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1914-21 Cumann na mBan badge issued to Mar-
garet McElroy.
White metal by Long, Cork, accompanied by sup-
porting documents and copy photograph.
Provenance: Family of the recipient.
Mairéad (Margaret) McElroy was born in Tyrone
in 1886, the daughter of James and Margaret
McElroy. The family moved to St. Mel’s Terrace
Drumcondra and later to Richmond Road where
her father and brothers worked in the carpentry
trade. She took part in the 1916 Rebellion as a
member of Cumann na mBan. She was elected
treasurer of Sinn Féin in 1945 and was one of the
plaintiffs during the case which Sinn Féin took
against the Attorney General relating to the own-
ership of the funds of the party during the 1940s.
There is a quantity of correspondence and material
relating to Mairéad McElroy held by the National
Archives, relating to the court case and also raids
by the Irish Free State Army in 1923.
Her 1916 Rising Service medal was offered by
Whyte’s on 16 April 2011.
Estimate €800-€1200 £624-£936
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 221222
Hammond, J.L. & Hammond, Barbara. The
Skilled Labourer, 1760-1832. Countess Markiev-
icz’s personal copy, signed.
Longmans, Green and Co., 1919, red cloth blind
embossed. Signed in black ink to the front paste-
down, “Constance de Markievicz”.
Estimate €300-€500 £234-£390
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 222223
Pollock, J. H., (An Philiblin). The Wisdom of
the World. Illustrator’s copy, gifted to Countess
Markievicz
The Candle Press, Dublin, 1919, First Edition.
4to, in card wraps. 40pp. Inscribed to the fly leaf
in blue ink by Kitty McCormack, “To Madame -
With love from - Kitty - Christmas 1918. - My first
attempt - at illustration!”
Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 223