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

122 History 208 1917 (1 August) letter fromMichael Collins to Thomas Ashe. In Collins’ hand in ink about meeting up with Ashe in Nenagh, and enclosing a mimeographed letter from Irish National Aid & Volunteers Dependents’ Fund. 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 208 209 1917 (5 August) Oration by Commandant Thomas Ashe at Casement’s Fort, Ardfert, Kerry. Ashe’s handwritten notes and his copy of the printed oration. Family of Thomas Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Good, foxed. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £270-£450) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 209 210 1917 (23 and 25 August) two letters fromThomas Ashe to his sister Nora, written while imprisoned in The Curragh Camp. Written in ink, headlined “c/o Sergeant Taylor, 221st Inf. Batt Guard Room”, he fatefully says “ I like the idea of a little rest in prison again”. Family of Thomas & Nora Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good, a few tone spots. Estimate €300-€400 (approx £270-£360) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 210