National Library of Ireland, Dublin - Collections in the National Library of Ireland relating to Michael Dwyer, ca.1816 - ca.1900

MAV/FM4/2723
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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

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microfilm reel 35 mm

Irish insurgent and New South Wales settler. Dwyer participated in the Irish insurrection of 1798 with Joseph Holt and in 1803 in Robert Emmett's insurrection. In 1805 Dwyer, with others, was allowed to exile himself for life to New South Wales to avoid being brought to trial. He was granted land at Cabramatta, Sydney, in 1809 and was later appointed chief constable at Liverpool, an office he held for about eleven years

(1) Approx. 400pp. of notes relating to the life of Michael Dwyer and events in 1798, written by Brother Luke Cullen, a monk of Clondalkin, near Dublin. They are written in a volume which also contains entries for the Clondalkin School roll, c.1816-1825. (2) Notes, drafts and cuttings compiled by J. Cyril M. Weale, ca.1900, towards a study of Michael Dwyer.

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
National Library of Australia holds the microfilm master.
Available for reference.
Australian Joint Copying Project 'Handbook', Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 151, p.55.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series microfilm: M 603.
Microfilm copy of originals held by the National Library of Ireland, Kildare St., Dublin.
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