WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

History 96A 1916-1923 Prison letters, Frongoch and Ballykinlar. A two-page letter with envelope, postmarked 28 May, 1916 to Robert O’Shea, Irish Prisoner, c/o Chief Postal, Knutsford, England, enquiring as to O’Shea’s health and welfare and offering to send clothes and food; together with a one-page letter 30 November, 1921 from Liam Bracken, Drumcondra, an internee in ‘Hut 20, G Company, Camp 2, Ballykinlar, Co. Down’; also four envelopes addressed to Mrs Mary O’Shea, 52 Mountpleasant Avenue, Rathmines, one with ‘Oglaigh na hEireann General Headquarters’ frank; and an envelope to Robert O’Shea at the same Rathmines address. Robert O’Shea (1894-1974) was a private in the Irish Citizen Army. In the 1916 Rising he fought at Harcourt Street and Saint Stephen’s Green. He took part in the attack on the Russell Hotel in which Freddie Ryan was killed.. He was arrested and interned at Frongoch until July 1916. Estimate €200-€300 approx (£170-£260 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 96A 97 Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook, 1916 edition. Weekly Irish Times, Dublin, 1916, 248 pp. scarce first edition of this useful reference work. Full of details relating to the Rising with lists of casualties, prisoners, and other participants, well illustrated. Estimate €150-€200 approx (£130-£170 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 97