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New Zealand Tablet, 8 January 1920, Page 26

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The Patriots’ Monument ' There were many things that lack of time prevented us from seeing in Australia; but there was one thing we were determined to see. And it was in the spirit of a pilgrim we went one day alone to Waverley Cemetery to visit the sacred spot where rest the mortal remains of Michael Dwyer and his “Mountain Mary.” In that silent city of the dead, high over the waves, of the Tasman Sea, we happened on an old Irish exile who gladly led us to the ’9B Monument, and knelt beside us there to say a De Profundis for all the brave men and fair women whose memory is green among the exiles in Australia. The Monument The monument we found at Waverley is worthy of the names carved on it. Its white marble Celtic cross towers above the surrounding tombs and looks down on the tireless sea that brought so many restless Irish hearts to this new land. Under the cross are the words : Remember '9B. Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?” In Loving Memory of All who Dared and Suffered for Ireland in 1798. Pray for the Souls of Michael Dwyer and Mary his Wife Whose 'Remains are interred in this vault. R.I.P. Behind the base of the cross are the names of many patriots who were associated with Michael Dwyer in his fight against the tyrants of our native land. Among the names are those of Emmet, Orr, McCracken, John Kelly (Protestants all of them), and of the women who aided them, Mary McCracken, Betsy Gray, Anne Devlin are mentioned. The fighting sagarts are commemorated in the names of Fathers Roche, Prendergast, Murphy, and Redmond. Two wolf dogs, beautifully chiselled, keep watch and ward under the cross, and an Irish inscription reminds the pilgrims to pray for Eire as well as for the brave men and women who loved her unto death: Go Sairaidh Diet Eire.