HISTORY & LITERATUE 13 MARCH 2016

366

1916 Proclamation: an original photograph

showing a man affixing the Proclamation of the

Irish Republic to a barred gate.

Believed to have been taken in Cork during the

funeral of Terence MacSwiney. A date, visible in

reverse at the top of the print, reads “9-11-20”

suggesting it was developed about a week after the

funeral which took place on 1 November 1920. A

unique item.

6½ x 4½in. (16.51 x 11.43cm)

Estimate €300-€500 £234-£390

367

1920. Military Rule in Ireland by Erskine

Childers and a collection of other booklets.

Also includes A Handbook for Rebels, The Sinn

Fein Policy, The Truth About The Army Crisis, etc.

( 7)

Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156

368

1920 (November, 21) Bloody Sunday, A ticket to Tipperary v. Dublin at Croke Park.

Litho printed ticket on pale blue card. A rare memento of ‘’Bloody Sunday’’ November 21st, 1920, during

which British soldiers fired into the crowd indiscriminately killing twelve people and wounding about sixty.

Early on the morning of November 20, men from Michael Collins’ ‘Squad’ killed or wounded eighteen

British intelligence agents working in Dublin. Later that day Black-and-Tans entered Croke Park during the

‘great challenge match’ then being played, and opened fire with machine-guns and rifles, killing twelve spec-

tators and one of the players; and wounding many others. On the same day two Republican prisoners, Peadar

Clancy and Dick McKee, were shot dead at Dublin Castle ‘while trying to escape’. Collins’ coup decapitated

the British intelligence effort in Dublin, while the Croke Park attack attracted international condemnation.

3½ x 4½in. (8.89 x 11.43cm)

Estimate €1500-€2000 £1170-£1560