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

121 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 25 & 26 JULY 2020 205 1917 (July-August) Thomas Ashe speeches - his notes. Written mostly in pencil on scraps of paper, sizes from 2 by 1 inch to 10 by 8 inches. Topics include the Irish language - “not the language of slaves”, “South Longford [election of Sinn Fein candidate] a greater defeat to England than a defeat on the front”, “No compromise & No Surrender”, “Pearse’s words to me” etc Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Good, tone spots, soiling, tears and heavy folds. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £270-£450) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 205 206 1917 (31 July) note to Thomas Ashe fromWT Cosgrave, Rising veteran and later President of the Irish Free State. A very brief note in Cosgrave’s hand in ink on Victoria Hotel Kilkenny notepaper, and his inimitable style: “A cara, I want Ashe, mise W.T. Cosgrave” Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good, a few tone spots. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 206 207 1917 (31 July) letter from Sean T. O’Kelly, Rising veteran and later President of Ireland. Typescript on Conradh na Gaeilge neaded paper, inviting Ashe to speak in County Kerry, signed in ink Seagan T. O Ceallaigh. Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good, a few light tone spots. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 207