Status Museum Location Derrynamuck Elevation 244 m (801 ft) Floors 1 Number of rooms 3 | Completed c. 1780 Province Leinster Renovated 1992 | |
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Similar Keadeen, Maynooth Castle, Corlea Trackway, Listowel Castle, Gallarus Castle | ||
The Dwyer–McAllister Cottage is a thatched cottage and National Monument located in the Glen of Imaal, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Contents
- Map of Dwyer McAllister Cottage Derrynamuck Donard Co Wicklow Ireland
- Location
- History
- Description
- References
Map of Dwyer-McAllister Cottage, Derrynamuck, Donard, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Location
The Dwyer–McAllister Cottage is located on the northeast face of Keadeen mountain. A stream located to the west of the house flows north for 1.1 km (⅔ mile) and enters the Little Slaney River.
History
The cottage was built c. 1780. In the aftermath of the 1798 Rebellion, United Irishmen leader Michael Dwyer continued to fight a guerrilla war against government loyalists and yeomen. On 15 February 1799, he and about a dozen comrades were sheltering in three cottages when an informer led a large force of government soldiers to the area. The cottages were quickly surrounded, the first two surrendering, but, following consultation, Dwyer and his men decided to fight on in the third one (Miley Connell's cottage) — after negotiating the safe passage of women and children. In the gunfight which followed, the cottage caught fire and only Dwyer remained unwounded. At this stage, Dwyer's comrade, Antrim man Sam McAllister, stood in the doorway to draw the soldiers' fire on him, which allowed Dwyer to slip out and make his escape. Dwyer remained on the run until 1803.
The house was renovated in 1992 and opened as a museum.
Description
The cottage is a detached three-bay single-storey vernacular house, with single-bay portion to the north end. The walls are constructed in coursed rubble; the pitched roof is thatched and has whitewashed rubble chimneystacks. The entrance is a timber tongue and groove half door whilst the window openings are flat-headed and have replacement 'pivot' timber windows. Internally there are three rooms opening off each other, with whitewashed walls, earthen floors and exposed roof timbers.