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62

1792 United Irishmen. The Report of a Commit-

tee Appointed By the Society of United Irishmen

of Dublin:

To Enquire and Report the Popery Laws Enacted in This

Realm. Dublin, 1792. First Edition. 8vo. Disbound. 78

good pages.

According to Thomas Addis Emmet, the exposure of

the tyranny and oppression by the authorities at Dublin

Castle galvanised outrage, which 6 years later resulted in

the 1798 Rebellion.

Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110

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63

1803 Robert Emmett’s death mask, cast in

bronze

From the original death-mask taken shortly after his

execution by James Petrie in Kilmainham Jail.

8 x 5_in. (20.32 x 13.97cm)

Estimate €700-€1,000 £510-£740

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1800-1990s. Mixed lot including Act of Union, Lord Ventry, Irish Masonic material, Charles Haughey,

etc.

Includes1800 London Chronicle with Irish House of Lords debate on Union, 1859 letter from Marchioness of Kildare,

1824 letter to Lord Ventry in France, Brown Thomas photographs 1952 and 1967, 1992 envelope to Taoiseach Haughey

with CHECKED security handstamp, Masonic claret jug, documents and metal tokens (3) mainly 1930s. (31)

Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110

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