THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 6 APRIL 2025

92 151A 1916 (25 April) The Irish Times ‘SPECIAL EXTRA’ Framed, showing front page of advertisements. 26.50 by 18in. (67.3 by 45.7cm) Condition: Light overall toning, folds, good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 151A 152 1916 Easter Rising. Documents relating to the Official Enquiry held into the shooting of Nurse Margaret Kehoe Nurse Kehoe was shot dead by British troops while on duty at The South Dublin Union. Nurse Margaret Kehoe was the first civilian fatality during the Rising. This lot comprises: Christopher O’Neill signed statement and signed statement from Thomas Coughlan, copy of the Richard J. Keogh, Secretary of Carlow County Council, addressed to General Sir John Maxwell plus copies of letters from Major-General T. B. Friend and Colonel J.W. Cowan asking if the Commander-in-Chief could meet him along with Father Hugh Cullen on Monday 29 May. Vaious sizes, largest 15 by 8in. (38.1 by 20.3cm) Condition: Fine. Nurse Kehoe was from Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow. She was a niece of General Myles Keogh of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry who died fighting alongside General George Custer in June 1876 at the Battle of Little Bighorn. One of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation Éamonn Ceannt, commanded the 4th Battalion of the Irish Volunteers during Easter Week and with a large force of men had occupied the South Dublin Union from early on Easter Monday. Later that day British soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment attempted to take control of the building and during the action that followed Nurse Kehoe was shot dead. Estimate €1,000-€1,500 (approx £830-£1,250) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 152