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1911 - 1920 Post card correspondence to a Royal
Irish Constabulary policeman.
17 various postcards, together with three portrait
postcards of R.I.C. constables and a Boys’ Brigade
Song Book. Also a collection of seven various
postcards from Second World War Germany. (28)
Estimate €100-€150 £78-£117
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 124125
The judge’s wig of Jack Hynes, Irish County
Court judge and international cricketer.
A full-bottomed judge’s wig made by Ravenscroft
of Lincoln Inn, London for Irish County Court
Judge, John Wiliam Hynes, K.C. of Donnybrook,
in black lacquered case incorporating removable
wig-stand and linen cover. The case
John William Hynes was born on 28 October,
1856. He entered King’s Inns 1883 and conferred
1888. He became Junior” to “Peter the Packer,”
aka Lord O’Brien, the Lord Chief Justice. O’Brien
gained his nickname from his policy of ensuring
that juries were always pro-government in any
trial of a remotely political nature. Hynes devel-
oped into a skillful advocate and was made a KC in
1913. In 1916, he became a County Court Judge in
Cork.
Hynes was a noted cricketer. He still holds the
record for the highest score made by a University
batsman in a First XI fixture, 241 runs for Dublin
University against The Dublin Garrison XI. He
represented Ireland, twice as captain.”
21 x 14 x 11in. (53.34 x 35.56 x
Estimate €800-€1000 £624-£780
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 125126
1899 - 1902 Boer War medals, Royal Irish Fusi-
liers pair.
To 6610, John Tynan, A Queen’s South Africa
medal with clasps for Wittebergen, Transvaal,
Modder River & Belmont; and a King’s South Af-
rica medal with clasps for South Africa 1901 and
South Africa 1902.
Estimate €200-€250 £156-£195
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 126