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20th Century: Collection of theatre interest books and publications
from the library of Dorothy Dennis
Collection of assorted theatre interest books from the library of Dorothy
Dennis. Many examples marked up with stage directions. Includes Touch
and Go by D. H. Lawrence (presentation copy) Love and Land by Lynn
Doyle, Big Jim by James Plunkett and many others including Talbot
Press publications, Graham Greene, Dylan Thomas, Brendan Behan etc.
(30 approx.)
€150-€250 (£122-£203 approx)
399
1930s-60s: Irish theatre programmes and tickets collection
A large selection of Irish theatre programmes and tickets. Mostly from
the Gaiety and Olympia Theatres. The majority dating from the 1950s
and 1960s. (approx. 80 items)
€80-€100 (£65-£81 approx)
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20th Century: Violin with label of Bennettini, Milan
A violin with label “Bennettini, Via S. Giovanni alla Conca 45, Milano”.
14in. back. Some recent refurbishment. With case and bow.
€500-€700 (£407-£569 approx)
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1893: GAA All Ireland Football Championship Medal won by Wexford
Hallmarked gold medal awarded to Michael Curran of Young Irelands
Engraved "G.A.A. all Ireland Football Championship Won By Wexford
1893" to reverse and "M. Curran" in circular cartouche to obverse.
The 1893 final was played in June 1894 between Young Irelands,
Wexford and Dromtariffe of Cork. The final was without doubt was one
of the most unusual in the history of the association. The match was
arranged to be played at Ashtown near the Phoenix Park but the pitch
was unplayable, described by the Wexford Independent at the time as
"a graveyard overgrown with grass..." The crowd of approximately 2000,
which had come to see the game made their way to the polo pitch in
the nearby Phoenix Park in hope that the game could take place there.
The polo pitch, however, had no markings or goalposts that were
suitable for a football match, but ingenuity triumphed and city drivers
placed their jaunting cars at intervals around the pitch while the people
in between the cars acted as the boundary lines. When the match
finally did get underway the Young Irelands went into an early lead
with the benefit of the hill. The second half saw Cork disallowed a goal
and "a Cork man swooped down on Paddy Curran who was bending
over the ball and gave him an open kick in the face which turned his
left eye out of his head...". This led to a mass invasion of the pitch and
after the Dublin referee did eventually restore order and asked the
teams to replace their casualties, the Cork team refused to return to the
pitch handing the title to Wexford with a winning score of 1-1 to 0-2.
A hard-earned and scarce medal. For more information see The Wexford
Hurling & Football Bible 1887-2008 by Dominic Williams. 1.25 x 1 in.
€2,000-€3,000 (£1,626-£2,439 approx)
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GAA 1901 All Ireland Runners Up medal
Silver and enamel GAA All Ireland Runners Up medal. Hallmarked
Birmingham 1901and with retailer’s mark of Moore & Co. Grafton
Street. Uninscribed on reverse and recipient unknown. 1.25 x 1.25in.
(3.18 x 3.18cm)
€500-€700 (£407-£569 approx)
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GAA 1903: Croke Cup medal awarded to Blackrock of Cork
9ct gold by Egan of Cork.
A desirable Croke Cup winners medal. The obverse with the engraved
crest of Blackrock Hurling Club, the reverse inscribed “Croke Cup,
1903, won by Blackrock H. C.” Awarded in the year of 1903 when the
club also won the All-Ireland hurling title representing Cork. It is
therefore likely that the recipient of this medal also held an All
Ireland medal for the same year. 1.50 x 1.25in. (3.81 x 3.18cm)
€800-€1,000 (£650-£813 approx)
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GAA 1904: Important medal awarded to ‘M. S. Uí Floinn’ for
Ireland’s first ever Camogie match
The extremely scarce and historically significant Gaelic Athletic
Association medal awarded to M. S. Uí Floinn. Medal in the same
form as All Ireland Championship medals of the period and
hallmarked Dublin 1904. Engraved on reverse “M. S. Uí Floinn 1904”
The efforts to found a new Gaelic female stick-and-ball game first
began in 1903 when draft rules were drawn up by Máire Ní
Chinnéide, Seán Ó Ceallaigh, Tadhg Ó Donnchadha and Séamus Ó
Braonáin. Through the efforts of Ní Chinnéide and the other
members of Keating Branch of the Gaelic League (Craobh an
Chéitinnigh) the first ever camogie match in Ireland was played
before the public on 17 July 1904 at the Navan Agricultural Society
Grounds in County Meath between Craobh an Chéitinnigh and
Cúchulainn.
The Freeman’s Journal noted a few days later that “On Sunday in
connection with the Aeridheacht held in the grounds of the Meath
Agricultural Society at Navan, the first inter-club Camoguidheacht
match took place... both teams were attired in graceful costumes, the
Cuchullain colleens wearing light blue with red sashes and the
Keating Gaels wearing light blue with yellow ties, the colours of the
branch.... The game was fast throughout and it was within five
minutes of the call of time before the first score was recorded, a goal
for the Keating Club...” Also noting in another article that “[Camogie]
is regarded as a novelty, and may be remarked as the first inter-club
contest ever played in Ireland...Both teams were composed of
colleens and belong to Dublin and the game, which aroused
considerable interest, resembles hurling, the ground being marked
out something like an ordinary football field. The camog, or hurling
stick, however, being much lighter and less dangerous than the
ordinary camans”
It was 1912 before there would be an inter-county Camogie match
and 1932 before the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
started. In 2004 the historic match was commemorated at Pairc
Tailteann where a plaque was unveiled to mark its centenerary. The
GAA Museum hold photographs of both teams which almost
certainly includes the recipient of this medal. An interesting and
attributable piece of Ireland’s sporting past. 1.25 x 1.25in. (3.18 x
3.18cm)
€600-€800 (£488-£650 approx)
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GAA: The Gaelic Athletic Annual and County Directory for 1910-
1911
Compiled and edited by Gaels for Gaels. A scarce item with
interesting photographic illustrations and historical information. 8 x
5.50in. (20.32 x 13.97cm)
€500-€700 (£407-£569 approx)
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