Bernard Dunn

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.

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