Early Life
Dwyer was born in Camara, a townland in the Glen of Imaal, County Wicklow. He was the eldest of seven children of John Dwyer, a farmer, and his wife Mary (nee Byrne). In 1784 the family moved to a farm in Eadestown. Dwyer was a cousin of Anne Devlin, who would later achieve fame for her loyalty to the rebel cause following the suppression of Robert Emmet's rebellion.
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