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1921 (January to September) collection of envelopes to and from an Irish Volunteer prisoner at Arbour
Hill and Ballykinlar.
Prisoner is Patrick O’Loughlin of Kevin Street, Dublin. Includes 3 registered envelopes to him at Ballykinlar,
which originally contained postal orders, a letter from Arbour Hill to his mother - “We are off tonight - des-
tination unknown”, two envelopes with BALLYKINLAR CAMP postmarks, a postcard from another prison-
er at Ballykinlar with IRISH PRODUCTS LEAGUE - BUY IRISH GOODS handstamp, and 7 envelopes to
O’Loughlin at his home address, one with a telegram. (14)
A larger correspondence (20 letters) to and from the same prisoner was sold at Whyte’s, 9 March 2014, as lot
279 fo €620.
Estimate €300-€400 £234-£312
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 369370
Dublin Newspapers. A Collection of 16 Dublin
Newspapers January - December 1921.
8 part issues of The Irish Independent January 18,
March 1, 15, August 30, November 1, 21, 24 & 30,
1921. Each incomplete with only 4pp; 5 issues of
the Freeman’s Journal March 15, April 9, 13, 20
& May 17, 1921. mostly 4pp.; Evening Telegraph
February 28 & December 29th, 1921. Only 2pp &
4pp respectively; and Irish World and American
Industrial Liberator. New York Edition December
17, 1921. (16)
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 370371
Circa 1921 A group of Irish Volunteers training
with Lewis guns at Kilakee House
Two photographs of 39 volunteers at Kilakee
House, Rathfarnham, one of the group posing on
the steps on the house, the second of two pairs of
men firing Lewis guns under supervision, with the
rest of the group looking on.
6¼ x 8¼in. (15.88 x 20.96cm)
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 371