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1921 (2 April) Dáil Éireann warning letter to “holders of Decrees of
Enemy Courts”
An extremely scarce letter complete with envelope addressed to “Joseph
Montgomery Esq., 17 D’Olier St. Dublin”. The letter sent by W. T. Cosgrave
is addressed to “all holders of Decrees of Enemy Courts for Criminal and
Malicious Injuries; To all who have or are about to secure ‘Garnishee
Orders’, To Solicitors acting on behalf of such persons and to all others
whom it may concern” and is clearly stated as a ‘solemn warning’ to
those who “act as agents and instruments of the enemy”.
Joseph Henry Montgomery was a well known Dublin solicitor who ran
the family business in Dublin from 1905. He was a specialist in Land
Court work and died in 1941. See lot 247 & 290. 13 x 8in. (33.02 x
20.32cm)
€300-€500 (£250-£417 approx)
292
1921 (August) Barbed Wire Ballykinler prisoners’ publication Vol. 1
No. 1
Mimeograph, 6pp. The first edition of Barbed Wire produced by prisoners
held in Ballykinler camp. A scarce item consisting of six single pages
with information, advice, jokes, sports notes etc. Also with a single page
(4) of the December 1921 edition.
€150-€200 (£125-£167 approx)
293
1921 (25 October) Belfast Trade Boycott poster
Letterpress. Rare poster issued by the Belfast Boycott Committee listing
firms in Ireland, England and Scotland that are “distributing for Belfast
and are not to be traded with at present”. 20 x 15in. (50.80 x 38.10cm)
€200-€300 (£125-£167 approx)
294
1922: Pro-Treaty Election poster “support the Treaty candidates”
Poster issued in support of the treaty, printed in red and black ink. Titled
“Document number 2, support the Treaty candidates”. Framed 39 x 24in.
(99.06 x 60.96cm)
€300-€400 (£250-£333 approx)
295
1922 (28 June) Proclamation of Civil War by Anti Treaty Forces
Single sheet, mimeograph. Proclamation issued by the Anti Treaty Forces
on the day that the Civil War began. “Fellow citizens of the Irish
Republic. The fateful hour has come. At the dictation of our hereditary
enemy our rightful cause is being treacherously assaulted by recreant
Irishmen”. Printed signatories include no less than 12 “Generals” of the
IRA, seven of whom lost their lives over the course of the Civil War. 10 x
8in. (25.40 x 20.32cm)
€400-€600 (£333-£500 approx)
296
1922 (28 June) Proclamation of Civil War by Anti Treaty Forces
Single sheet, mimeograph. Another similar proclamation, missing bottom
right corner. 10 x 8in. (25.40 x 20.32cm)
€300-€500 (£250-£417 approx)
297
1922 (28 June) Poblacht Na hÉireann handbill ‘A Diary from the Four
Courts’
Single sheet, letterpress. Sent by “Father Albert”. Detailed and dramatic
timetable of events from 3.40am “Ultimatum delivered” to 12.30pm.
“The firing has carried on furiously for 7.5 hours”. Rare
9.50 x 7.50in. (24.13 x 19.05cm)
€200-€300 (£167-£250 approx)
298
1922-3: Treaty and Civil War publications including Nationalityand
Straight Talk
War News Nationality No. 6 14 July 1922. 2pp. Straight Talk. No. 3. 29
November, Seventh Year of the Republic, mimeograph broadside.
Pamphlet by Robert Barton The Truth About the Treaty and Document
No. 2 a Reply to Michael Collins , 15pp. Handbill “Ireland Over All” with
words of a song composed by Eamon Ceannt.
€00-€00 (£0-£0 approx)
299
1922: Collection of pro-treaty Civil War publications
Letterpress, various sizes. Including ‘War Special’ Truth No. 4. An t-Óglac
No. 4 and No. 5. The Free State Vol. 1 No. 22 and No. 29. (5 items)
€80-€120 (£67-£100 approx)
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