Friday 9 August 2013

CANON PHILIP DWYER COLLECTION... Clare Museum...



    EXHIBITION OF THE CANON DWYER COLLECTION

 Saturday 17th and Tuesday 20th to Saturday 24th August, 9:30 – 17:30 (FREE).
 An exhibition of letters between Canon Philip Dwyer 
(Prebend of Dysert and Vicar of Drumcliffe from 1864-1883) 
and his son William Dwyer in Canada dating between 1880-1919. 
The collection gives a vivid portrait of family life of the period, 
the sadness of families split by emigration, 
the changing role of women and the effects on a family of certain historical events. 
Venue : Clare Museum, Arthur's Row, Ennis, Co. Clare. 
Organiser : Clare County Archivist, Rene Franklin, rfranklin@clarecoco.ie



N.B. More information on Canon Philip Dwyer can be found via the links below the images.


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