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1920s A Garda Siochána helmet rose
A white metal, domed helmet rose relief decorated with a stylised floral
design. Three fixing lugs to the underneath.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
376
June/July, 1927 An tÓglac
New Series, No. 7. Official Organ of the Irish Republican Army. 7pp. Typed.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
377
Éamon de Valera, America 1930
Two autographs to Judge Walter B. Beals on hotel letterhead; together with
a sample ballot paper.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
378
Bunreacht na hÉireann (Constitution of Ireland) signed by Éamon de
Valera
Undated, published in the period 1941 - 1959. A compliment slip of the
President of Ireland, signed by Éamon de Valera, tacked on to the flyleaf.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
379
1945 Taoiseach’s broadcast signed
Taoiseach’s Broadcast to The Nation on the conclusion of the War in Europe.
Delivered Wednesday, 16th May, 1945. Signed in ink “Éamon de Valera” to
the cover.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
380
Éamon de Valera. Ireland’s Stand
Being a Selection of the Speeches of Éamon de Valera During the War (1939
- 1945). 1946, Dublin. Signed “Éamon de Valera” in black fountain pen to
the fly-leaf. Together with an official Christmas card of the President of
Ireland, 1960, signed in black fountain pen by Éamon de Valera. (2)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
381
Vox Hiberniae, Airmail stamp designs, signed by Eamonn de Valera
1947. Three black & white airmail stamp designs, depicting Glendalough (1/-
), Croagh Patrick (6p) and Cashel (1p), the 1/- and 1p stamps signed by
Eamonn de Valera, mounted and framed together with a signed photograph
of Patrick Little, Minister for Post and Telegraphs. The stamps, designed by
Richard King, were issued in 1948-1949. 8½ x 10½in. (21.59 x 26.67cm)
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
382
1966: de Valera signed photograph and Northern Division IRA Veterans
Commemoration Booklet
A small unique signed photograph of Éamon de Valera, a 1966
commemoration booklet for the Fourth Northern Division IRA Veterans and
7 postcards produced around the period of the Golden Jubilee of the 1916
Rising.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
383
McManus, M. J., Éamon de Valera: A Biography, autographed.
1944, The Talbot Press Ltd., Dublin & Cork. Signed by Eamonn de Valera,
Seán Moylan, Commandant of the Irish Republican Army and later a Sinn
Féin and Fianna Fáil politician; Seán Hayes, Fianna Fail T.D.; John Doyle and
Seán Ormonde.
€150-€200 (£120-£160 approx)
384
McManus, M. J., Éamon de Valera: A Biography, autographed.
Dublin and Cork: The Talbot Press Oct. 1945. Green boards, black spine gilt.
Signed “Éamon de Valera” to the title page.
€80-€120 (£60-£100 approx)
385
O’Fiannachta, Padraig & O’Neill, Tomás. De Valera. Signed by three
generations of the de Valera family.
Two volumes, Cló Morainn, Dublin, 1968. Signed by Éamon de Valera and his
grandson Éamon de Valera and with the signature of Vivion de Valera taped
to the flyleaf. Together with M. J. MacManus, Éamon de Valera: A
Biography, unsigned, 1953, Talbot Press, Dublin. (3)
€200-€ 300 (£160-£240 approx)
386
Éamon de Valera Commemorative Plate
An Irish silver circular plate the central reserve with a portrait of Éamon de
Valera and inscribed “Éamon de Valera - Uachtaráin na hÉireann President
of Ireland 1959-1973”, Dublin, 1973, Royal Irish, 18oz troy.
€200-€ 250 (£160-£200 approx)
387
1930s & 40s Socialism in Ireland, Pamphlets
A collection of five pamphlets: “Socialism True and False”; “‘Inquest’ on
Labour Inquiry”; “Co-Operation in Soviet Russia”; “ A Guide for Parish
Councils in Ireland”; “Planning for the Crisis, Labour’s Policy”. (5)
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
388
1930-32 Pay No Rents Poster
‘Pay No Rents - No Annuities - Irish Land has been - Paid for - 50 times
over - In this attitude you will have - the support of the - Defence -
Committee’, no printer / publisher. 20 x 15in. (50.80 x 38.10cm)
In very good overall condition, water stain to lower quarter, 1.5” x 0.5” loss
to lower centre.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx)
389
1931 Cumann na nGeadheal Annual Reception menu and programme
signed to the rear cover by William T. Cosgrave, President of the Irish Free
State.
€200-€ 300 (£160-£240 approx)
390
Cumann na nGaedheal Election Poster
“Fianna Fail - Has Failed - De Valera said at Athlone, May 30th - ‘Those who
took the oath not meaning to keep it - are nothing lrss than perjurers’ -
Dont give the perjurers - a chance to perjure - themselves again - Vote -
Cumann na nGaedheal - Government Party”. Printer Woods & Fleming’s
Paper Mills Ltd., High Street, Dublin. 30 x 20in. (76.20 x 50.80cm)
€200-€ 300 (£160-£240 approx)
391
O’Kelly, John Joseph. (Sceilg. Úa Ceallaígh, Seán)., Keohane Patrick. An
Archive Circa 1918-57.
An Archive of Letters, Correspondence, Articles, Comments and Documents
Sent to J. J. O’Kelly in His Capacity as Editor & Patrick Keohane founder and
Sometime Managing Editor of the Catholic Bulletin & M. H.Gill & Son Circa
1918-57 with contributions from many different clergy and laity, including
much interesting political and historical interest.
John Joseph O’Kelly joined Sinn Féin at its inaugural meeting on 5 November 1905.
Following the 1916 Easter Rising, O’Kelly joined the Irish National League and became
treasurer of the Irish National Aid and Volunteers’ Dependants’ Fund for the relief of
prisoners and their families. In February 1917 he was arrested and deported to England
where he was interned. On his release O’Kelly was elected to the Provisional Committee
of the newly merged Irish National League and Sinn Féin, thereafter called Sinn Féin.
He was appointed editor of the influential “Catholic Bulletin”. In 1918 he was elected
as a Sinn Féin MP for Louth and took his seat in Dáil Éireann and was Leas-Cheann
Comhairle (Deputy chairman) from 1919-21. He was Secretary for Education in the
Government of the 2nd Dáil. From 1919 to 1923, he was President of the Gaelic
League. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty After the resignation of Éamon de Valera as
president of Sinn Féin in 1926, O’Kelly, who maintained an abstentionist policy towards
Dáil Éireann, was elected in his place and remained in this position until 1931.
€1,000-€1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx)