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1913. Pádraig Pearse signed cheque
Manuscript on printed cheque, framed with a portrait of Pearse
. Drawn on The Royal Bank of Ireland to J. Landy, in the sum of eight
shillings and ten pence, signed “Pádraic Mac Piarais”, entirely in Pearse’s
hand. Signed “John Landy” on reverse. Interestingly Pearse kept his
current account with a very Unionist banking institution while his loan
account was with the Hibernian Bank (see lot 252), presumably to
prevent the latter taking what small income he had as repayments.
€400-€600 (£333-£500 approx)
254
1916 Rising: Pádraig Pearse commemorative photograph
Large photograph of the 1916 Rising leader backed on card and
contained in a frame. 19 x 15in. (48.26 x 38.10cm)
€80-€100 (£67-£83 approx)
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1896: Under Two Flags signed by Roger Casement
Cloth boards, Chatto & Windus, London, 1896, 237pp.
Under Two Flags by Ouida (pseudonym of the English novelist Maria
Louise Ramé) with the signature of Roger Casement inside front cover. A
famous novel from the collection of one of Ireland’s most famous
patriots. 9 x 6in. (22.86 x 15.24cm)
€200-€300 (£167-£250 approx)
256
1936: Harry Kernoff woodcut of Roger Casement
Harry Kernoff woodcut of Roger Casement in the dock during his trial
for treason. Signed and inscribed by the artist. 10 x 8.25in. (25.40 x
20.96cm)
€100-€200 (£83-£167 approx)
257
1916 Rising: Frongoch Camp postcards and other ephemera
Two scarce postcards with printed drawings of Frongoch South Camp
and North Camp. Also with a handbill memorial notice produced on All
Soul’s Day 1916 with the names of the executed leaders of the Rising
and Volunteers killed, some other names added in pencil. Another
handbill of a song ‘Alive, Alive, Oh!’ described as being written in
Frongoch 5 July 1916. Also contemporaneous mimeograph copy of Sean
MacDiarmada’s final letter from Kilmainham to John Daly. (5 items)
€150-€250 (£125-£208 approx)
258
1916: Ballykinler and Frongoch internment camp photographs
Pair of framed photographs taken at Frongoch Camp and Ballykinler.
Including Peadar Kearney. From the collection of a 1916 and Frongoch
veteran, Michael William O Reilly.
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
259
1916 Rising and War of Independence leaders and martyrs postcards
collection
A collection of 32 postcards with some extremely scarce examples.
Including Phoenix Press postcards of Kevin Barry and Thomas Bryan. City
Printing Limerick of Robert Monteith. Powell Press of Michael D. DeLacy,
Peter Clancy, Grace Gifford, Finian Lynch, J. J. Walsh, Eamonn Ceannt,
Thomas J. Clarke, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Edward Daly, J. J.
Heuston, John MacBride, William Pearse, Michael Mallin, Countess
Markievicz, Count Plunkett, Eoin MacNeill and Thomas Ashe. Curran
postcards of Sean Connolly, The O’Rahilly, Con Colbert, Thomas
MacDonagh and John McDermot. Also Cathal Brugha, Terence
MacSwiney, Francis Sheehy Skeffington, Roger Casement, ‘Sinn Féin
mobilisation order’ and ‘Sinn Féin commandeer cheque’ postcards. (32
items)
€400-€600 (£333-£500 approx)
260
1916-1919: Republican leaders postcards collection including Martin
Savage
Real photographic postcard of Martin Savage (in civilian clothes) killed
during the Ashtown ambush in 1919. Also with Powell Press Rebellion
leaders postcards of Lieutenant Thomas Allen, Tom Clarke, Sean Connolly,
Thomas MacDonagh and an attractive colour print produced circa 1966
by New Ireland Assurance and printed by Three Candles. The latter
framed with Combridge Gallery label verso. (6 items)
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
261
1976: The Green Flag with signed letters from author Robert Kee In
three volumes
The Most Distressful Country, 341pp,The Bold Fenian Men, 303pp and
Ourselves Alone, 192pp. Loosely inserted are two letters from Kee to
Bulmer Hobson’s sister, a Mrs. Florence Patterson in April and May 1977.
Also with The Last Post Seamus Mac Ciarnain (ed) published by the
National Graves Association
€150-€200 (£125-£167 approx)
262
20th Century: Collection of Irish Rebellion music vinyl albums
Including The Rising of the Moon by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy
Makem with sleeve designed by Louis Le Brocquy, Mise Éire, 50 Years
After by Tommy Drennan, Revolutionary Speeches and Poems narrated
by Micheál Mac Liammóir, The Blood Stained Bandage by Ray
McAreavey, The Year of the French by The Chieftains, Four Green Fields
by The Flying Column etc. (22 items) 13 x 13in. (33.02 x 33.02cm)
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
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1916-21: Rising and War of Independence publications including ‘The
Failure of Parliamentarianism’
Pamphlet ‘Failure of Parliamentarianism’ lecture delivered at Ennis, Co.
Clare, 18 December, 1917 by Rev. J. Clancy. Also with two ‘Rajah of
Frongoch’ handbills “Marching to Berlin” and “War News”, Nationality
War Issue No. 11, F.X. Martin offprint The Easter Rising & UCD (1966),
photograph of Dublin in ruins after Rising and clippings from The
Illustrated London News relating to the Rebellion. (7 items)
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
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1916-22: Irish political handbills and publications including Poblacht
na hÉireann War News
Poblacht na hÉireann War News No. 6. Handbills titled “Look at the
Map! God made Ireland Separate. Why should John Dillon interfere?”
and “Letter from his Grace The Most Rev. Dr Walsh Archbishop of Dublin
to His Eminence Cardinal O’Connell of America”. Sinn Féin issued handbill
“Can Ireland Stand Alone?” “Constitution of the Free State of Ireland”
pamphlet 34pp. Manuscript Padraic Pearse verse on a single sheet and
single sheet typescript song “Uladh” (6 items)
€100-€150 (£83-£125 approx)
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