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History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 15 SEPTEMBER AT 11AM 97 Sean Heuston, three educational certificates and an archive of letters regarding his commemoration. Three Certificates issued by the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland 1904, ‘05 and ‘06, awarded to to John J. [Sean] Heuston. Each certificate listing the subjects in which Heuston was examined. Each in its original postal tube addressed to John J. Heuston, Christian Schools (1906 certificate addressed to O’Connell School), North Great Richmond Street; together with archive of correspondence relating to his monument at Glasnevin Cemetery. Each certificate Provenance Michael Heuston, Sean’s brother, who on his ordination as a Dominican priest adoped his executed brother’s name, John. Bequeathed to Eileen Gilchrist, a family friend in the 1970s. By descent to Eileen’s nephew, the current owner Seán Heuston (1891-1916), born John Heuston at 24, Lower Gloucester Street, Dublin. He was educated at the Christian Brothers School on North Richmond Street. At the age of 17 he joined the Great Southern andWestern Railway Company as a clerk and was stationed in Limerick for 6 years. He joined Fianna Éireann and later the Irish Volunteers. Seán was given command of a branch of Volunteers on the North side of the city, was promoted to vice- commandant of the Dublin Brigade and became director of training. Con Colbert and Pádraig Pearse engaged him at Saint Enda’s, where he provided training in drill and musketry for the older students. On the occasion of the landing of arms at Howth in July 1914, he led a contingent of Fianna, bringing a consignment of guns safely back to Dublin in a trek-cart. In the 1916 Rising with about 20 Volunteers, he held the Mendicity Institution on the River Liffey for over two days, though it was originally only intended to be held for 3–4 hours. He was executed by firing squad on 8 May in Kilmainham Gaol. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £270-£440) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 97 98 1916 A Fragment of 1916 History pamphlet. Anti-British pamphlet unsigned with no printer or publisher, but apparantly Sinn Fein, outlining atrocities carried out by the British Army during the Easter Rising, 8vo, 31pp; together with The Sentry, vol. 1 no. 1, 18 Feb. 1939. Published by National Council of Old I.R.A., lead article headed ‘No War for Us’. Also vol. 1 nos. 10, 12, 14 and 15. Scarce. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 98