The Gazette 1975

Alfred O'Dwyer

an ease which made it sound simple. He was a" enthusiastic member of the Officers Training Corps, in U.C.D. and served as an officer in the Local Defence Forces during the emergency. I shared with him a fluent conversational knowledge of French and German and, despite our service in the L.D.F., we were actually taken for spies during the war. I used to particularly enjoy listening to his chbice records of classical music in his flat. As a popular member of the Arts Club, Chippy knew many contemporary artists like Fergus Ryan and Lejeune, personally, and had amassed a valuable small collection of origional paintings. But it was mainly when he frankly discussed contemporary events with a humor- ous twinkle that he was at his most perspicacious; many forecasts of events analysed scientifically, subsequently proven accurate. There was one quality which we appreciated above all—his loyal and unwavering counsel so firmly and reliably given. This was doubtless due to the rigorous training which he acquired as a gifted horse rider. His friends and the Land Registry have suffered an irrepar- abel loss by his sudden tragic death and deep sympathy is extended to his sister, Kitty and to his brothers. C.G.D.

AN APPRECIATION

The sudden death of Alfred O'Dwyer, Registrar of Titles, has caused consternation amongst his friends, to whom he was universally known as Chippy. He was born in Limerick 62 years ago, in 1912, and having attended the Cresent College, Limerick, entered University College, Dublin, in 1930 and graduated with Honours in Legal and Political Science in 1933. He was called to the Bar in 1934, and entered the Land Registry where he was to stay for the rest of his life, as a Legal Assistant. He was promoted successively as Senior Legal Assistant, Examiner of Titles, Deputy Registrar, and be- came Registrar of Title and of Deeds only in May of this year. I have known Chippy well for more than 40 years, and met him constantly. He was not only an expert in property and land law, but he had the unusual facility of expounding an involved, difficult, legal problem with

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