WHYTE'S THE HISTORY SALE TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023

219 1846-1899 Cork andWaterford schools medals. (3) SUME SUPERIAM QUAE SITAM MERITAS, shamrocks, reverse ST. LUKE’S BOYS SCHOOL ANNUAL EXAMINATION 1899 Awarded to William H. Sheffield FOR SUPERIOR ANSWERING IN SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH, etched on rim PRESENTED BY ROBERT DAY, F.S.A., silver by S.F. McNee, Cork, oval 50 x 40mm; image of Lismore Castle, reverse SUNT HIC ETIAM SUA PRAEMIA LAUDI / ALUMNO SCHOLAE LISMOREIENSIS OB LITERAS FELICITOR EXCULTAS GUILIEMUS DUX DEVONIAE D. D, recipient unknown, bronze by Munsey Cambridge, 50mm; ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF IRELAND to The Clonakilty NATIONAL SCHOOL 1846 silver 45mm; HISTORY books on a table, reverse MIDLETON ENDOWED SCHOOL 1696 REVD. THOMAS MOORE M.A., gilt, 45mm. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Mainly very fine, Midleton oxidised, fine. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 219 220 1874 Raphoe Royal School silver medal and another. (2) Bishop’s mitre and Greek inscription, reverse SCHOLA REGIA DONEGALENSIS REV. J. A. WEIR PRAECEPTOR PRIMUS Gui. J. D. Delap Gul Derensis et Rapofensis Aestivis Ferriiis A.D. 1874, 40mm ; RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTEH A NATION, reverse ACQUAINT THYSELF WITH GOD & BE AT PEACE / Adjudged b the ASSOCIATION FOR RELIGION AND VIRTUE INST OCT 9 1792 to Mary Boileau, by Mossop, 35mm. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine, Raphoe medal in slightly distressedWoodhouse box. Raphoe medal with contemporaneous note dating the medal to 29th July 1874 Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 220 THE HISTORY SALE · 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023 The Tom Ryan Collection of Medals 129