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The McClelland Collection

9

William Conor OBE RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968)

GOING FOR THE BALLYGULLION BUS

crayon

signed upper right; titled on reverse

15¾ x 10½in. (40.01 x 26.67cm)

Provenance:

Collection of George and Maura McClelland

Ballygullion Ballads was a book of poetry written by Northern Irish writer Leslie Montgomery published

in 1936. William Conor provided the illustrations for this and several later editions of the book. Previous

to this, Montgomery had written the Ballygullion series, twenty books which fondly caricatured Northern

Irish village life. Ballygullion is an imaginary townland area in the Slieve Gullion region of County Down.

€3000-€4000 (£2560-£3420 approx.)

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