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372
1921 (April 23), “Johnson’s Motor Car” corre-
spondence from Ford Motor Company.
A letter from the Ford Motor Company to Dr.
H.M. Johnson regarding the theft of his “Touring
Car” and providing the engine number. Together
with Dr Henry Johnson’s passport. (2)
In early 1921, a County Donegal Irish Republi-
can Army unit needed transport to a town over
fifty miles away, but had no car to carry them.
They sent a telegraph to Henry Johnston, the local
doctor, calling him to a case and then ambushed
him and his car at a railway bridge and comman-
deered the car. A ballad “Johnson’s Motor Car” was
written about the incident. The ballad was record-
ed in the 1960s by the Dubliners and The Clancy
Brothers.
Estimate €400-€600 £312-£468
373
1921 (15 June) envelope Dublin to Enniscorthy
with CENSORED BY I.R.A. handstamp.
Less than a month before the end, on 11 July, of
The War of Independence, this is an example of
IRA ‘s successful raids on post offices, to disrupt
communications and for propaganda purposes.
Scarce
3¾ x 5½in. (9.53 x 13.97cm)
Estimate €300-€400 £234-£312
374
1921 Who Burnt Cork City? and Report of the
Labour Commission to Ireland.
Who Burnt Cork City? The Irish Labour Party and
Trade Union Congress, Dublin, 1921. Pp. 68, with
fold out map, buff wrappers; together with Report
of the Labour Commission to Ireland. The Labour
Party (UK), Caledonian Press Ltd., London., 1921;
Pp. 177, buff wrappers. (2)
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156
375
1921 (June 24 to September 30) Official Corre-
spondence relating to the Peace Negotiations
Dublin, October 1921. The official record of the
correspondence between de Valera and Lloyd
George in the period leading up to the 1921 Anglo
Irish Conference.
13 x 8in. (33.02 x 20.32cm)
Estimate €100-€150 £78-£117