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1918 First Annual Sinn Féin Árd-Chomhairle Agenda and Reports
The agenda and reports of the Sinn Féin Árd-Comhairle 20th August
1918. 22pp, type-written with notes in pencil.
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200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
267
April 1918, Ennis, letter from the Bishop of Killaloe to Sinn Féin
An autograph pronouncement in support of Sinn Fein by the Bishop of
Killaloe, Most Reverend Dr. Michael Fogarty. Headed “Sinn Fein Banner of
Irish Independence”. A single ruled page, handwritten in a clear hand both
sides.
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200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
268
1918 (27 January and 3 February) letters from an Irish activist in
London to JH MacDonnell, solicitor.
Interesting content recording bombing raids by Germans, women and
children crushed to death in riots for food and other news not reported
in the British media, also the smuggling of food parcels from Ireland, and
coded messages relating to rendezvous and meetings (probably of the
Irish Self Determination League of which MacDonnell was a member). 4pp
quarto manuscript. Also an undated letter to “Beaufort” from Mark
Antony MacDonnell MP, father of JH MacDonnell, relating to a picture.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
269
1918 Two handwritten letters from Constance Markievicz.
Both addressed “Darling”, apparently to JH MacDonnell, London, one from
149 Leinster Road (Rathmines, Dublin),
Contents refer to conscription - “we will not fight for England - the Easter Week
murders have put a spirit into this country”, “they would look on it as a betrayal and
infamy to put on the khaki coat of Connolly and Pierce’s butchers”. She talks of
persecution of the Fianna and a demonstration of 300 boys that was about to be
fired on by the RIC and a boy being sentenced to hard labour, her support for the
Germans - “thank God the Germans are running them [the English]. I only hope they
get to London in time to save Ireland from massacre and exterminations....We watch
the German progress with hope and joy”.. The first 6pp, the second 2pp, both quarto,
both signed “C de M”. Scarce unpublished letters of Countess Markievicz. Also with
this lot a letter from R. Cotter in Brixton Prison dated 1 June 1918 to MacDonnell.
Markievicz refers, in one of the letters, to two Cotter brothers who have disappeared
and she suspects they are in English prisons .(3)
€
2,000-
€
3,000 (£1,600-£2,400 approx)
270
1918 (17 May) Internment Order for Constance Markievicz.
Mimeograph with manuscript entries, marked “Copy” in manuscript and
issued to her London solicitor, JH MacDonnell. The order specifies
Frongoch as the place of detention - the same prison camp used to
incarcerate the 1916 Rising volunteers.
€
500-
€
700 (£400-£560 approx)
271
1919 Dáil Éireann poster
A poster, with a photograph of the sitting of the first Dáil in the Mansion
House, Dublin and surrounded by oval photograph portraits of the elected
members. 20 x 25in. (50.80 x 63½cm)
€
500-
€
700 (£400-£560 approx)
272
An archive of documents, medals and insignia relating to John Thomas
Penrose, veteran of The Irish and Spanish Civil Wars
A 1919 -1921 War of Independence medal, a 1971 Truce medal, the pair
awarded to Penrose; an enamel lapel badge in the brigade colours of The
International Brigade and inscribed ‘1936 - Madrid - 1938’; an
International Brigade travel pass dated 20 Sept 1937 to 21 Oct 1937;
letters and documents relating to Cathal Brugha & two volumes: Michael
O’Riordan, ‘Connolly Column’ and Tomás O’Dochartaígh, ‘Cathal Brugha, a
shaol is a thréithe’.
€
1,500-
€
2,000 (£1,200-£1,600 approx)
273
An archive including Medal, Prison Diaries and Internment Order of
James Morgan, IRA prisoner and hunger striker.
A War of Independence medal, with Comhrach bar, in presentation box
awarded to James Morgan, D Coy, Kilkeel Bn.; the manuscript prison diary
of James Morgan in three volumes; Internment Order and other papers
relating to the internment of James Morgan and his brother William.
James Morgan was born in Kilkeel, Co. Down in 1889. He served, with his brother
Willie, in D Coy, Kilkeel Bn. in the War of independence. He was arrested 8 April
1921, following the discovery of ammunition on his premises during a raid. He was
sentenced to ten year’s penal servitude but was released following the Truce. An
order for his internment was issued in June 1922 and he was imprisoned in Larne
Workhouse and later transferred to S.S. Argenta, Prison Ship.
€
1,000-
€
1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx)
274
1918-1921 War of Independence Service Medal.
Boxed, the interior of the lid inscribed “Michael - Ryan - Bansha - Co.
Tipperary - 1972.” with compliment slip.
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€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
275
1918 - 1921 War of Independence Service Medal and two brown
leather pistol holsters.
Medal with original ribbon. The holsters of a type used by the IRA.
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
276
1921 - 1971 War of Independence Anniversary Medal
The “Survivors” medal, awarded to veterans still living in 1971, boxed, the
lid inscribed “Warren D.”
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200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
277
1919-1922 War of Independence Arms Cache
A cache of weapons, ordnance and kit discovered in Co. Wexford,
including an Italian M1870/87 Vetterli-Vitali rifle, a home-made Mills
bomb type grenade; tools for moulding shot and crimping shotgun
cartridges, home made bayonet for 12-bore single-barrel shotgun, an
Irish Volunteers belt and a variety of webbing and leather kit.
€
500-
€
800 (£400-£640 approx)
278
War of Independence rapid fire shotgun cylinder
A War of Independence period rapid fire shotgun cylinder, chambered for
nine 2.25”, 16-bore cartridges. Extremely rare example of a home-made
IRA weapon of 1919-21. From the same cache as lot 277.
Due to the ready availability of shotgun cartridges and the ease with which spent
cartridges can be re-charged, the Irish Volunteers attempted to build a rapid fire
shotgun. A workshop was established in Liberty Hall and the services of an American
gun-smith engaged. This cylinder, discovered in 2014 among a cache of Irish
Volunteers’ weapons and kit, is probably a product of this attempt.
€
400-
€
600 (£320-£640 approx)
279
1919 - 1922 Minutes of Sinn Féin meetings
A 1970s typed transcript of the business conducted by Sinn Féin during
the War of Independence and aftermath of the signing of the Treaty.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
280
1919 (2 December) Internment Order for Alderman Thomas Kelly of
Dublin.
Defence of The Realm mimeographed copy on RIC Dublin Castle embossed
paper, with typed details of interned, to be detained at Wormwood
Scrubs prison.
A committed nationalist, Kelly was a political prisoner on two occasions after the
1916 Rising and as a result, his health broke down, preventing him from taking up
the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin to which he was elected in January 1920. In later
life, Kelly continued to work for his twin aims of improved housing and access to
education for all.
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)