AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
♦■ (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) IRISH CENTENARY. Sydney, May 22. The celebration of the centenary of the Irish rising of 1798, to-day, was very largely attended. The remains of a well-known insurgent chief, Michael Dwyer, and his wife, were exhumed at the old Devonshire-street Cemetery, and reinterred at the Waverley Cemetery, where the foundation stone of a national monument was laid. The body of the wife was in a remarkable state of preservation, due largely to her great age, 95, when she died. Her features were perfectly recognisable. Dwyer had been buried 73 years, and his wife 38 years. Speeches were delivered in eulogy of the heroism and patriotism of the leaders of the rising.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS18980524.2.30
Bibliographic details
Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 292, 24 May 1898, Page 3
Word Count
115AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 292, 24 May 1898, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in