WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 17 MAY TO 7 JUNE 2024

74 History 181 1922-1923 Anti-Treaty Volunteer’s bayonet, grenade and bandolier. Believed to have been owned by a Limerick veteran of the Civil War. Condition: Some oxidisation to grenade and bayonet, scabbard in two parts. Estimate €250-€300 (approx £210-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 181 182 1922 (16 February and 22 March) cheques signed Cathal Brugha and Austin Stack , and countersigned Seán MacBride and Seán T. O’Kelly. Both National Land Bank cheques. Scarce collection of signatures. 4 by 7.50in. (10.2 by 19.1cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Very good. Estimate €250-€300 (approx £210-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 182 183 1922 (24 February and 9 August) handwritten letters by Cathal Brugha and Kathleen Brugha. Cathal Brugha letter on ‘Dáil Éireann headed paper but with ‘Aireacht Cosanta’ and ‘Department of Defence’ excised, to E. Downey, Waterford News, ‘it seems an anomalous position to put Dr White [Dr Vincent Joseph White, pro Treaty TD] into’. Also letter (9 August) from Caitlín bean C. Brugha, refering to a resolution of condolence ‘on Cathal Brugha’s death which she doesn’t accept’. Extremely rare examples of the Brugha’s hands and signatures. 10.50 by 8.50in. (26.7 by 21.6cm) Provenance: George Mealy & Sons auction, July 2013; Where acquired by the present owner. Condition: Fine. Estimate €600-€700 (approx £510-£600) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 183