WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2018 AT 11AM

History 124 1921 (July-August). Ballykinlar Camp - Republican prisoners autograph book Contains verses and mottos signed by over 90 prisoners, mainly originating from Munster, but also from other areas including Donegal, Mayo, Longford, Galway etc.. Includes several attractive coloured drawings. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£620) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 124 124A 1922 (28 June 1922). Proclamation by Oglaigh na hEireann. The start of the Civil War Mimeograph.Dated 28th June 1922, this is the proclamation issued at the Four Courts by Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor and others of the Anti-Treaty forces (the "irregulars") which signalled the start of the Civil War. Very few copies were printed and even fewer survived the last eighty odd years. Some tears and stains, but complete and with an excellent provenance to one of the protagonists. Provenance: Archive of Oscar Traynor; Thence to the previous owner; Whyte's, 12 June 2005, lot 153; Private collection. Exhibited: The Print Museum, Dublin. 2006-2018, on loan. Traynor and his men assisted republicans who had occupied the Four Courts when they were attacked by Free State forces, by occupying O'Connell Street. Traynor and his men held out for a week of street fighting before making their escape. He organised guerilla activity in south Dublin and County Wicklow, before being captured by Free State troops in September. He was then imprisoned for the remainder of the war. In 1925 he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin TD for the Dublin North constituency, re-elected in 1927, but abstained from sitting in the Dáil. He stood again in the 1932 general election and was elected as a Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin North. In 1936 he was first appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. In 1939 Traynor was appointed Minister for Defence and held the portfolio to 1948. His signature is on most of the certificates of War of Independence 1916-21 service. In 1948 he became President of the Football Association of Ireland, a position he held until his death. He served as Minister for Defence in several Fianna Fáil governments and as Minister for Justice, where he was undermined by his junior minister, and later Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, before he retired in 1961.Oscar Traynor died on 15 December 1963, in Dublin at the age of 77. He has a road named in his memory on the Coolock to Santry stretch in North Dublin. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,350-£1,800 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 124A