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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