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Michael Collins, Beal na Bláth ambush.
“The Death of General Michael Collins”, colour lithograph, after W. S. Rogers.
13 x 20in. (33.02 x 50.80cm)
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339
1922 Michael Collins
Three picture postcards and a memorial card.
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340
Michael Collins lecture by Seán McGarry, circa 1925, original manuscript
and typescript.
Typescript pp20, manuscript pp78 including drafts in McGarry’s own hand.
The lecture was under the chairmanship of Collins’ biographer Piaras Beaslaí,
and seems to have taken place in the 1920s.
Seán McGarry (1885-1960) was one of the founders in 1909 of the Irish National Boy
Scouts, also known as Na Fianna Éireann. McGarry was a prominent member of the Irish
Republican Brotherhood and along with Countess Markievicz, Bulmer Hobson, Helena
Moloney and Dr. Pat McCartan formed the first ‘unofficial’ Fianna Committee.
McGarry fought in the GPO during the Easter Rising as his Tom Clarke’s Aide de Camp.
He was imprisoned in Frongoch camp following the Rising and afterwards became
President of the Supreme Council of the IRB and General Secretary of the Irish
Volunteers in 1917.
McGarry was one of those ‘well-known’ Republicans who were rounded up and
imprisoned in the ‘German Plot’ of 1918. He later escaped from Lincoln Jail in February
1919 with Éamon de Valera. He fought in the War of Independence and became a Sinn
Féin TD in 1921.
He supported the Treaty and was targeted by the anti-Treaty side during the Irish Civil
war of 1922/23. In December 1922 his house was set on fire, allegedly by anti-Treaty
forces and his son Emmett lost his life in the blaze.
Following the Civil War he briefly remained in politics, first with Cumann na nGaedheal,
then with the National Party. He was a founder and later President of the 1916-21 Club
which was set up in the 1940s to heal the divisions brought about by Civil War.
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Beaslaí, Piaras. Michael Collins and the Making of New Ireland.
Published by Harrap, London (1926) First. 2 Volumes. p.p.(1) 458 and (2) 484.
Royal 8vo. Two colour frontispiece paintings by John Lavery and numerous
illustrations. Original green cloth with oval portrait of Collins on covers.
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342
O’Connor, Frank. The Big Fellow:
A Life of Michael Collins. 1937, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London. Green
cloth, gilt. Signed by Seán McGarry and dated ‘37, in black fountain pen.
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Michael Collins Commemorative Coin and Medal 2012.
2012 Somali Republic twenty-five shilling silver coin with bust of Michael
Collins and ‘Irish token’ gilt showing portrait of Michael Collins in uniform.
Lot also includes ‘Fifty State Commemorative Quarters 1999 - 2008’ and
replica ‘USA 1933 Gold Twenty Dollar Coin’. (3)
Uncirculated to fleur de coin.
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344
1922 - 1923 The Irish Bulletin and Dáil Éireann Order
Two Issues of The Irish Bulletin, 27 March 1922, Partition; and 24 May 1922,
Violence against Catholics; together with a Dáil Éireann Order to Boycott of
British goods. (3)
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345
1922 (7 April) Posters announcing formation of Anti-Treaty party -
Cumann na Poblachta.
Issued by Éamon de Valera, Cathal Brugha, Austin Stack and Seán T. O’Kelly.
The first sets out in Irish and English the aims and policy of the party, and
the second, also bi-lingual, appeals for election funds. Rare. (2) 17 x 9in.
(43.18 x 22.86cm)
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1922 Election pamphlets, Anti-Treaty
A collection of 40 anti-treaty pamphlets.
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347
28 June 1922, Óglaigh na hÉireann, Proclamation
The proclamation issued by the Anti-Treaty forces occupying the Four Courts.
A rare, important and tragic document. Single sheet, on newsprint. 10 x
7¼in. (25.40 x 18.42cm)
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9am June 28, 1922. Stop Press. Poblacht na hÉireann. Communiqué from
the Four Courts.
Publishing the message from Major General Rory O’Connor, describing the
assault on the Four Courts by Free State troops. 19 x 14in. (48.26 x 35.56cm)
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349
1922 (14 July) Irish Life special edition with pictures of beginning of Civil
War.
Quarto, pp24, printed wrappers. Profusely illustrated account of fighting in
Dublin including the siege of The Four Courts. Scarce.
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1922 (7 July) Military Pass during Civil War.
Mimeograph pass for JR Stritch, Dublin to Skerries Station, issued by
Commandant McGuinness, and marked “DMP” for Dublin Metropolitan Police.
Stritch was a prominent Dublin solicitor.
Some foxing.
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1922-23. Two Drivers’ Permits issued by National Army, one with stamped
signature of Major-General Emmett Dalton
Issued to Mr William Slattery of Bandon during the Civil War. Also a 1920
Defence of The Realm Regulations permit to the same man. (3)
Creased in several places, one eighth of one missing, soiled.
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28 August 1922, Arthur Griffith’s funeral, photographs.
Two large contemporary photographic prints of the procession of Arthur
Griffith’s funeral through Dublin. Mounted. 6 x 8¼in. (15.24 x 20.96cm)
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353
1922 Arthur Griffith funeral typed and manuscript plan of funeral mass at
Pro-Cathedral, Dublin.
Two copies showing seating of Cabinet Ministers, Dáil members and other
important dignitaries, with manuscript notations of the ushers, drawn from
the army presumably. Also a photograph of what appears to be an Irish
delegation, circa 1920. (3)
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354
Documents concerning the appointment of District Justice
Irish Free State documents concerning the appointment of Denis B. Sullivan
as District Justice, 1922, signed variously by Tim Healy, W.T. Cosgrave and
Kevin O’Higgins; and a parchment declaration of the appointment of Denis B.
Sullivan as District Court Judge, 1922, signed by Tim Healy and W.T. Cosgrave.
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355
1922 (19 October) to 1924 (12 June) Defence Orders complete run No. 1
to No. 51.
A rare complete set of these printed orders, 12mo, relating to the Provisional
Government and Free State Defence Forces finances, discipline and
demobilisation. From Seán McGarry’s archive and with his signature on outer
wrapper.
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300 (£160-£240 approx))