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

War of Independence THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM 176 Kevin Barry’s copy of Parkhurst Boys: and Other Stories of School Life by Talbot Baines Reed. London, undated but c.1905, octavo, red cloth with printed decoration, in custom buckram clam-shell case. Provenance: From Kevin Barry to his sister, Eileen (Elgin). Thence by descent. Estimate €800-€1200 (approx £700-£1,050) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 176 177 1921 Irish Republican Prisoners Dependents’ Fund letter. A cast white metal oval badge centred by an Irish Volunteer standing in front of a burning GPO holding an IRA flag, in a shamrock and laurel wreath with the badges of the four provinces; a 1918 membership card for Connradh na Gaedhilge to Ros Mic Treoin; and a 1921 (February 1) Irish Republican Prisoners Dependents’ Fund fundraising letter to the Directors of Thwaites and Co., O’Connell Street, framed. Provenance: Collection Mr Patrick O’Hagan, Belfast. Exhibited: Roddy McCorley museum. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 177 178 1921War of Independence, Crumlin Road Gaol, Nationalist prisoner’s autograph album. A morocco bound autograph album with contributions of nationalist verse, drawings and doggerel by IRA prisoners, mainly from counties Cavan, Down, Monaghan and Sligo. Provenance: Purchased Cryan Auctioneers Sligo. By descent to the current owner. Estimate €600-€800 (approx £520-£700) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 178