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1945 Presidential Election poster for Sean Ma-
cEoin
A colour lithograph-printed poster with a full-
length photograph of Sean MacEoin. Printed by
Alex Thom & Co. Ltd. and published by Patrick F.
O’Reilly, agent for the candidate.
Sean Mac Eoin, the “Blacksmith of Ballinalee”, un-
successfully stood twice as candidate for the office
of President of Ireland, as Fine Gael’s last minute
candidate against Seán T. O’Kelly in 1945, and
against Éamon de Valera in 1959.
30 x 19in. (76.20 x 48.26cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 460461
1945 Presidential Election poster for Sean T.
O’Kelly
A black and white poster, the banner “O’Kelly for
President” above a head and shoulders portrait of
O’Kelly signed Mac an tSaoir, above “Vote Sean T.
O’Kelly (Sean T. O Cheallaigh) No. 1”. Published
by Fianna Fail, 13, Upper Mount Street and Print-
ed by The Frederick Press, South Frederick Lane,
Dublin.
30 x 19in. (76.20 x 48.26cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 461462
1945 (June) “The Blue Hussars” at the inauguration of President Sean T. O’Kelly.
Seven photographs of the procession of president Sean T. O’Kelly on his inauguration. O’Kelly travelled in
the late Queen Alexandra’s horse-drawn landau, the first (and only) time when a president went to his or her
inauguration in a horse-drawn carriage rather than a car, escorted by the Mounted Escort, or “Blue Hussars”;
together with a copy photograph of mounted British troops at Dublin Castle. (8)
The Blue Hussars, officially called the Mounted Escort, was a ceremonial unit of the Irish Army established in
1932. It escorted the President of Ireland on state occasions, most famously to and from presidential inaugu-
rations between 1938, when the first president took office, and 1948 when the Escort was disbanded.
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 462