WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY & SUNDAY 25 & 26 July 2020

120 History 202 1917 (June & July) letters inviting Thomas Ashe to speak at the Feis in Listowel and Skibbereen From“Miceal” on North Kerry Agricultural & Industrial Society mentioning Count Plunkett and Austin Lynch, with cloth Republican colours attached, and Sinn Fein HQ notice that Ashe has been “delegated” to speak at a public meeting on Sunday 26 August, a date he did not make as he had been arrested for sedition on 20 August. Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Good, heavy folds. It was the series of speeches that Ashe made during the summer of 1917 that led to his arrest for sedition. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £270-£450) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 202 203 1917 (19 July) letter from Countess Markievicz to Thomas Ashe. In pencil in the hand of the Countess, from 9 Belgrave Road, inviting “Mr Ashe” to speak “for Father Flanagan” at Keash, Ballymote on Sunday July 29, signed “I cGuis [sic] na hEireann, Constance de Markievicz” (“in the Cause of Ireland”). Accompanied by stamped envelope in Markievicz’s hand. Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good. Estimate €2000-€3000 (approx £1,820-£2,730) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 203 204 1917 (25 July) letter fromMichael Collins to Thomas Ashe. Typescript on Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependents’ Fund headed paper, inviting Ashe to a meeting of the Executive, signed in ink “Miceal O Coileann” as Secretary, and a note in Collins’ hand “You are down for Tralee on August 5th..... Mick”, with stamped envelope. Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good. Estimate €3000-€5000 (approx £2,730-£4,550) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 204