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, and as a Dáil Court judge he was imprisoned by the British in 1921. He was elected unopposed at the 1921 elections for the Dublin County constituency as a

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(TD) in the 2nd Dáil. He voted in favour of the

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. He stood as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin candidate at the 1922 general election but was not elected. On 20 December 1922 he was shot dead in his shop at 5

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Road, Dublin, by anti-Treaty IRA Volunteer Robert Bonfield. "At about 4.50 pm Mr O'Dwyer was talking to a customer when a young man enter the shop, addressing O'Dwyer the young man asked 'Are you Mr O'Dwyer?'. O'Dwyer replied yes and the young man said I have a note for you. The young man reached into the pocket of his overcoat a drew a revolver, he fired twice at O'Dwyer at point-blank range. O'Dwyer died instantly. The customer and a shop assistant gave chase but were unable to catch the assassin. Two republicans, Frank Lawlor and the actual assassin, Robert Bonfield, were later killed by Free State forces in revenge for the shooting of Dwyer. O'Dwyer ran a off-licence/grocery shop in Rathmines. He was a member of Rathmines Urban Council. O'Dwyer married Marie Molloy in 1914, they had no children. He was a member of the Peace Committee of ten men which sat in May 1922 which brought about the agreement between

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and Éamon de Valera.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dwyer, Seamus 1886 births 1922 deaths Early Sinn Féin TDs Members of the 2nd Dáil Politicians from County Dublin People murdered in Ireland 1920s murders in Ireland 1922 murders in Europe 1922 crimes in Ireland People from Rathmines Deaths by firearm in Ireland People educated at Blackrock College