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War of Independence THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM 202 1922 (August 4) Irish Free State Army, Waterford, Proclamation No. 3. Headed, ‘Óglaigh na hÉireann, Headquarters, Waterford Brigade, The Prison, Waterford; regarding the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors, signed MJ Heaslip Comdt., O/C Troops; and PJ Paul, Brigadier, O/CWtd. Bde. Framed. Following the withdrawal fromWaterford of occupying British forces in 1921, the military and police barracks were occupied by The Waterford Flying Column. At the outbreak of Civil War this garrison opposed the Anglo Irish treaty andWaterford became a Republican stronghold. The city was captured in July 1922 by Free State forces, led by General John T. Prout. His second-in command was Brigadier Patrick Paul, formerly commander of the IRA in East Waterford and signatory of the Proclamation in this lot. While commanding an 18 pounder artillery piece on Mount Misery overlooking Republican positions, Brigadier Paul had the dubious distinction of shelling his own mother’s house in the city. Estimate €400-€600 (approx £350-£520) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 202 203 1922-1923 Archive of letters between Republican prisoners and Lady Holroyd Smyth and related letters, photographs and papers. A group of eight letters to Alice Holroyd Smyth relating to Patrick O’Reilly, Vice Commandant, IRA, and Michael ‘Malix’ Fitzgerald including a 1923 (January 10) letter from John Prout, Commdt. General, GOC 2nd Southern Command, acknowledging appeal for O’Reilly and Fitzgerald; 1923 (January 25) letter from Patrick O’Reilly ‘an hour before my doom’; three in memoriam cards for O’Reilly, two studio photographs of him with rifle and Sam Browne belt and a photograph of the coffins of O’Reilly and Fitzgerald prior to reinternment; also letters from prisoners George C. Kiely, Dan O’Brien, Patrick Hogan and Pat Fitzgerald; and a letter 1922 (January 18) from Michael Cashman O.C. Glendine Coy. IRA, requesting a loan of the pony and car; together with seven issues of an t-Óglach, type- written song sheets etc. Provenance: Holroyd Smith family; Catherine Fleming; thence by descent to the present owner. Estimate €2000-€3000 (approx £1,750-£2,620) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 203