60
WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
408
1975: Long Kesh Provisional IRA prisoner art
A large piece of Provisional IRA prisoner art. Comprising of a wooden
board decorated with the island of Ireland flanked on either side by flags
and the words ‘Long Kesh 1975’ and below the word ‘Provisional’.
Unsigned. 15 x 26½in. (38 x 66cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
409
1978: Portlaoise Republican prisoner art cross
A large handmade prisoner art Celtic cross. The front marked “In honour
of Ireland’s patriot dead RIP, Provisionals.” The reverse “19 - Portlaoise -
78”. The underside of the cross marked “From Malachy”. A good quality
example. 17½ x 7in. (43 x 18cm)
€
120-
€
150 (£100-£130 approx)
410
1980s: Long Kesh (The Maze Prison) Key tags including Hall Guard,
H6, ABF Master etc.
Collection of key tags. Also includes IRF Hut, COMP 19, Cook 3, one Yale
key and two filing cabinet keys. This, and lot 412, were acquired from a
contractor employed to demolish the prison. Her Majesty’s Prison Maze
(known colloquially as Maze Prison, The Maze, The H Blocks or Long
Kesh) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house
paramilitary prisoners from mid-1971 to mid-2000. The prison was
closed in 2000 and demolition began on 30 October 2006.
(9 items)
Provenance:
Whyte’s, 13 November 2010, lot 313; Private collection
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
411
1980s: Long Kesh (The Maze Prison) H Block H4 Key tags
Numbered 1 to 6 and 8 to 13 inclusive. (12 items). See lot 410.
Provenance:
Whyte’s, 13 November 2010, lot 315; Private collection
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
412
1980s: H Block Maze Prison leather work prisoner art with signatures
An attractive piece of republican leather work prisoner art. Decorated
with images of hunger strikers and verse, surrounded by Celtic
strapwork, the arms of the four provinces and the words “H Block
Martyrs”. Signed on the reverse by 18 individuals. 20 x 22in. (51 x 56cm)
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
413
1980s-90s: Crumlin Road Jail, Belfast - Collection including part of
railings and various documents and ephemera
Four dagger shaped crestings removed from the perimeter railings of
Belfast’s famous jail, which housed many hundreds of prisoners from all
sides of the conflict in Northern Ireland. With a letter of provenance.
Also Fire Brigade Emergency Plan including map, pp15, Northern Ireland
Prison Service Training manuals, memos, reports, instructions on conduct,
drugs, giving evidence, searches, prisoners misconduct, and a “Details of
Alleged Offence Against Prison Discipline” form 1126 concerning a
prisoner, Kenneth Johnston, refusing to obey order of Prison Officer
Stanley Colville on 2 May 1988, and a copy of a speech by a prison
officer to his Masonic Lodge. Fascinating lot. (pp70 A4 approx., mainly
mimeographs, some typescript and manuscript, mostly confidential or
secret).
Provenance:
Whyte’s, 13 November 2010; Lot 319; Private Collection
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
414
1993: Crumlin Road Jail Republican prisoner art
A large piece of framed Republican prisoner art, decorated with various
verse and images including a portrait of Bobby Sands and members of
both the wings of the IRA. Signed bottom centre “by Stevie J. and Dan
the Man K. Crumlin Rd. Gaol A Wing ‘93” and signed by numerous other
prisoners on the artwork edges. Made by Dan Kelly, well known for his
artwork in prison. 25 x 17½in. (64 x 43cm)
€
500-
€
700 (£420-£580 approx)
415
1990s: Long Kesh Prisoner Art including Easter Rising commemorative
picture signed by 30 prisoners
Signatures include Gerry Butler, Paddy Hemhill, John McKinney, Kevin
McShane, Pat Magee, Seamus Doherty, Gerry Mackin, Ciaran Morrison,
etc., also a Bobby Sands framed commemorative montage, and “H-Block
Martyrs” plaque. (3 items)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
416
1995: Long Kesh prisoner art featuring hunger striker portraits
A piece of republican prisoner art decorated with portraits of hunger
strikers alongside an image of Provisional IRA members. Titled ‘They died
for the freedom of Ireland’ in Irish and dedicated ‘Happy 18th Danny Ó
Dad Long Kesh 95”. Made by Dan Kelly, well known for his art in prison.
13½ x 21½in. (33 x 53cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
417
1996: Long Kesh Prisoner Art Celtic Cross
Large prisoner art cross inscribed on the base “To Marty and Maura, Long
Kesh, 1996”. A fine example. 16½ x 9in. (41 x 23cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
418
2003: Castlerea Prison Republican prisoner art mirror
Painted mirror decorated with a large United Irishmen crest surrounded
by the crests of the four provinces of Ireland. With signatures to rear
19½ x 15½in. (48 x 38cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
419
1998-2005: Stormont Northern Ireland brochures and ephemera
including Clinton visit press pack
An interesting collection of mixed ephemera including ‘President
Clinton’s visit to Northern Ireland December 2000’ press pack folder. 3
copies of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement used in the referendum
campaign, Stormont Castle booklets and others. (10 items)
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
420
2007 (8 May) Northern Ireland Assembly signed commemorative
brochure
A commemorative brochure produced for the occasion of the opening of
the Assembly in May 2007 signed by political figures including Tony
Blair, Bertie Ahern. Martin McGuinness, Ian Paisley (inscribed “Ephesians
6 v 19-20”), Peter Hain, Albert Reynolds, Gerry Kelly, John Hume, Gerry
Adams. Ministers of the Assembly have also signed beside their
respective portraits including Peter Robinson, Caitriona Ruane, Nigel
Dodds, Michael McGimpsey, Margaret Ritchie, Conor Murphy, Arlene
Foster, Michelle Gildernew, Edwin Poots and Reg Empey. An extremely
scarce piece of ephemera relating to one of the most important
moments in Northern Ireland’s recent history. Also with a unsigned
example of the same brochure. (2 items)
€
2,000-
€
3,000 (£1,670-£2,500 approx)
