Christina - My grandfather was named William Dwyer, and since first names were tightly conserved in this family, William Dwyer of 1856 Croom could well have been a close relative, perhaps Matthew's brother or cousin. - Phil On 3/29/2011 11:38 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:04:12 -0400 > From: Christina Finn Hunt<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRL-LIMERICK] Looking for Dwyer/Martin in Croom > To:<[email protected]> > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Phil, > Slater's Directory for 1856 shows a William Dwyer in Croom. He was a Carpenter. > Maybe a relation of some kind who stayed behind. > > Slater's Directory of Ireland - 1856 > Croom > A Small post town and parish, partly in the barony of Pubblebrien, but chiefly > in that of Cashma, county of Limerick > > NAME OCCUPATION > Dwyer, William Carpenter > http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/limerick/directories/croom1856.txt > > Regards, > Christina >