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1916 (4 May) Military pass
Issued to Martin Dixon of Drumcondra to travel to and from Sir Patrick
Shortalls, 18A Temple Street, manuscript, signed in pencil by Lieutenant TL
Astbury, 2/6th South Staffordshire Regiment.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
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1916 - 1921 Curfew passes, Irish Times journalist
Two curfew passes to John Higgins, Irish Times, one for May 1916, “at all times
between Lr. Camden St. & Irish Times offices.” and the second, dated 30 June
1921, permitting him “to be out of doors during prohibited hours, until end of
July 1921”. (2)
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
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19156 (29 May) Countess Plunkett’s release from Mountjoy
A one-page typewritten letter to Countess Plunkett, from her solicitors Hoey &
Denning, dated 29 May, 1915, arranging a meeting in H. M. Prison, Mountjoy
to discuss her release.
After the 1916 Rising Countess Plunkett was arrested along with Count
Plunkett and interned in Richmond Barracks. With her husband, she was
brought from Richmond Barracks to Kilmainham Jail and was present there
when her son, Joseph Mary, was executed. Subsequently, she and her husband
were deported to England.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
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1916 (6 June) Pass to admit a solicitor to General Court Martial at
Richmond Barracks, Dublin.
Card, No. 91, issued to John Russell Stritch, a prominent Dublin solicitor, and
Swedish consul. With official envelope of Headquarters Irish Command. Rare.
Foxed, heavy on the envelope, lighter on the card
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
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Duty log Dublin Ambulance service, 21 January, 1916 to 6th May, 1916
Logs the incidents attended by ‘B’ Station during the Easter Rising. Records the
first British casualties of the Rising, “Charles St - 1.52 - Ambulance returned
left three soldiers of the 6th Lancers dead in Jervis St. also left 2 wounded
soldiers in Jervis St...” Records the location of incidents, time of call, nature of
injuries and the names of casualties. The unit of military casualties and
addresses of the civilian casualties are recorded in most cases. A unique and
important primary source.
€2,000-€3,000 (£1,600-£2,400 approx)
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1916 (7 May) Easter Rising, Eyewitness account.
a six page letter from Agatha Irelande, 5, Waltham Terrace, Blackrock to Baron
de Veauce describing the events of Easter Week 1916.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
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1916 (2 May) Account of the Rising from the wife of the Viceroy.
a 20-page letter, written by Lady Alice Wimborne to her mother, Baroness
Ebury on Vice-Regal Lodge notepaper. The account commences on Tuesday
May 2, with receipt of the first news of an attack on Dublin Castle by “Sinn
Fainers” and concludes on Friday 5 May. An interesting first-hand account of
the events of Easter week 1916 from the point of view of the British
establishment.
€1,000-€1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx)
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1917 William Butler Yeats ‘Easter 1916’
A letter to Isaac Levine, Chicago “Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I cannot help
you about ‘Easter 1916’. It was printed by a friend, not by me, and only 25
copies in all. I am sorry but I have no control over the little book. I wonder
how you got wind of it, for it was never meant to be known beyond the first
imprint. Yours faithfully, W. B. Yeats.” with envelope.
€1,000-€1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx)
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1916 - a manuscript account of Seán McDermott by Seán McGarry, Aide de
Camp to Commandant Tom Clarke during the Rising,
Pp20 foolscap and pp3 typescript, the former in McGarry’s own hand and the
latter being interviews with McGarry by his grandson Donal King in January
1949 to December 1950. Unique personal reminiscences of a veteran close to
the central command of the Rising.
€300-€500 (£240-£400 approx)
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1916 (4 May) Daily Express Dublin edition with first news of Rising leaders
executions etc.
4pp broadsheet. A very brief two paragraph report of the official communiqué
stating that Pearse, MacDonagh and Clarke had been court martialled,
sentenced to death, and shot. Other interesting accounts of 1916 Rising are
included. Scarce original newspaper published in the aftermath of the Rising.
Heavily folded, some splitting, overall toning, edge tears, complete very good.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
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1916 Easter Rising coverage by “The Irish World”
The Irish World Irish American weekly newspaper, 12 issues incl. coverage of
1916 Rising, executions etc. 15, 22 & 29 April; 6, 13 & 27 May; June 3, 17 &
24; July 8, 15, 22.
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
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1916 Easter Rising and Civil War: Daily Sketch Newspapers
Easter Rising & Civil War 4 Daily Sketch Newspapers 28 April, 3 May 15 May
and 7 December 1916. (4)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
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1916, Cork Free Press, The Rising in Dublin
Reports on the Easter Rising. Edition Saturday, May 6, 1916, pages 1,2,7 & 8.;
together with a facsimile of Irish War News. (2)
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
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1916 Frongoch autograph album with page written by Michael Collins
The prisoner of war camp album of Paurig Brennan, Meelick Cross, Limerick.
Includes an entry by Michael Collins, signed by him and dated “Frongoch,
1916”.
An organiser of considerable intelligence, Collins had become highly respected
in the Irish Republican Brotherhood. This led to his appointment as financial
advisor to Count Plunkett, father of one of the Easter Rising‘s organisers,
Joseph Mary Plunkett. T When it commenced on Easter Monday 1916, Collins
served as Joseph Plunkett’s aide-de-camp in the GPO Dublin. Arrested, but
fortutously escaping execution, he was iimprisoned at Frongo where he
organised a program of protest and non-cooperation with authorities. He was
released in December 1916 and rapidly became an outstanding commanderr in
the War of Independence.
€3,000-€5,000 (£2,400-£4,000 approx.)
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Sinn Féin Rebellion Handbook
Easter, 1916. 1917 Edition. Weekly Irish Times, Dublin. Rebound.
A comprehensive contemporary account of the events and aftermath of the
Easter Rising. Lacking map.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
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1916 Sinn Féin Rebellion Handbook:
Easter, 1916. Second Edition. Weekly Irish Times, Dublin. A comprehensive
contemporary account of the events and aftermath of the Easter Rising.
Lacking map.
€100- €150 (£80-£120 approx)