The Life and Adventures of Michael Collier. The Celebrated Leinster Highwayman. Drogheda: the Argus, [1850]. First Edition. Pp 44. Ex library copy in library cloth. Publisher’s front wrapper bound-in. A good copy.

Michael Collier (1780-1849), highwayman, was born at Bellewstown Hill, Co. Meath, son of a small farmer. By the late 1790s he had embarked on a career as a highwayman, ranging over the counties of Louth, Meath, Westmeath, and Dublin.

His exploits fostered his reputation as a popular folk hero, but eventually he was arrested at the Cock Tavern in Gormanstown, Co. Meath, and conscripted into a regiment serving in the West Indies. [DNB]