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1837 (24 December) Cork Barracks Cholera Epidemic account
A 4pp manuscript letter written by a soldier in Cork Barracks describing
the outbreak of Cholera in the Barracks “the Cholera has made its
appearance in the Barracks, two or three cases within the last few days
which terminated fatally. It is to be hoped that they are merely individual
cases and that the disease will not spread for the idea of the havoc it
would make...is too dreadful to contemplate...” Further content relating to
his decision to join the army and personal reasons for doing so. An
interesting insight into British Army garrison life in 19th century Ireland.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
111
1865. Fermoy Garrison Athletic Sports poster.
“on Wednesday the 17th May 1865 Under the Patronage of Colonel
Moore” Fermoy: John Lindsay, Printer and Stationer, King Street. 14 x
9¾in. (36 x 23cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
112
1866 (25 December) Hue-And-Cry James Stephens Wanted
Proclamation
Christmas Day 1866 edition of the Irish Police Gazette with the front
page carrying a dramatic notice offering a reward for James Stephens
following his escape from Richmond Prison. Also with 22 June 1883 and 9
May 1884 editions of the gazette. (3 items)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
113
1866: Fenian Bond Irish Republic Fifty Dollars
Recess printed by Continental Bank Note Co., New York. A scarce higher
denomination. Unissued.
These bonds were issued in America to fund the Fenian Rising of 1867
and were “redeemable six months after the acknowledgement of the
Independence of the Irish Nation”. They were intended to raise funds and
finance attacks against British interests worldwide. An attempted invasion
of Canada took place in 1867.
€
400-
€
600 (£330-£500 approx)
114
1866: Twenty Dollars Irish Republic Fenian Bond
Recess printed by The Continental Bank Note Printing Company of New
York. A scarce higher denomination. Unissued.
€
400-
€
600 (£330-£500 approx)
115
1866 (22 June) Ten Dollars Irish Republic Fenian Bond
Recess printed by The Continental Bank Note Printing Company of New
York. A scarce issued denomination, signed by JJ Sullivan and Michael
Scanlon, issued on 22 June 1866 to one ‘P. Maher’.
€
300-
€
500 (£250-£420 approx)
116
1866: Fenian Bond Irish Republic Ten Dollars
Recess printed by The Continental Bank Note Printing Company of New
York. Signed Sullivan and Scanlan. Creased and tape repairs.
€
150-
€
180 (£130-£150 approx)
117
1866: Fenian Bond Irish Republic Five Dollars signed John O’Mahony.
Recess printed by Continental Bank Note Co., New York. With names of
counties in the border, issued 17 March 1866, signed by Sullivan and
O’Mahony. The latter, John O’Mahony, born 1816, near Mitchelstown,
County Cork, died Feb. 6, 1877, was an Irish nationalist leader. On the run
from the British since the abortive 1848 Insurrection, he escaped to New
York in 1853, where he co-founded with James Stephens and led (1858 –
66) the Fenian Brotherhood. By 1865 the American Fenian group had
become large and prosperous and was sending money and arms to
Ireland. O’Mahony reluctantly backed the Irish Fenians’ decision to stage
military raids in Canada against the British, part of a scheme to hold
Canada hostage for the cause of Irish freedom. The raids failed - as did
the 1867 Rising in Ireland, and he resigned, but he was later called out of
retirement in 1872 and continued to work for Irish independence until his
death in 1877. 3½ x 8in. (8 x 20cm)
€
150-
€
250 (£130-£210 approx)
118
1866: Fenian Bond Irish Republic Five Dollars signed John O’Mahony.
Recess printed by Continental Bank Note Co., New York. With names of
counties in the border, issued 17 March 1866, signed by Sullivan and
O’Mahony. (See lot 117 ) 3½ x 8in. (8 x 20cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
119
1866 Irish Republic Five Dollars Bond issued in USA by the Fenians,
signed John O’Mahony.
Used to raise funds for the Fenian Rising in 1867, signed by the famous
Fenian leader, John O’Mahony living in exile. With images of Hibernia and
Wolfe Tone, county and province names in border, printed by Continental
Bank Note Company of New York.
€
150-
€
200 (£130-£170 approx)
120
1868 (24 June) Handwritten account of the Fenian Raids
A 2pp single sheet manuscript letter sent from Port Huron, Michigan with
a scarce reference to the Fenian Raids “... you will in no doubt be
sometimes hearing something about the Fenians. I do not think that you
need be much alarmed although I believe they will make a dash
somewhere in Canada this summer but it will end in smoke, the leaders
have got to show some account for the cash they have got and the
preparations for a raid will soon foot up a good sized bill. There is a
company of them here they drill twice a week in their lodge room and I
believe are armed with old muskets... they are mostly miserable specimens
of humanity..” Also with a single sheet handbill titled “The Fenian’s Native
Land” a song with words by P. H. Casey, printed by H. de Marsan 54
Chatham Street, New York. (2 items)
€
200-
€
300 (£170-£250 approx)
121
[1867] Allen Larkin & O’Brien (“Manchester Martyrs”) Memorial,
Kilrush, Co. Clare, certificate of subscription.
A memorial to the three Fenians was proposed in the 1890s and
completed in 1903. The three had taken part in an abortive attempt - in
which a policeman was killed - to rescue a prisoner in Manchester. They
were hanged in November 1867. 15 x 20in. (38 x 51cm)
€
80-
€
120 (£70-£100 approx)
122
[1867] Fenian John Devoy (1842-1929) funeral badge
An elaborate American Irish funeral memorial badge produced by Eagle
Regalia New York. Scarce. Devoy was the last great Fenian. Active for over
60 years in the cause for Irish freedom, he was a senior officer in the
Fenian Brotherhood, recruiting Irish soldiers in the British forces in the
1860s and later assisting Roger Casement to do the same in the prisoner
of war camps in Germany. Involved in the 1867 Rising he was imprisoned
for 15 years, after which he went to America where he raised large
amounts of money for Irish revolutionaries including Padraig Pearse, and
later worked with Eamon de Valera and the Irish Free State government.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£130 approx)
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