Richard Dwyer (Kilcatherine, d. 1918; identification disputed — likely a name-confusion of Patie Murphy per Annals + Oliver)

family confidence: 0 — not family / context

**REVISED 2026-05-29 per user + Oliver Murphy correction.** Reported in the 1918-12-10 Anaconda Standard as a second "cousin of James Murphy of the Hennessy store" drowned in the Nov 11 1918 Kilcatherine accident, with "an uncle on North Wyoming street and another uncle Mike Dwyer in Butte." The Annals of Beara Vol II p.412 (Riobárd Ó Dwyer) attests ONLY ONE O'Dwyer victim of that accident (Robert O'Dwyer of Caolrua, IRA Captain). There is no Richard Dwyer in the primary-source victim list. Per Oliver Murphy correction passed via the user 2026-05-29: the trans-Atlantic transmission of the drowning news produced a name-confusion where the Annals' **Patie Murphy of Ballycrovane** (the second Murphy victim, Apr 5 1895, son of Jim Murphy + Julia O'Sullivan per Annals p.270 section C) appears to have been re-reported in Butte as "Richard Dwyer." **Most likely truth**: This record is actually a misattribution of **Patie Murphy** (b. Apr 5 1895 d. Nov 11 1918 Pointe Ranna drowning), whose surname got swapped to Dwyer in the Butte coverage because Robert O'Dwyer (also a victim) was the family chain through which news traveled. Hold the record as historical-claim-documentation; do not treat as a real distinct Richard Dwyer.