Death of a '48 man
There recently passed away at Miltown-Malbay Mr. Michael T. O'Brien at the age of 76 years. Mr O'Brien was closely connected with the Smith O'Brien movement of 1848, when the Council directed that he should take the field at Tipperary. After that he was arrested and immediately sent to gaol. Blake Dillon, father of the E resent Mr. John Dillon, M.P., drove through Miltown[albay with a reward of £500 out for his arrest, and O'Brien had the privilege of carrying him away safely. Richard O' Gorman was also sheltered in the home of the deceased. They conveyed Mr. Dillon to Cloonena, parish of Kilmurry, and placed him in the hands of the brothers Walsh and the late Garrett Doherty, of Kilrush, who kept him until he was conveyed beyond the seas to America.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 14 May 1903, Page 9
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138Death of a '48 man New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 20, 14 May 1903, Page 9
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