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1922 (15 August 1922). Manuscript letter written by George Bernard
Shaw regarding Dunn and O’Sullivan, to their solicitor.
Single octavo page of Kelly’s Rosslare Strand Hotel notepaper, written on
both sides in Shaw’s own hand. Shaw had written in The Guardian and
The Nation about the injustice of the trial of Dunn and O’Sullivan for
the murder of Sir Henry Wilson. Here he repeats his view “these men
were simply lynched, though there was no difficulty in executing them
legally”. He is acknowledging receipt of the men’s statements and
approves of the publication of Dunn’s but not of O’Sullivan - “if it is
sincere he is an egotistical imbecile”. Fascinating contribution to this
intriguing and murky episode of Irish history by the Nobel Laureate.
€1,000-€1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx)
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1923 Sinn Féin Election Manifesto Poster by Éamon de Valera
August 1923. Detailing the Anti-Treaty policy of Sinn Féin. 17½ x 10½in.
(44.45 x 26.67cm)
€120-€180 (£100-£140 approx)
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1922-1923 Civil War, Memorial Cards
A memorial leaflet in memory of Commandant Seán Cole and Vice
Brigadier Alf Colley, both shot in Drumcondra, 29 August, 1922; and a
card in memory of Commandant Robert Bonffeld, killed at Clondalkin,
29 March, 1923. (2)
€100- €150 (£80-£120 approx)
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1923 Republican Constitution and Civil War documents
A collection of documents relating to the Irish Civil War including a
casualty list, broken down into Free State and IRA columns; accounts of
Free State Army atrocities, some noted “Publicity”; an interview with
Éamon de Valera and a Republican Constitution.
€200-€300 (£160-£240 approx)
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1923. Prisoner’s autograph album Mountjoy
The prison autograph album of George Watters, Waterford IRA. Includes
signatures of prisoners on hunger strike and a “Roll of Honour” listing
the hunger strikers headed by Andrew O’Sullivan who died on hunger
strike; together with Watters’ prison correspondence on Internment
Camp note paper and other letters; also an unsigned petition to General
Richard Mulcahy seeking clemency in sentencing of George Watters.
€800-€1,200 (£640-£960 approx)
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1923 Tintown Internment Camp. Autograph book
Compiled in November and December, 1923 in no. 2 Camp, Tintown, The
Curragh and consisting mainly of entries by Tipperary, Kilkenny and Laois
prisoners but also Cork, Kerry and Dublin. 112pp. 3¾ x 6¾in. (9.53 x
17.15cm)
€300-€500 (£240-£400 approx)
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1923-26: Sinn Féin and Republican pamphlets and publications
Including Sinn Féin re-organising committee letter dated 4 July 1923,
‘The Prisoners - why they are to rot in jail handbill’, An Phoblacht Vol. 1
No. 32, 3 Republican Bulletins of 16 October 1923, Freedom September
1923. Also a letter dated 4 December 1922 from the Dáil Ministry of
Home Affairs relating to an eviction. (9 items)
€120-€180 (£100-£140 approx)
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1923 Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington’s address to the League of Nations,
signed
An address delivered to the League of Nations in Geneva, 1 September
1923, by Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington in opposition to the application of
the Irish Free State for membership of the League. 3pp, signed by Hanna
Sheehy-Skeffington.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
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1923. Republican sedition trials in Australia
Three manila folders containing the records of case(s) taken by the
Commonwealth of Australia against Irish Republican envoys, Fr. Flanagan
& J. J. O’Kelly for sedition. Includes arrest warrants, police transcripts of
addresses to republican meetings and correspondence relating to the
case(s).
On Monday, 30 April 1923, when two Republican speakers arrived to address a
meeting at Waverley in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs, they were arrested. The Irish
Envoys, as they became known, were Seán J.T. O’Kelly (President of the Gaelic
League, Sinn Féin TD for Louth–Meath, and later President of Sinn Féin), and Fr
Michael O’Flanagan (Vice-President of Sinn Féin and a judge in the Dáil Courts
during the Irish War of Independence). After a judicial enquiry the Envoys were
deported from Australia.
€250-€350 (£200-£280 approx)
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1923 “Population Map of The North of Ireland” showing population
distribution of Unionists and Nationalists.
“In Favour of the Irish Free State” marked green and “In Favour of the
Belfast Parliament” marked in orange. Printed by the Ordnance Survey
Dublin for The North Eastern Boundary Bureau 29 x 34in. (73.66 x
86.36cm)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
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1925 - 1927 Art O’Connor & Seán T O’Kelly correspondence
A collection of correspondence, much hand-written, between Art
O’Connor and Seán T O’Kelly and others, mostly concerned with sales of
Republican Bonds in America, 1925-1927.
€300-€400 (£240-£320 approx)
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1925. Garda Síochána presentation flag to New York Commissioner of
Police.
A large Fringed Tri-colour Flag, embroidered with words ‘’Garda
Síochána. Presented to the Hon. Robert E. Enright, Commissioner of
Police, New York City, from the Irish Police as a Token of Esteem.
International Police Conference 1925.’’ Worn and in need of preservation,
but basically intact, framed, approx. 80cms x 112cms. General Eoin
O’Duffy, Garda Commissioner headed the Irish delegation to this
Conference, and the flag was made to his order. An attractive & unique
item. 32 x 45in. (81.28 x 114.30cm)
€1,500-€ 2,000 (£1,200-£1,600 approx)
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