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1913 (June 12) Daily Sketch newspaper billboard
poster “Big Haul of Rifles Meant For Ulster”
Poster promoting the Daily Sketch, featuring a
photograph of an official examining captured
rifles.
30 x 20in. (76.20 x 50.80cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
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1913 (September 27) Photograph of Carson and
his party at Craigavon for the March Past of the
Ulster Volunteers.
An albumen print mounted on board of Sir Ed-
ward Carson standing at the centre of a party
gathered to review the newly formed Ulster Volun-
teers, included in the group are Lord Londonder-
ry, Frederick Smith, later 1st Earl of Birkenhead;
James Craig, later 1st Viscount Craigavon. Togeth-
er with five various photographic prints including
a group of people in the woods and four landscape
views. The Craigavon print
11 x 14in. (27.94 x 35.56cm)
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156
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1914 Fianna Fail. The Irish Army. A Journal for
Militant Ireland. Terence McSwiney’s newspaper.
Vol. 1, No’s. 1 - 11, Cork, 19 September - 5 Decem-
ber 1914. This weekly was edited, financed and
mainly written by Terence MacSwiney, later Lord
Mayor of Cork, who died on hunger strike in 1920.
Its main purpose was to oppose Irish recruitment
to the British Army. It was suppressed after the
eleventh issue, which reports a promise of German
support for Irish freedom given to Roger Case-
ment in Berlin. Fine copies, rare.
Estimate €600-€800 £468-£624
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1914 The Rise of the Irish National Volunteer
Movement, signed by Owen O’Duffy.
An Address delivered in St. Peter’s Club, Divis St.,
Belfast by T.A. Higgins, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, on
Sunday, 24 May, 1914. 8vo Belfast (Irish News)
1914. Original. wrappers, taped into card covers,
signed at foot by Owen O’Duffy, 18pp. Rare. A
scarce signature. O’Duffy was the first Commis-
sioner of the Garda Siochana, later leader of Fine
Gael and the Blueshirts.
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234