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369
Neil Armstrong autograph signature.
A slip of paper signed in blue felt tip pen Neil Arm-
strong”. Attractively framed with various photographs of
the Apollo 11 mission.”
20_ x 24in. (52.71 x 60.96cm)
Estimate €500-€700 £370-£510
370
Circa 1974. Cearbhall O Dalaigh signed Christ-
mas card.
Undated, signed Cearbhall O Dalaigh & Mairin”. Cearb-
hall O Dalaigh (1911 to 1978) was President of Ireland
from 1974 to 1976. His autograph is probably the scarc-
est of all the Irish Presidents.”
Estimate €50-€70 £40-£50
371
1962 - 1971 Orange Order badges collection
Nine various badges including Orange Widow’s Funds;
Ulster Covenant Jubilee; and Imperial Grand Orange
Council. (9)
Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110
372
MacGiolla, Tomas. “Sinn Fein”Oraid an
Uachtarain: Ard Fheis 1970.
Five typewritten loose foolscap sheets with stapled
corners. Rubber stamped ‘Jan 26 1971’. Text in Irish and
English of the speech given by the Sinn Fein President
Thomas Mac Giolla at the Party conference in Dublin
January, 1970. On that occasion Sinn Fein experienced
a significant split when the decision of abandoning the
armed fight of the IRA in favour of a socialist revolution,
met the opposition from the armed wing of the party.
The opponents became known as ‘Provisional Sinn Fein’
whereas the remaining part renamed itself ‘Official Sinn
Fein’.
13 x 8in. (33.02 x 20.32cm)
Estimate €200-€250 £150-£180