THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 6 APRIL 2025

THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTlON 6 APRIL 2025 107 179 1920. Cuala Press. Michael O’Callaghan (1879-1921) memorial booklet First Republican Mayor of Limerick 1920. Requiescat. Memorial leaflet, calligraphic text, 2 pp (folded sheet), with elaborate hand-painted initial on p.2 by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats. Printed for O’Callaghan’s widow, a poignant and attractive item. Michael O’Callaghan, like Tomás MacCurtain, was shot dead in his home during curfew hours, almost certainly by members of the RIC. The leaflet states bluntly that he was ‘murdered by the enemy’. See Miller p. 128, stating 100 copies were printed. Condition: Fine. Provenance: Yeats family. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£250) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 179