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1916 Rising 151 1916-1921 Collection of political pamphlets. Last and Inspiring Address of Thomas MacDonagh, Irish War News No. 1 (reprint of 1916); An t-Óglac vol.1, and Irish Republican Prisoners’ Dependents Fund: A Further Appeal. Also Dáil Éireann Trade Boycott of British goods. A collection of printed notices Also includes a notice concerning the Belfast Trade Boycott as a result of the “Orange Pogrom”. letterpress, various sizes, 1p to 4pp. Provenance: George Gavan Duffy; thence by descent; bequeathed to the present owner Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 151 152 Peadar Kearney ‘The Soldier’s Song’ and ‘Whack Fol the Diddle’, first editions. The Soldier’s Song words by Kearney, music by Pádraig O’ hAonaigh and arranged by Cathal MacDubhgall. Peadar Kearney worked 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 Soldier’s 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 Jacob’s 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. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£610) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 152