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About Help Contact login Rev Peter Dwyer SJ Title: Rev First Name: Peter Middle Names: Preferred Name: Surname: Dwyer Order: SJ Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1879 Place of Birth: Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan Country of Birth: Ireland Date of Ordination: Place of Ordination: Country of Ordination: Ordination Diocese: Seminary: Date of Death: 21-Jul-1945 Place of Death: Dublin Country of Death: Ireland Date of Burial: 1945 Place of Burial: Country of Burial: Find A Grave URL: FindaGrave - Person Photo FindaGrave - Grave Photo Biographical Notes Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017: Dwyer, Peter Retreat giver; born Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, Ireland, 22 July 1879; died Dublin, 21 July 1945, aged 65. Peter Dwyer received his secondary education at St Macartan's College, Monaghan, and entered the Society at Tullamore, 7 September 1898, and after his juniorate there went to Chieri, Turin, and to Gemert, Holland, for philosophy, 1901-03. For regency, he first went to Clongowes, 1903-04, teaching Latin and English, then to Australia and Riverview, 1904-08, and finally at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne 1909-10. He returned to Ireland, and Milltown Park for theology, 1910-14, and tertianship at Tullamore, 1914-15. He returned to Australia, first teaching at St Aloysius' College, 1916-17, then doing parish work at Hawthorn, 1917-19, and Richmond, 1919-22. He returned to Ireland in 1923 and was appointed assistant director to the Retreat House for workingmen, which has just opened. In 1928 he went to Mungret and in 1932 was sent to Tullabeg, ministering in the people's church. He was virtually an invalid for the remainder of his life. Dwyer was well known as an amateur radio expert. He was a kindly, amiable man, but hypersensitive, which caused himself and superiors much trouble. He was also a man of deep and simple piety. It was hard for him to settle in one place for long. He had been sick for about ten years, and his last six months were very painful. He showed much patience during his long illness. (Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

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Peter

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Dwyer

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22-Jul-1879

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Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan

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21-Jul-1945

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Dublin

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1945

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Fr David Strong SJ, The Australian dictionary of Jesuit biography 1848-2015, Second Edition, 2017:
Dwyer, Peter

Retreat giver; born Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, Ireland, 22 July 1879; died Dublin, 21 July 1945, aged 65.

Peter Dwyer received his secondary education at St Macartan's College, Monaghan, and entered the Society at Tullamore, 7 September 1898, and after his juniorate there went to Chieri, Turin, and to Gemert, Holland, for philosophy, 1901-03. For regency, he first went to Clongowes, 1903-04, teaching Latin and English, then to Australia and Riverview, 1904-08, and finally at St Patrick's College, East Melbourne 1909-10. He returned to Ireland, and Milltown Park for theology, 1910-14, and tertianship at Tullamore, 1914-15.

He returned to Australia, first teaching at St Aloysius' College, 1916-17, then doing parish work at Hawthorn, 1917-19, and Richmond, 1919-22.

He returned to Ireland in 1923 and was appointed assistant director to the Retreat House for workingmen, which has just opened. In 1928 he went to Mungret and in 1932 was sent to Tullabeg, ministering in the people's church. He was virtually an invalid for the remainder of his life.

Dwyer was well known as an amateur radio expert. He was a kindly, amiable man, but hypersensitive, which caused himself and superiors much trouble. He was also a man of deep and simple piety. It was hard for him to settle in one place for long. He had been sick for about ten years, and his last six months were very painful. He showed much patience during his long illness.

(Reproduced by permission of Fr David Strong SJ.)

Rev Peter Dwyer SJ

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