Bridget (Comyn) O'Dwyer (1860 - 1949)

Born 1860 in Clare, Ireland

Wife of Denis O'Dwyer — married 1901 (to 20 Oct 1944) in Clare, Ireland

Died 26 Mar 1949 at about age 89 in Clare, Ireland

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Biography

Bridget was born in about 1860, possibly in the Ballyvaughan area in County Clare, Ireland, the daughter of Patrick Comyn and Mary Geoghegan. in about 1886, she married Jeremiah O'Connor. They settled in Cloonadrum near Mullagh, County Clare, where they kept a shop. They had two children together before Jeremiah died in 1899. Bridget continued to keep the shop and a public house. She remarried in 1901 to the widower Denis O'Dwyer who joined her and her two children at Cloonadrum. Bridget must have been a successful and well respected business woman in the area, for she was named a baronial director for the West and South Clare Railways in 1919. Denis died in Cragaknock, County Clare in 1944. Bridget died in 1949 and is buried in Kylebreedia Graveyard near Mullagh.

Children with Jeremiah:

1. Mary Ellen, 1889-
2. Thomas, 1898-1958; m. Margaret Blake,

Sources

Weekly Freeman's Journal, 24 May 1919. Accessed 23 Oct 2018 at FindMyPast.co.uk

NEWS IN BRIEF

From All the Provinces

BARONIAL DIRECTORS.---The election of baronial directors for West and South Clare Railways resulted as follow: .....Ibrikane---Mrs. Bridget O'Dwyer, D.C. Clounadrum; ... Mr. T. Kelly, Secretary Rural District Council, conducted the proceedings.

Weekly Freeman's Journal, 26 Oct 1923. Accessed 23 Oct 2018 at FindMyPast.co.uk

DUBLIN PREFERRED

Application In Clare Conveyance Case

A case which had been fixed for Ennis was mentioned in the Dail Eirearm Courts (Winding-up) Commission before Commissioners J. C. Meredith (chairman), D. Crowley and St. L. Devitt.

Mr. M. J. Kenny, K.C., (instructed by Mr. Michael Killeen),, said he had an application to make in the case of McNamara v O'Dwyer which was fixed for Ennis on the 12th November. Counsel appeared for the defendant and said he would not be ready to go on that day.

The plaintiff was Margaret McNamara and the defendant Bridget O'Dwyer of Clonadrum, Mullagh, Co. Clare, and the property involved was worth at least £1,000. The proceedings at the start had been somewhat irregular--and very irregular--and it would take a long time to explain it. Neither the decree in the case had been registered, nor was there any civil bill that he could find.

Apparently the plaintiff had taken no steps to bring on the appeal, and that he (counsel) believed was the last day for entering cases for hearing by the circuit judges.

Birth

Candidate record: Ancestry.com. Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Name: Bridget Comyn

Baptism Age: 0

Event Type: Baptism

Birth Date: 18 Dec 1860

Baptism Date: 22 Dec 1860

Baptism Place: Ballyvaughan, Clare, Ireland

Parish Variants: Carrah, Glanaraghy, Glenaragah and Carrah, Glenaragh

Diocese: Galway

Father: Patrick Comyn

Mother: Mary Geoghegan

Source Citation: National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 02440 / 01

Marriage

Ireland Calendars Of Wills & Administrations 1858-1920, National Archives of Ireland, accessed 23 Oct 2018.

First name(s): Jeremiah

Last name: O'Connor

Role: Deceased

Deceased's name: Jeremiah O'Connor

Deceased's death year: 1899

Deceased's death date: 14 Oct 1899

Primary beneficiary: Bridget O'Connor

County: Clare

Country: Ireland

Text: "O'CONNOR Jeremiah [94] 17 November. Administration of the estate of Jeremiah O'Connor, late of Clovnadrum Mallough County Clare Shopkeeper who died 14 October 1899 granted at Limerick to Bridget O'Connor of Clovndrum the Widow Effects £190

• Similar record: "Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5D-7V5 : 13 March 2018), Jeremiah O'Connor, 14 Oct 1899; citing 00206, 005014911, Principal Probate Registry, Dublin; 100,997.

Residence in County Clare

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

Name: Bridget Dwyer

Gender: Female

Age: 43

Birth Year: abt 1858

Relation to Head: Wife

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 -

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

Name: Bridget O Dwyer

Gender: Female

Age: 53

Birth Year: abt 1858

Relation to Head: Wife

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

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 October 2018), memorial page for Bridget Coymn O'Connor (unknown–26 Mar 1949), Find A Grave Memorial no. 150480383, citing Kylebreedia Graveyard, Mullagh, County Clare, Ireland ; Maintained by Kevin J. O (contributor 48006543) .

Name: Bridget Coymn O'Connor

Birth: unknown County Clare, Ireland

Death: 26 Mar 1949 County Clare, Ireland

Burial: Kylebreedia Graveyard, Mullagh, County Clare, Ireland

Memorial #: 150480383

Bio: Thy will be done. Erected by Bridget O'Connor, Clonadrum in memory of her husband Jeremiah O'Connor who died 14th Oct 1899 aged 38 years his wife Bridget 26-3-49 son Thomas 26-5-58 his wife Margaret 23-9-76 R.I.P.

Family Members

Spouse: Jeremiah O'Connor 1861-1899

Children: Thomas O'Connor 1898-1958

Created by: Kevin J. O (48006543)

Added: 10 Aug 2015

Photo?: Yes

Inscription: as above