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. John died in 1931 and Anne in 1938 at Kilmacud House, both are
buried in Deansgrange.
1 Patrick Joseph O'Dwyer born 8 May 1880 at Main Street Thurles joined the British Army and reached the rank
of Lieut. Colonel with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He married Amy Geraldine. He was a keen gardener
and a regular winner at the Royal Horticultural Society competitions particularly for delphiniums. He died at
69 Park Avenue, Sandymount on 28 Feb 1955. Amy died at 69 Park Avenue on 17 Dec 1978, 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 June 24, 1882 and went to New York in December 1900.
He became a US citizen on March 11, 1927. His US draft also gives the same birthdate.
3 Joseph O'Dwyer born 27 Aug 1883 Main Street Thurles became a doctor.
4 John Dwyer born C1885 on census a 16 year old scholar in 1901
5 Daniel Francis (Frank) Dwyer born 21 Aug 1891Main 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.
6 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 motor cycle 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 who 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,
7 Mary 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. John died in 1931 and Anne in 1938 at Kilmacud House, both are
buried in Deansgrange.
1 Patrick Joseph O'Dwyer born 8 May 1880 at Main Street Thurles joined the British Army and reached the rank
of Lieut. Colonel with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He married Amy Geraldine. He was a keen gardener
and a regular winner at the Royal Horticultural Society competitions particularly for delphiniums. He died at
69 Park Avenue, Sandymount on 28 Feb 1955. Amy died at 69 Park Avenue on 17 Dec 1978, 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 June 24, 1882 and went to New York in December 1900.
He became a US citizen on March 11, 1927. His US draft also gives the same birthdate.
3 Joseph O'Dwyer born 27 Aug 1883 Main Street Thurles became a doctor.
4 John Dwyer born C1885 on census a 16 year old scholar in 1901
5 Daniel Francis (Frank) Dwyer born 21 Aug 1891Main 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.
6 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 motor cycle 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 who 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,
7 Mary 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