WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

79 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 Kevin Barry 174 1920 (12 October) letter from Courts-Martial Officer to Kevin Barry notifying him of the date of his trial - Wednesday 20 October. Typescript with manuscript correction and initials of the officer, with a handwritten envelope imprinted On His Majesty’s Service - “Kevin Barry c/o The Governor, Mountjoy Prison. Unique document of immense historical interest. Condition: Very good. Provenance: Family of Kevin Barry Estimate €3,000-€5,000 (approx £2,610-£4,350) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 174 175 1920 (20 October) Official notice to Kevin Barry of his sentence of death. Printed form“INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF COURTS MARTIAL WHERE A SENTENCE OF DEATH HAS BEEN PASSED” , manuscript “to Kevin Berry, otherwise Barry”. “The Court have found you guilty of the following charge namely the charge of murdering no. 4603629 Private MatthewWhitehead on 20th September 1920”. “The Court have passed a sentence of death upon you. The Court made no recommendation to mercy “ Signed by Brigadier General C.C. Onslow, who presided over the trial. Another unique document of immense historical importance. Condition: Very good. Provenance: Family of Kevin Barry Estimate €5,000-€7,000 (approx £4,350-£6,090) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 175 176 1919 (September) letter from Kevin Barry to“My Dear Ma” on his arrival in Dublin. Kevin Barry had just arrived at his family’s Dublin house, 8 Fleet Street, to start his first term at UCD. His mother was at the family farm in Tombeagh, Carlow. Barry mentions Mr McAleer, who is ill, his wife Mrs McAleer, whom Barry intends to visit in Bray, as well as “Uncle Pat”. He also says that classes at UCD “are not quite arranged yet owning to delay in results”. Single sheet, handwritten and signed “Kev.” 8 by 6.50in. (20.3 by 16.5cm) Condition: Folded, light creasing, slight toning, very good. Provenance: Sheila “Shel” Barry Maher (sister of Kevin Barry) Thence by descent. Estimate €10,000-€12,000 (approx £8,700-£10,430) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 176