Edward Thomas O'Dwyer

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Edward Thomas O'Dwyer was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick from 1886 until his death in 1917.

Edward Thomas O'Dwyer was born on 22 January 1842 in Lattin, Co. Tipperary, the only son of John Keating O'Dwyer, the family moved to Limerick where he attended the Christian Brothers on Sexton street. In 1839 he was obliged as with students intending to become priests in the Limerick Diocese, to study for a year at St. Munchin's College and in 1840 he went to Maynooth College and was ordained seven years later.^[1] Dr. O'Dwyer supported the temperance movement and established a hall when a curate in St Michael's Parish,^[2] he also established the Catholic Literary Society. While Bishop of Limerick he helped establish the teacher training college Mary Immaculate College also the St. Johns Hospital.

He was appointed Bishop of Limerick aged 44.

As Bishop he supported Home Rule for Ireland, but disagreed with the Plan of Campaign of the Irish Parliamentary Party. But it was noted by nationalists how he stood up to the British General Maxwell during the 1916 Rising.^[3]

He died in August 1917.

References

↑ 'dwyer,%20edward%20thomas%2013.pdf Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, Churchman and champion of Liberty in the Limerick Chronicle, August 26, 1967
↑ The Battling Bishop By Frank Prendergast M.A., www.limerick.com
↑ Limerick bishop refused to bow to British military orders

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Name	ODwyer, Edward Thomas
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Short description	Roman Catholic bishop
Date of birth	1842
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Date of death	1917
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