The dwyer Surname
dwyer Name Meaning and History
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhuidhir, a
variant of Ó Duibhidhir (see Diver) ‘descendant of
Duibhuidhir’, a personal name composed of the elements
dubh ‘dark’, ‘black’ + odhar ‘sallow’, ‘tawny’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 682 - Messages: 1746
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Tipperary Dwyers, Ryan and Whites |
 honora74
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| DWYER, Thomas, descendants |
maajw
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| Dwyer/O'Dwyer | Veronica Coote nee O'Dwyer | 1 |
| DWYER / FORMOSA / WILLIAMS |
| 0 |
| Dwyer / O'Dwyer |
mlittle_1
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| Dwyers in Ireland and West Midlands |
MargaretShorting
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| Thomas Dwyer & Mary Ruse/Rouse | kate winks | 2 |
| DWYER, Nora;Boffickil,Cork,IRL;c.1840-57 |
TOM_McGOURIN
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| Irene Dwyer |
kathleen5852
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