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1866. Fenian Bond: Irish Republic Five Dollars
signed John O’Mahony.
Recess printed by Continental Bank Note Co., New York.
With names of counties in the border, issued 17 March
1866, signed Sullivan and O’Mahony in the plate. Nu-
merous edge tears, including at centre with holes, piece
missing lower right corner and on right hand side, poor
but attractively framed and decorative.
3_ x 7_in. (8.26 x 19.69cm)
Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110
99
19th century military documents Private Daniel Robinson Mathews
Includes his Army Account Book, Discharge Certificate and Royal Hospital, Chelsea out-pensioner certificate. (3)
Daniel Robinson Mathews joined the 11th Light Dragoons in 1822, aged 11 (his Account Book records his height at
4’ 8_). He was discharged in Dublin 24 years, eight months later.”
Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150
100
1875 Henry Grattan statue, silver presentation
trowel.
A Victorian silver presentation trowel, the triangular
blade engraved with stylised anthemion border and a
view of Grattan’s statue with the parliament building
behind, above the inscription Presented - By the Grattan
Statue Committee - To - William Murphy - Architect - In
Acknowledgement of - His Valuable Services - In the
Erection of the - Grattan Pedestal and Statue - 1875”, on
reeded ivory handle, by George Adams, London, 1871.”
William Martin Murphy (1845-1919) trained as an archi-
tect and moved his father’s contracting business from
Bantry to Dublin in the 1870s. He became a director of
the Dublin United Tramways Company and spearheaded
the electrification of Dublin’s trams. In addition to his
contracting activities Murphy was a co-founder of the
Dublin department store, Clery & Co. and the proprietor
of the Independent, Evening Herald and Irish Catholic
newspapers. He was Member of Parliament for the St
Patrick’s division of Dublin from 1885 until 1892. He was
the originator and chief promoter of the Irish Interna-
tional Exhibition of 1907 but refused a knighthood from
Edward VII in the same year. Murphy was one of the chief
opponents of the workers during the Dublin strike of
1913.
2 x 13_ x 4in. (5.08 x 34.29 x 1
Estimate €800-€1,200 £590-£880