Guide to the Papers of Michael Dwyer (as filmed by AJCP)
M603
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Online Items
Manuscripts of Luke Cullen, 1838 - 1843 (File 1)
Manuscripts of Luke Cullen relating to Michael Dwyer and the Irish uprisings of 1798 and 1803. They comprise lengthy transcripts of oral recollections of John Dwyer (Michael's brother), Mrs Donohoe (Dwyer's sister), Anne Devlin, Michael Kearns and other individuals who knew Dwyer. Many of the testimonies deal in detail with the capture, murders or deaths of particular rebels. There are also extracts from Memoirs of Joseph Holt, General of the Irish Rebels in 1798 (1838), Richard Madden, The United Irishmen, their lives and times (1843) and transcripts of articles in contemporary newspapers such as the Freeman's Journal, Dublin Evening Post, Dublin Journal and Walker's Hibernian Magazine...
Papers of J. Cyril Weale, 1900 - 1905 (File 2)
Manuscripts, transcripts and newspaper cuttings collected by Weale in about 1900-1905 for a proposed biography of Michael Dwyer. They include transcripts of the correspondence of Lord Cornwallis, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1798-1801, extracts from the despatches of the Governor of New South Wales (1806-1809), copies of articles in the Sydney Gazette (1807-1808), extracts from the proceedings of the court-martial of Major George Johnston (1811), and extracts from R. Montgomery Martin, History of Austral-Asia (1836). There are manuscripts of short pieces entitled 'Michael Dwyer: an anniversary' and 'An Irish desperado', and cuttings from Australian newspapers on the centenary of the 1798 rebellion.