This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DaveMitchell53 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.novascotia.pictou/5517.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi there Robert Matheson's Special Report on the Surnames of Ireland (re the distribution of surnames in 1890) gives the following re the surname Dwyer: Total births:155 Principally located in counties:80 per cent are found in Tipperary, Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Kerry and Kilkenny. Spelling variations Dwyer(152) Total Ulster = 2 Total Leinster = 38 Total Connaught = 8 Total Munster = 107. For further info on this, please consult the Ulster Historical Foundation. My kinsman Dr John Mitchell and his brother David came to Merigomish/West Merigomish in the early 1830's/1840's from the Glendermott valley of co. Londonderry -- your Dwyers had been there for a generation already by then! Kind regards Dave Mitchell Cape Town South Africa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.