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

War of Independence 205 1922 (December 21) Letter of introduction fromTim Healy Governor General of the Irish Free State for Senator Sir Horace Plunkett. A one-page signed autograph letter on Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin, notepaper, requesting help for him in ‘securing information by which a Library of special nature may be established in the Irish Free State.’ Provenance: Holroyd Smith family; Catherine Fleming; thence by descent to the present owner. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 205 204 1920s and 1930s Archive of documents of Eileen (Elgin) O’Rahilly (née Barry) A number of booklets and publications commemorating Kevin Barry, Eileen’s brother; together with four leaflets commemorating the deaths of Comdt. R. Bonfield, Capt. Martin Hogan, Frank Lalor and “The Three Boy Martyrs”. Also a collection of political pamphlets, handbills and newspapers, mainly anti-treaty, including The Alternative to the “Treaty” by de Valera; Saorstát Eireann. Number 1 of 1922. An Act to enact a Constitution..; 1924 Tailteann Games, President De Valera’s Statement; Cumann na mBan newspaper Easter Week Commemoration Number, 1926. Provenance: Eileen (Elgin) O’Rahilly (née Barry) Thence by descent. Eileen (Elgin) Barry (1903-1997), Cumann na mBan leader, Anti- Treaty activist and sister of Kevin, married Michael O’Rahilly, son of The O’Rahilly in 1935. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£610) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 204