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Michael Dwyer (1 January 1772– 23 August 1825) was an insurgent captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, leading the United Irish forces in battles in Wexford and Wicklow.
Jun 17, 2022 · Michael Dwyer, who took part in the 1798 rising and who evaded capture and sustained a guerrilla campaign for some years afterwards in his native Wicklow, was born 250 years ago this year.
Apr 25, 2009 · IN THE EARLY hours of April 16th, Michael Dwyer’s young life came to a brutal end, machine-gunned to death in room 457 of the Hotel Las Americas, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
The Irish Times view: remembering Michael Dwyer, 10 years after his death. The Government and the EU should demand that Bolivia facilitates an international investigation in his killing. Expand.
May 31, 2024 · Leon O’Cathasaigh cycles through the picturesque hills of Wicklow recalling the history, tales, and legends surrounding Captain Michael Dwyer and his men.
Planxty member Andy Irvine sings about Michael Dwyer and chats to Daithí about his story.Watch the full episode at: http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10168831...
Michael Dwyer (1772?-1825), Irish revolutionary and political exile, was the eldest of seven children of John and Mary Dwyer of Camera, Wicklow, Ireland. The family moved to a mountainous twenty-four-acre (9.7 ha) farm at Eadestown, Glen of Imaal, in 1784.
