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HISTORY & LITERATURE 13 MARCH 2016
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Kitty O’Shea. Circa 1870 original photograph.
Tintype. Photographer Unknown. Rare. Thought
to be unpublished.
7 x 5in. (17.78 x 12.70cm)
Estimate €500-€700 £390-£546
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 105106
1880s Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, political
pamphlets.
A bound collection of circa 200 political pam-
phlets, handbills and booklets, published by the
Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union in opposition to
Parnell, the Irish Parliamentary Party and the
Land League.
8½ x 5½in. (21.59 x 13.97cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 106107
Portrait of Patrick Aloysius Meehan (1852-1913)
Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Leix Division
of Queen’s County, 1906 to his death in 1913.
A wine and spirit merchant, in 1880 he became
chairman of Maryborough Town Commissioners
where he helped set up the local Land League. He
subsequently joined the National Land League. He
was a chairman of the County Council of Queen’s
County and an early member of the Gaelic Athlet-
ic Association (GAA). Oil on canvas,
11½ x 9in. (29.21 x 22.86cm)
Estimate €300-€400 £234-£312
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 107108
1880-1913 Illustrated journals reporting on
events in Ireland
Le Monde Illustre; Burke and Cavendish assasina-
tions; Petit Parisien, Commemoration of French
soldiers in Ireland, 1898; and Demonstrations
in Ireland against Mr Chamberlain, 1899; also
Charles Stewart Parnell, Jim Larkin etc. (10)
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 108