WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM

War of Independence 174 1917 Irish Convention, album of autographs of the delegates collected by Michael E. Knight, Unionist representative for Cavan Monaghan. The 94 signatures of all the delegates except Michael Knight, who collected them; a sample of his signature is included on a separate sheet loosely inserted; also a modern photographic reproduction of the delegates on the steps of the Dining Hall, Trinity College, mounted on card. (2) The Irish Convention was an assembly which sat in Trinity College Dublin, from July 1917 until March 1918 to address the Irish question. It was a response to the dramatically altered Irish political climate after the 1916 rebellion and proposed by David Lloyd George, in May 1917 to John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, announcing that ‘Ireland should try her hand at hammering out an instrument of government for her own people’. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£610) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 174 175 1920 (September 19- December 18) Death and funeral of Terence McSwiney and the Burning of Cork, Illustrated newspapers. Le Petit Journal, September 19, 1920, the front cover colour illustration; The Illustrated London News, three issues with extensive reports of McSwiney’s funeral in London, Dublin and Cork; and the Burning of Cork by unidentified “incendiaries”. (4) Estimate €120-€180 (approx £100-£160) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 175 173 1917-1941. Picture postcard collection including historical and political events and personalities. (24) Includes War of Independence, Peace Talks, Civil War, Kevin Barry, Cathal Bugha, Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, Irish Free State, 1941 “Preserve Ireland from Invasion”, etc. Estimate €120-€180 (approx £100-£160) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 173