WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

65 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 1916 Rising 146 1916. Peadar Kearney ‘The Soldier’s Song’ First Edition 4 pages, including cover. Rare. Condition: Folded, some separations, stained and soiled, good otherwise. Brown paper wrapper added. Peadar Kearney worked first as a labourer in Dublin, where he was born and educated. In 1911 he got a job at The Abbey Theatre as a props man where he met Patrick Heeney who helped him score The Soldier’s Song which he had composed in 1909-1910. He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood in early 1903, and became a member of its Supreme Council. He was a founder member of the Irish Volunteers. The Soldier’s Song quickly became the Volunteers’most popular marching song and was widely published. It was sung in the GPO during the Rising. In the 1916 Rising Peadar Kearney fought under Thomas MacDonagh at Jacob’s biscuit factory in Bishop Street. He evaded capture after the Rising was put down but was arrested during the War of Independence and interned at Ballykinlar Camp in County Down in 1920-21.Published by Whelan and Son, Dublin, 1916. Composed as a marching song for the Irish Volunteers, The Soldier’s Song”was adopted as the Irish National Anthem in 1926.” Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 146 147 1916 (October 31). In Memoriam sheet for the Irish Volunteers and Citizen Army soldiers who were killed in the Rising Request for Prayers for Irishmen Executed By Martial Law This Year. “Your prayers are earnestly requested for the repose of the Souls of the following Irishmen who were executed by Military Law this year:-”This is followed by a list the 16 men executed, and the 52 killed in action. Condition: Some creasing and slight soiling, very good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 147