He spent his whole professional career with the Isle of Man Bank, eventually as the manager of the Peel branch.
[4] Tom Dodd was a founding member of the Peel Players, who performed from 1912 until the death of Sophia Morrison in 1917.
During that time, Dodd performed in at least three plays by Christopher R. Shimmin: The Charm, Illiam Kodhere’s Will, and Dooinney Moyllee.
[7] In April and May 1948, Dodd was one of the Manx people recorded by the Irish Folklore Commission.
[8] This was instigated by Éamon de Valera, in order to preserve a record of the Manx language, dialect and accent as it was spoken at that time.