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Bernard Dunn
Lifespan: 1821 - 1876
Birth: 25 Dec 1904 in County Laois, Ireland
Occupation: Laborer, Foreman in the mills
Marriage: Bridget Hoolihan
Children: Mary, Julia, Ann, Peter, Edward, Bernard, Joseph
Parents: Unknown & Unknown
Death: 18 Jul 0187 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: St. Patrick Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Chapter 1: Christmas Child of Laois – Bernard Dunn’s Irish Roots (1904–1920s)
The frozen fields of County Laois glittered under a rare white Christmas when Bernard Dunn entered the world on December 25, 1904. In a thatched cottage smelling of damp wool and peat smoke, his first cries joined the chorus of a changing Ireland—where the clatter of British soldiers’ boots on country roads competed with whispered Gaelic lullabies.