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John Dwyer

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Birthplace: Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Death: August 14, 1882 (80-81)
Bungendore, Palerang Council, New South Wales, Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of Michael Dwyer, "The Wicklow Chief", Convict "Tellicherry" 1806 and Mary Dwyer
Husband of Anne Dwyer
Father of Michael Joseph Dwyer; Mary Anne Dwyer and John Elicius Benedict Dwyer
Brother of Mary Ann Grace Dwyer; Peter Dwyer; Esther Dwyer; James Dwyer; Brigid Dwyer and 1 other

Managed by: Rachel Hewitt
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About John Dwyer

Micheal Dwyer (the rebel of Wicklow) remains were reburied in the Devonshire Street cemetery, Sydney, in 1878 by his grandson John Dwyer, dean of St Mary's Cathedral.

In May 1898 the coincidence of the planned closure of the cemetery and centenary celebrations for the 1798 rebellion suggested the second re-interment of Dwyer and his wife in Waverley cemetery, where a substantial memorial was erected in 1900. The massive crowds attending Dwyer's burial and the subsequent unveiling of the monument testified to the unique esteem in which Irish-Australians held the former Wicklow hero.

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John Dwyer's Timeline

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1801
Co. Wicklow, Ireland
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1832
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1838
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1882
August 14, 1882
Age 81
Bungendore, Palerang Council, New South Wales, Australia
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