Denis O'Dwyer (1856 - 1944)

Born Feb 1856 in Clooneybreen, Rineen, Miltown Malbay, Clare, Ireland

Son of Denis O'Dwyer and Anne (Hurley) O'Dwyer

Husband of Anne (Marrinan) O'Dwyer — married 5 Mar 1878 (to 21 Apr 1898) in Inagh, Clare, Ireland

Husband of Bridget (Comyn) O'Dwyer — married 1901 (to 20 Oct 1944) in Clare, Ireland

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1944 at age 88 in Mullagh, Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland

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Biography

Denis was born in 1856 in Clooneybreen, Rineen in County Clare, Ireland, the son of Denis O'Dwyer and Anne 'Nancy' Hurley. When he was 22 years old, he married Anne Marrinan in 1878 in Ennistimon in County Clare. Anne joined him at Rineen where they farmed and had ten children together, three of whom died young. Anne died in 1898, and the younger children were taken into the home of their older sibling Catherine. Denis remarried in 1901 to the widow Bridget O'Connor née Comyn. Bridget was a successful business woman running a public house and grocery in Cloonadrum in County Clare. Denis went to live there with her and two of her children from her first marriage, and to farm. They did not have children together. Denis passed away at age 88 in 1944 in Cragaknock, County Clare.

Children with Anne:

1. Marian, 1878-1966; m. Andrew Schadel, c. 1903
2. John, 1879-1879
3. Catherine, 1881-1955; m. John Curtin, 1901
4. John, 1882
5. James Joseph, 1884-1966; m. Mabel Fredericka Reuschling
6. Patrick Joseph, 1886-1935; m. Ellen Andrews, 1918, divorced bef. 1935
7. Thomas, 1887-1992
8. Dennis John, 1890-1959; m. McMahon
9. Brigid (Delia), 1892-after 1911
10. Louisa, 1895-1940; m. James Cotter, 1925

Sources

• Information from family members

The cemetery gravestone for the father, mother and daughter of Denis notes that it was "Erected by Denis O'Dwyer formerly of Rinneen in memory of his father Denis his mother Nancy and his daughter Bedelia all of Rinneen also his wife Anne O'Dwyer died 21 April 1898". See [URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136996406 Find A Grave Memorial no. 136996406], citing Kilfarboy Cemetery, Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland.

Antoinette O'Brien. April 1995. The Griffin Family of Annagh, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Clare Heritage Centre, Corofin, County Clare, Ireland. Commissioned study, 17 pp.

Birth

The Griffin Family of Annagh, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, p. 9

Name: Denis O'Dwyer

Baptism date: 15 Feb 1856

Parents: Denis O'Dwyer, Anne Hurley

Sponsors: Patrick & Kate O'Dwyer

Birthplace: Rineen

Source: Church Registers, Ennistymon/Lahinch Parish

Marriage

Irish Genealogy.ie, accessed 7 Nov 2018.

Event: Marriage

Entry no.: 22

Party 1 Name: DENIS ODWYER

Party 1 Age: 22

Party 1 marital status: single

Party 1 occupation: Farmer

Party 1 residence: Rineen

Party 1 father: Denis ODwyer, farmer

Party 2 Name: ANNIE MARRINAN

Party 2 age: Full

Party 2 marital status: single

Party 2 occupation: [blank]

Party 2 residence: Clunanaha

Party 2 father

Jno Marrinan, farmer

Date of Event: 05 March 1878

Marriage location: Roman Catholic Chapel of Inagh

Performed by P. Nagh PP

Witnesses: Peter McMahon; Bridget Cahill

Group Registration ID: 2624345

Registration date: 18 Mar 1878

SR District/Reg Area: Ennistymon

Union: Ennistymon

County: Clare

Scanned image: 8060363.pdf

Irish Marriages 1845-1958 Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 20 Oct 2018.

First name(s): Denis

Last name: O'Dwyer

Registration year: 1878

Registration quarter: Jan - Mar 1878

Registration district: Ennistymon

Volume: 4

Page: 266

MarriageFinder ™: Denis O'Dwyer married one of these people: Bridget Moloney, Mary Hogan, Annie Murrinan, Annie Marrinan, Catherine Barry

County: Clare

Country: Ireland

Residence in County Clare

Ireland, Clare Electoral Registers Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 20 Oct 2018.

First name(s): Denis

Last name: O'Dwyer

Year: 1878

Registration unit: -

Polling district: Ennistymon

County: Clare

Country: Ireland

Archive: Clare County Archives

Archive reference: IE CLCCA_VL_7_40

Ireland, Clare Electoral Registers, Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 20 Oct 2018.

First name(s): Denis

Last name: O'Dwyer

Year: 1880

Registration unit: -

Polling district: Ennistymon

County: Clare

Country: Ireland

Archive: Clare County Archives

Archive reference: IE CLCCA_VL_7_16

Guy's Directory Of Munster 1893, Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 20 Oct 2018.

First name(s): Denis

Last name: O'Dwyer

Year: 1893

Street/Town: Rineen

County: Clare

Section: County Clare Postal Directory

Ireland 1901 Census National Archives of Ireland, accessed 20 Oct 2018.

Name: Denis Dwyer

Gender: Male

Age: 43

Birth Year: abt 1858

Relation to Head: Head

Residence Date: 31 Mar 1901

Townland/Street: Cloonadrum

District: Cloonadrum

County: Clare

Residents of a house 13 in Cloonadrum (Cloonadrum, Clare) Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses:

Dwyer Denis 43 Male Head of Family Catholic Co Clare Farmer Read and write Irish and English Married -

Dwyer Bridget 43 Female Wife Catholic Co Clare - Read and write Irish and English Married -

O Connor Mary 13 Female Step Daughter Catholic Co Clare Scholar Read and write English Not Married -

O Connor Thomas 3 Male Step Son Catholic Co Clare - Cannot read English Not Married -

ODoherty Ellen 21 Female Cousin Catholic Co Clare Domestic Servant Read and write English Not Married -

Thom's Official Directory Of Ireland, 1910, Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 30 May 2018.

First name(s): Denis

Last name: O'Dwyer

Year: 1910

Residence: Clare

Section: County Directory

County: Clare

Ireland 1911 Census, National Archives of Ireland, accessed 20 Oct 2018.

Name: Denis O Dwyer

Gender: Male

Age: 53

Birth Year: abt 1858

Relation to Head: Head

Residence Date: 2 April 1911

Townland/Street: Cloonadrum

District: Clovnadrum

County: Clare

URLhttp://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Clare/Clovnadrum/Cloonadrum/360459/

Residents of a house 9 in Cloonadrum (Clovnadrum, Clare) Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Literacy Irish Language Marital Status Specified Illnesses Years Married Children Born Children Living:

O Dwyer Denis 53 Male Head of Family Roman Catholic Co Clare Farmer Read and write Irish and English Married - 10 10 7

O Dwyer Bridget 53 Female Wife Roman Catholic Co Clare Publican Grocer etc Read and write Irish and English Married - 10 2 2

O' Connor Mary Ellen 22 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Clare - Read and write English Single - - - -

O Dwyer Bridget 18 Female Daughter Roman Catholic Co Clare - Read and write English Single - - - -

O'Connor Thomas 12 Male Son Roman Catholic Co Clare - Read and write English Single - - - -

Clancy James 26 Male Servant Roman Catholic Co Clare Farm Servant Cannot read English Single - - - -

Children

Death

Irish Genealogy.ie, Civil Records, accessed 24 Oct 2018.

Entry no.: 414

Name: DENIS O'DWYER

Date of Death: 20 Oct 1944

Date registered: 30 Oct 1944

Death location: Mullough

Deceased Age at Death: 88

Gender: Male

Marital status: Married

Occupation: Farmer

Cause of death: Gastritis, 14 days; Heart failure

Informant: Catherine Curtin, widow of deceased, present at death, Rineen

Group Registration ID: 2498950

SR District/Reg Area: Kilrush

Registrar's District: Cragaknock

County: Clare

NOTE: Corrected and completed based on additional information in image: 4230394.pdf

Irish Deaths 1864 - 1958 [1], accessed 20 Oct 2018.

First name(s): Denis

Last name: O'Dwyer

Age at death: 88

Birth year: 1856

Registered year: 1944

Registered quarter/year: Oct - Dec 1944

Registration district: Kilrush

Volume: 4

Page: 173

County: Clare

Country: Ireland

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between Dennis M. Delehanty and Delia Grace Randolph, third cousins. Their MRCAs are Denis O'Dwyer and Anne Hurley, their great great grandparents. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: 2nd Cousin - 4th Cousin, based on sharing 126 cM across 4 segments larger than 7.0 cM.

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Michael Flanagan and Delia Grace Randolph, third cousins. Their MRCAs are Denis O'Dwyer and Anne Hurley, their great great grandparents. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 58 cM across 3 segments larger than 7.0 cM.