Mary Frances Dwyer

ARMS: Argent, a lion rampant gules between three ermine spots,
a bordure vert, eight shamrocks argent.

SOURCE, NOTES & CREDITS: Mother of Dwyer Quentin Wedvick, born on 13 June 1913 and died on 26 October 2006, age 93, she received a Certification of Arms from Spain, ( Don Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent ) done at Madrid on 12 March 2001, viewed, signed and sealed at the Ministry of Justice on 8 May 2001, Protocol 6/2001 Folio 101-104.

As an armiger, she was the Head of the Name and Arms of her branch of the Dwyer Family and an heraldic heiress. Alternative spellings of Dwyer are O’Dwyer, O’Duiblir or O’Duibhuidhir.

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The artwork is a rendering by John Hamilton Gaylor

Wedvick Armorial, 020c, Dwyer, 20080308

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