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1922 Coffin ship” in Dublin Bay Condition of
Prisoners on Board”
A six-paragraph statement on behalf of the 550 an-
ti-treaty prisoners on board the S.S. Arvonia by Comdt.
Connie Mackey. Single typescript sheet outlining poor
conditions on board, poor food, hunger strikes, no medi-
cal treatment, insufficient toilet facilities and little water.
Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150
Large Image & Place Bid 273274
1922 Civil War. Four statements regarding be-
haviour of Free State troops.
Four mimeograph typescript statements containing
accounts of attacks on civilians, theft, use of prisoners as
human shields and drunkenness by Free State soldiers.
(4)
Estimate €200-€250 £150-£180
Large Image & Place Bid 274275
1922 - 1932 Free State Army, Civil War photo-
graph and concerns about the rise of Fianna Fail
1922 (18 April) A contemporary photographic print
showing Maj. Gen. McKeon, with revolver drawn,
stationed at a window overlooking a meeting in Ennis
addressed by President Arthur Griffith; Together with
27 October 1932 Monthly Report of Battalion Adjutant,
South Westmeath I.R.A. Together with a response from
the Adjutant General, dated 12 November 1932. The re-
port expresses concern at the growing interest in Fianna
Fail among volunteers; item 9 in the Adjutant General’s
response orders You will rigidly enforce the rule that
volunteers cannot become members of the Fianna Fail
organisation.””
Estimate €200-€300 £150-£220
Large Image & Place Bid 275276
1923 (5 September) £1,000 Reward poster
Issued by A. P. Magill, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of
Home Affairs, Northern Ireland. The reward is offered to
persons supplying information leading to the conviction
of the murderer(s) of John Shevlin on Old Park Road,
Belfast.
1_ x 20in. (3.81 x 50.80cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £150-£220
Large Image & Place Bid 276