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

75 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 184 1922 (18 March) cheque signed by Cathal Brugha to Harry Boland. Signed on reverse H Boland. Rare combination of signatories, both killed within 5 months of this cheque’s date of issue. Drawn on The National Land Bank Ltd. 4 by 7.50in. (10.2 by 19.1cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Very good Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 184 185 1922 (31 March) cheque signed Cathal Brugha to Máire Comerford and related items. (3) Signed by Máire Comerford in English and Irish, also a letter from her, 30 October 1932 to Charles Murphy about a joint IRA and Sinn Féin demonstration ‘in honour of Liam Mellowes to Castletown’ and her paperback book The First Dail, first edition 1969, signed by her and her publisher, Joe Clarke, octavo. The cheque size is 4 by 7.50in. (10.2 by 19.1cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Fine. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 185 186 1922 (12 April) cheque to Máire MacSwiney signed by Cathal Brugha. Signed on reverse by Máire Nic Suibhne, widow of Terence MacSwiney 4 by 7.50in. (10.2 by 19.1cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Very good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 186