At club level he played with Urhan and Parnells and was a member of the London senior football team.
[1] After progressing through the juvenile and underage ranks, while also lining out at school's level with St Jarlath's College in Tuam, he eventually joined the club's top adult team and won a Beara Junior Championship title in 1980.
By this stage O'Dwyer had already appeared on the inter-county scene, having won a Munster Minor Championship title with Cork in 1977.
O'Dwyer's experience as a manager at club level includes periods in charge of O'Donovan Rossa, Urhan, Macroom and Killarney Legion.
[3] He later became a selector with the Cork senior football team during Ronan McCarthy's last season in charge in 2021.