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Lot 200
DANIEL O'CONNELL, 'THE IRISH TUTOR' An engraving signed HB [John Doyle], circa 28 cms x 36 ½ cms, framed, showing O'Connell as a schoolmaster addressing a class of boys (the British cabinet): 'Indeed you are mighty good Boys, if you go on this way we shall have no further occasion for Madam Birch', with papers on his desk headed 'Irish Tithe Bill' etc., a birch inscribed 'Repeal' concealed behind him.Published by T. McLean, Haymarket, 29 April 1836, with his stamp.
Lot 272
KATHLEEN NAPOLI McKENNAKathleen McKenna was a member of an old Nationalist family, from Oldcastle, Co. Meath. She was an expert typist, and an intelligent girl with a telling turn of phrase. Her father William McKenna was an old friend of Arthur Griffith, and through this connection she was employed as confidential typist for the Irish Bulletin, the daily summary of information edited for the First Dail by Frank Gallagher for distribution to journalists in Dublin and abroad, 1919-21. The foreign press soon found they could rely on the Bulletin's accuracy, and it became an important publicity weapon for the First Dail and its cabinet - so much so that the British thought it worth their while first to counterfeit it, and then to imitate it, with little success on either count. In the autumn of 1921, McKenna was one of the 'Dail girls' who went to London for the Treaty negotiations, where she was Arthur Griffith's personal secretary. In early 1922 she was sent to Paris for the Irish Race Congress. As the Free State was established, she was a typist and confidential secretary for senior ministers including Michael Collins, Desmond FitzGerald, Kevin O'Higgins and W.T. Cosgrave. She was a private secretary at the Boundary Commission in 1924, and accompanied the Irish delegation at the Imperial Conference in 1926. Many of the significant documents of the Irish history of this period passed through her hands and her typewriter.She left the Civil Service in 1931, married an Italian military man, General Napoli, and went to live with him in Rome and elsewhere. She remained in touch with her family in Ireland, but never returned to live here permanently. She left a memoir of her days which was published in recent years. She is not to be found in the principal works of reference, though she was perhaps as significant a person as some of those included.The following items were from her personal collection, inherited by direct descent and then purchased in these rooms 2011 as part of our Independence auction.IRISH TREATY DELEGATION 1921A handwritten menu for a meal in London attended by many of the Irish delegates and advisors to the Treaty talks, 10 November 1921, signed at rear by Micheál Ó Coileáin [Collins], Art Ó Gríofa [Griffith) and E.S. Ó Dúgáin [Duggan] (delegates), Lionel Smith-Gordon, J.L. Fawsitt and Eamonn Broy (advisors), Collins' 'minders' Liam Tobin, Joe Dolan and Joe Guilfoyle; Fionán Ó Loingsigh [Lynch], assistant secretary; Alice Lyons (typist); Caoimhghin O hUiginn [Kevin O'Higgins], Sean Milroy, and several others whose function is not clear.The menu included a choice of soups: Peace (thick) or Publicity (clear); the fish course was 'Hans Plaice' or 'Caddugan Steaks' [the Irish delegates were staying at Hans Place and Cadogan Gardens]; entrees included 'Economic Cutlets (Reparation Gravy)' and 'Minced Ulster (North East Sauce)'; the Joint was Roast Beef of Old England, with Aide Memoire of Potatoes; and so on.The talks in London opened on 11 October; presumably the dinner marked the end of the first month. It seems the delegates had not yet realised that 'minced Ulster' was off the menu.Kathleen McKenna's copy [personal secretary to Arthur Griffith], with her initials to front. A rare and delightful item.Provenance: Collection of Kathleen Napoli McKenna, by descent, then purchased in these rooms, 19th April 2011, Independence auction, Lot 591.
Lot 279
THE MÁIRE GILL COLLECTION A significant archive of letters and documents from the collection of Máire (Molly) Gill, a life-long employee of the Cuala Press who was an active Republican, a member of Sinn Fein and Cumann na mBan, detained in Kilmainham during the Civil War, for many years President of the Camogie Association. The principal contents include1 .A file containing seven autograph signed letters from female prisoners on [Kilmainham] Internment Camp notepaper, circa 1923, two from Maire’s friend A. ní Riain (no. 43) and five from ‘your loving Friend May’ [Mrs Mary O’Carroll], cell 12 or 97; also an ALS on plain paper to Miss Butler from James Courtney, also detained in Kilmainham, with a second letter to Miss Gill dated 31.10.21, two letters from Courtney’s wife Mary, one appealing urgently for financial help, and a few related documents including accounts of a ‘Prisoners Dependants Ceilidhe (Louth County), signed by A. Ní Riain 27.11.21. The Kilmainham letters were of course subject to censorship, and there is little political content apart from some veiled comments; they are mostly about mutual friends, some released, others still ‘inside’, their health, parcels, letters, hopes of early release, longing to be in the fresh air again, ‘we will have a good time some day when I get out’, etc.2.A file including a good studio photograph of Eamon de Valera circa 1918, 8 ½ ins x 6 ½ ins; a document titled ‘Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland’, cyclostyled typescript, 3 pp foolscap, apparently an early copy of De Valera’s ‘Document No. 2’, which he proposed as an alternative to the Treaty; a printed document titled ‘Mountjoy Atrocity’, unsigned, accusing named Free State officers of attacking unarmed prisoners, scarce; a cyclostyled document headed ‘Belfast & British Trade Boycotts’, dated 25 January 1922, stating that the Dail Cabinet, having considered the report of the meeting of Mr. Michael Collins with Sir James Craig in London , hereby direct that the Belfast Boycott be discontinued; and a one-page printed programme for a theatrical performance by The Irish National Volunteers, Dundrum, October 2 [1914], with full lists of cast and performers, and similar programmes for October 3 and for October 4, with some variation among the performers. No printer is named, but from their general appearance and provenance these could very well be Cuala Press printings. 3.A file of letters and documents relating to Cumann na mBan and Sinn Fein including a cyclostyled copy of the constitution of Cumann na mBan (worn with some loss), a few pamphlets and about 25 autograph and typescript signed letters and notes, mostly relating to meetings and other arrangements, including one from F[iona] ní Phluingcéad (sister of Joseph Mary Plunkett) relating to materials needed for field dressings, dated Dec. 1921.4.A file of about 20 letters and documents relating to camogie and the Camogie Association, of which Maire Gill was President for many years, including a circular about the Association’s withdrawal (for political reasons) from the Tailteann Games 1924, a few letters about the propriety or otherwise of camogie pitches being used for lawn tennis, various notes about arrangements, typescript report of an interview with Maire Gill about Irish Women in Sport, a copy of the camogie rule-book circa 1940, etc.5.A folder containing four large-format issues of Stop Press dealing with the Four Courts siege and withdrawal, dated Wednesday June 28 [1922], the first issue, Communique from the Four Court), Thursday 29th, Saturday morning July 1 (no. 5) and Sunday July 2 (no. 6, the last of the large-format issues), much worn and frayed, with some loss, with a few cuttings about Countess Markiewicz and two other Republican periodicals.6.A small folder containing mainly personal letters and documents, including a manuscript playscript (probably incomplete), letters, a prize certificate from a horticultural show 1920, a few tracings, etc.Máire (Molly) Gill joined the Cuala Press as a young girl about 1908, and remained with Cuala throughout her working life. Cuala employed only women, and Molly and Esther (‘Essie’) Ryan became its pressmen, setting type and operating the Albion hand-press on which the books and prints were made. As a young woman Molly was an active member of Inghinidhe na hÉireann, of Cumann na mBan, and of Sinn Fein. She opposed the Treaty, and in 1923, during the Civil War, she was detained for a time in Kilmainham. Camogie apart, Molly was never a leader in the Republican movement, but her collection gives a valuable illustration of the busy lives of those who were active supporters and foot-soldiers in the movement.As a collection, w.a.f.
Lot 1424
A Japanese Komai-style inlaid brass rectangular miniature cabinet, 20th century, the pair of hinged doors opening to reveal five drawers, applied throughout in gilt, the doors with a river scene with Mount Fuji, the top with cranes flying before Mount Fuji, the sides with birds in flowering branches, the reverse with a pagoda, raise on four bracket feet, with gilt Mount Fuji mark, 13.5cm. high, with a wood stand. Illustrated
Lot 2130
A plated canteen of table flatware for twelve place settings, including; a pair of gravy spoons, a soup ladle, a pair of sauce ladles, a pair of sugar tongs, a pair of knife rests, a butter knife, four salt spoons and a five piece carving set, contained in a fitted mahogany cabinet, having two drawers.
Lot 262
A pair of Paris porcelain cabinet cups and stands 19th century, each painted with the profile portrait of a Roman Emperor wearing a laurel leaf crown, one titled 'Trajan' the other 'Titus' reserved on a pale pink ground with a band of green Gothic tracery, the tall handles with lion mask roundels, 14.2cm. (4)
Lot 194
A Paris porcelain cabinet cup 19th century, modelled as a tulip with a butterfly handle, a Meissen petal-moulded white-glazed cup and trembleuse saucer, a Paris coffee can painted with a continuous landscape in black and gilt on a rich orange ground, gilt 'housel' mark to the base, and a Staffordshire blue-glazed model of a house, some damages, 15.5cm max. (5)
Lot 186
A Coalport small cabinet cup and stand c.1810-20, the flared form painted with a continuous floral garland, the everted rim with a gilt foliate band, a Coalport inkwell with similar floral decoration, and a cylindrical spill vase painted with panels of birds reserved on a lime green ground, 10cm max. (4)
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