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WHYTES

SINCE 1783

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338

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)

100-

150 (£80-£120 approx)

339

1922 Michael Collins

Three picture postcards and a memorial card.

100-

150 (£80-£120 approx)

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.

1,000-

1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx)

341

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.

150-

200 (£120-£160 approx)

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.

100-

150 (£80-£120 approx)

343

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.

100-

120 (£80-£100 approx)

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)

80-

120 (£60-£100 approx)

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)

500-

700 (£400-£560 approx)

346

1922 Election pamphlets, Anti-Treaty

A collection of 40 anti-treaty pamphlets.

200-

300 (£160-£240 approx)

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)

200-

300 (£160-£240 approx)

348

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)

300-

500 (£240-£400 approx)

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.

100-

150 (£80-£120 approx)

350

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.

100-

150 (£80-£120 approx)

351

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.

200-

300 (£160-£240 approx)

352

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)

100-

150 (£80-£120 approx)

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)

100-

150 (£80-£120 approx)

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.

200-

300 (£160-£240 approx)

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.

200-

300 (£160-£240 approx))