THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 6 APRIL 2025

74 131 1916 Rising Service Medal to a Cumann na mBan member. Issued to Mary White, Cumann na mBan, of Enniscorthy. With ribbon and flash. Condition: Ribbon soiled, medal very fine. Provenance: Mary White; Thence by descent to the present owner. During the 1916 Rising Irish Volunteers took over a cinema - The Athaeneum - in Enniscorthy. An emergency hospital and a kitchen were set up in the Athenaeum by Cumann na mBan under the command of Mary White and Una Brennan. Estimate €1,500-€2,000 (approx £1,250-£1,670) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 131

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