Dwyer Pallasgreen

Biddy,

These baptismal records may be for your John Dwyer and his brother.  Found at rootsireland.

 

John Dwyer       

Baptized 22-May-1856

Lived at Pallas   

RC parish of PALLASGREEN & TEMPLEBREDON,    Co. Limerick

Father:  Michael Dwyer  

Mother:               Ellen Browne

Sponsors              Ds Dwyer, Hon Ryan

 

 

 

Jerry Dwyer       

Baptized 10-Aug-1851

RC Parish of PALLASGREEN & TEMPLEBREDON, Co. Limerick

Father:  Michael Dwyer  

Mother:               Ellen Browne

Sponsors Mat Dwyer, Jul Ryan

Thank you so much Patricia. 
you could well be right here. The sponsor names are all  familiar as I keep getting hints on my ancestry page to Matt Dwyer and Julia Ryan, I also think Denis Dwyer was a brother also. 
I will add them to my tree to see if I get any DNA matches from ancestry or GEDmatch and let you know the outcome. 
 

 

Hi Patricia. I'm not sure about Irish baptism tradition in them days, Jerry Dwyer's sponsors Matt Dwyer and Julia Ryan would have been old enough to be his Grandparents, have you heard of that happening?  I always thought sponsors would be siblings or cousins. It wasn't long after the great famine so possibly Matt and Julia were in the best position to support the children. 
 

 

Yes, grandparents sometimes served as godparents.

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Hello John.  My husband's family were from Pallasgreen.  Interested in your O'Briens and Reals in particular.  i don't see you come up as a match with him on Ancestry.  Is that where you did your DNA test?

Mary Ross (Brisbane)

 

Hi Mary. My DNA test was through ancestry, it's likely that we could match at lower than 8cM which is the threshold for ancestry. I have uploaded to GEDmmatch which can go as low as 4cM. My kit number is RE3174032. I know I have links to a Patrick Real (Pallas)and Morgan Obrien(Moanmore) but I'm still trying to establish exactly how. Currently I have a strong link to Cornelius Ryan (Tipp)1743 his son Cornelius seems to be my direct line but his Daughter Anne Ryan (1777)who's husband was Morgan Obrien's son William, I have several current DNA matches at approx 20cM to them. There are some good posts on XO about the Reals and some very Knowledgeable contributors. I'm sorry it's taken so long to reply I only noticed your reply this morning. I think my connections to the Obrien's. I have 2 Great grandfather's from Pallas. This John Dwyer lived in Pallas Town and my other John Odwyer lived across town. I think my links come through his wife Anne English (1849) Her father was Edmund English(Cross) and Mother was Judy Ryan which has caused my family confusion as we always believed his mother to be Judy Obrien due to a cashel and Emily list of baptisms backed up with roots Ireland search result but when you click on the roots Ireland link to the original document it's clearly Judy Ryan as is the marriage to Edmund and siblings although there is a William English born to Judy Ryan and Edmund English (1854) same area and sponsors  ? Need to dash but happy to help if I can . John