both are buried in Deansgrange.
Anne left 2K in personal estate.
1 Patrick Joseph O'Dwyer born 8 May 1880 at Main Street Thurles joined the British Army and
attain the rank of Lieutenant Colonel with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He married Amy
Geraldine Hendriks in Kingston, Jamaica on 23 Jul 1925. Amy was the daughter of John Hendriks.
They lived at Kilmacud House until 1949. Patrick was a keen gardener and a regular winner at
the Royal Horticultural Society competitions particularly for delphiniums. Patrick died at 69
Park Avenue, Sandymount on 28 Feb 1955 and left 17K in personal estate in the UK. Amy died
at 69 Park Avenue on 17 Dec 1978 and left 2K in personal estate in the UK. Both are buried at
Deansgrange.
2 John Dwyer born 24 Jun 1882 Main Street Thurles. The family have given us some information.
According to US Naturalization records, John Thomas Dwyer was born 24 Jun 1882 and went to
New York in December 1900. He became a US citizen on 11 Mar 1927. His US draft also gives
the same birthdate.
3 Joseph O'Dwyer born 27 Aug 1883 Main Street Thurles became a doctor.
4 Daniel Francis (Frank) Dwyer born 21 Aug 1891 Main Street Thurles married Mary Agnes Wood
25 Apr 1918 at SS Michael and John and was living at Holylands, Rathfarnham when his daughter
Vera died aged ten in 1935.
5 Michael Dwyer corn circa 1892 in Tipperary married Mary Lee, a teacher on 30 Nov 1916 at St
James' Church, Dublin. She was the daughter of James Lee, a farmer. Michael had been working
as a grocer and living at Brittas but had just bought a 109 acre farm called Newton Park two miles
outside Wicklow. On 21 Oct 1920 when driving his motorcycle and side car, his vehicle was hit by
a military lorry at Saggart and he was killed. His passenger, the Rev John M Clarke from Kilbride,
survived the accident. The Coroners Court returned a verdict of reckless driving against the
military. Michael's funeral mass was held in Stillorgan, and he was buried at Deansgrange.
6 Mary C Dwyer born circa 1898. According to the family, Mary Cecelia Dwyer became Sister Mary
Aloysius Gonzaga, Sisters of Mercy.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2017