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THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR
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14 MAY 2016 AT 1PM
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1916 (24 April) Easter Rising. Midland Great Western Railway ticket to Fairyhouse Races.
A third class return ticket from Broadstone Station to Fairyhouse Bridge on a ‘special’ train to serve the Ward
Union Hunt Steeplechases, Fairyhouse on Easter Monday, 1916. The races were attended by a large number of
the British garrison and administration. Their absence from Dublin at the beginning of the Rising facilitated
the insurgents in establishing their strongholds around the city.
Estimate €300- €500 £220-£360
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 4950
1916 (April 24) Great Northern Railway six excursion tickets to Howth
Six sequentially numbered partially used excursion tickets to the Hill of Howth, valid for the first day of the
1916 Rising.
On Easter Monday 1916 the Burridge family set out from 86 South Circular Road on an excursion to the
Hill of Howth. The party comprised William Burridge (85), his wife Elizabeth, their daughter Justina and her
husband Robert Clarke; and their two daughters Muriel (14) and Kathleen (12). News of the Rising filtered
through to Howth during the course of the day. All trains were cancelled. The family walked home to South
Circular Road.
Estimate €250- €300 £180-£220
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 50