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Sports Medals
A parcel gilt boxing tournament medal, Freshford v Portlaoise 1945; a
parcel gilt silver hurling medal, Kilcoole, 1965; a medal commemorating
the foundation of St. Vincent’s Hospital, 1834; and a white metal football
medal.
€
120-
€
180 (£100-£140 approx)
285
Gold and silver sports medals.
9ct gold, Birmingham, 1924, together with two Irish silver medals and a
silver boxing medal. (4)
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
286
1940s Sports Programmes
A miscellaneous collection of sports programmes & tickets, including the
1948 Oxford vs. Cambridge University Boat Race and Rugby Match, 1948
Davis Cup tickets for Ireland v. Denmark, 1949 Dublin Horse Show, etc.
(23).
€
80-
€
120 (£60-£100 approx)
287
1922 Tailteann Games Prospectus and programmes.
“1922 Irish Race Olympics - a Revival of the Ancients Tailteann Games”
Pp.52. Soft covers are loose & nicked. Internal staple rust. Extremely rare.
Celtic cover design by W. Victor Brown. Extremely rare. The new provisional
government set aside a budget of £10,000 for these games which were
scheduled for 1922, but were postponed due to the Civil War. They
eventually took place in 1924. Also with this lot: Aonach Tailteann 1924
Souvenir Programme. Pp.256. Illustrated. Includes double page Celtic style
illustration by Norah McGuinness & folding map; Leabhar Tailteann Aonach
Tailteann 1928. Pp.149, index, adverts. Illustrated. (3)
€
200-
€
250 (£160-£200 approx)
288
Dublin Working Girls Drilling Association and others
A Dublin Working Girls Drilling Association medal; together with seven
various early 20th century silver medals. (8)
€
50-
€
70 (£40-£60 approx)
289
XIVth Olympiad, London 1948
A collection of six football, athletics & boxing programmes for the 14th
Olympic Games, London 1948, together with a ‘Series Ticket’, including an
unused Closing Ceremony ticket. (7)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
290
1940s Irish Athletics programmes
A collection comprising: Local Defence Sports Board (FCA), 1945; Irish
Amateur Athletic Union, 1948: Irish Amateur Athletic Board, 1948; Irish
Secondary Schools Athletic Organisation, 1948; and Clonliffe Harriers,
1948. (5)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
291
1956 XVIth Olympiad, Ronnie Delaney and Eamonn Kinsella, signed
menu.
The menu of a dinner hosted by the Olympic Council of Ireland, on 29th
December, 1956 at the Dolphin Hotel Dublin “In honour of the Competitors
who represented Ireland in these Games”. Signed by Ronnie Delaney, Gold
Medallist and Eamonn Kinsella, a competitor in 110m hurdles.
€
150-
€
180 (£120-£140 approx)
292
Boxing. 19th Century: United States Army fight challenge proclamation
card “I will fight any of them, barring an Irishman...”
A proclamation broadside titled “A Card !” and issued by Dominick
McGlynn of Hazleton, Pennsylvania declaring that he challenges “any
member of the First Regiment P.S.N.G. (Pennsylvania State National Guard)
now stationed here to fight me a fair stand up fight in a twenty-four foot
ring, according to the rules of the London Prize Ring, for the sum of fifty
dollars or I will fight any of them barring an Irishman for one hundred
dollars...” Laid down on board marked on reverse “Reframed by William E.
Chapin Superintendent Army April 3rd 1933.” 7 x 10in. (18 x 25cm)
€
80-
€
120 (£60-£100 approx)
293
1940s Boxing Programmes
The official programme of Jack Doyle vs. Butcher Howell, Dalymount Park,
6 August 1943, together with programmes for Irish Amateur Boxing
Association tournaments vs. Wales, 1946: France, 1946 & Wales, 1948. (4)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
294
McNally, John: Archive of Material of Boxing Interest
Including material signed by John McNally, the Republic of Ireland’s first
winner of an Olympic boxing medal at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in
1952. Includes: Official 1952 Olympic daily boxing programme for Tuesday,
July 7, 1952 signed by Joe McNally on the cover; reproduction photograph
of McNally in his prime with his signature and inscription, his business card
and a pamphlet cover titled: Falls Road Stories Book Seventeen with a
picture on the cover of John McNally & Liam Burns with a trophy from
1952; reproduction image of the members of the Irish Olympic boxing
team in 1952 ; plaque presented to John McNally by the Irish Amateur
Boxing Association in 1988; Barry Flynn. Legends of Irish Boxing (2007),
signed and inscribed by McNally, Barry Flynn and boxer Hugh Russell;
folder of press clippings and repro photos of McNally.
Other Notes: McNally was born and raised in the Pound Loney area of west
Belfast and was the first Irish boxer to win an Olympic medal. In 1953,
John McNally won a bronze medal in the European Amateur Boxing
Championships in Warsaw, and won the Golden Gloves Championships
representing Europe against the USA in Chicago. In fact, McNally, within
the space of a year, beat three American Golden Gloves champions and
was awarded an honorary pair of Golden Gloves in recognition of this
achievement.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
296
2012 Katie Taylor Olympic Champion
A portrait of the Olympic Gold Medallist by Michael Hanrahan, Oil on
canvas, signed by the artist and Katie Taylor 12 x 30in. (30 x 76cm)
€
1,200-
€
1,500 (£960-£1,200 approx)
297
Cricket. 1894 - 1900 Vanity Fair Cartoon of Dr W. G. Grace
A collection of prints of the great and the good of 1890s English society
including Dr. W.G. Grace; General Frederick Marshall, C.M.G.; Viscount
Curzon, M.P.; etc. (13) Mounted. 14 x 9in. (36 x 23cm)
€
350-
€
400 (£280-£320 approx)
298
Cricket: 1999 (20 June) Cricket World Cup Final, Australia v Pakistan
signed jerseys
A pair of Pakistan and Australia Cricket jerseys each signed respectively by
the team captains Wasim Akram and Steve Waugh. Attractively framed as
a display piece.
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
299
1902 Irish Road Club, Cycling Medal
To A. G. Campbell, for 12 hours Time Trial, 4th October, 1902; distance:
157.5 Miles. Birmingham, 1902.
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
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