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1966, 1916 Rising commemorative sculpture, ‘The Dying Cúchulainn’ after Oliver Sheppard.
A bronze sculpture of ‘The Dying Cúchulainn’ after Oliver Sheppard. Reproduced under licence from
The Commissioner of Public Works. Mounted on Connemara marble. The large original sculpture, which
commemorates the 1916 Rising, is located in the G.P.O., Dublin.
9 x 4 x 3½in. (22.86 x 10.16 x 8
Estimate €200-€300 £170-£260
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 8283
Peadar Kearney ‘The Soldier’s Song’ First Edition
Music by Pádraig O’ hAonaigh, arranged by Cathal MacDubhgall.
Peadar Kearney worked first as a labourer in Dublin, where he was born and educated. In 1911 he got a job at The
Abbey Theatre as a props man where he met Patrick Heeney who helped him score The Soldier’s Song which he
had composed in 1909-1910. He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood in early 1903, and became a member
of its Supreme Council. He was a founder member of the Irish Volunteers. The Soldiers Song quickly became the
Volunteers most popular marching song and was widely published. It was sung in the GPO during the Rising.
In the 1916 Rising Peadar Kearney fought under Thomas MacDonagh at Jacobs biscuit factory in Bishop Street.
He evaded capture after the Rising was put down but was arrested during the War of Independence and interned
at Ballykinlar Camp in County Down in 1920-21.Published by Whelan and Son, Dublin, 1916. Composed as a
marching song for the Irish Volunteers, The Soldier’s Song” was adopted as the Irish National Anthem in 1926.
12¼ x 9¼in. (31.12 x 23½cm)
Estimate €800-€1200 £680-£1,030
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 83