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![[CONSTANCE DE MARKIEWICZ]Bertrand Russell. Roads to Freedom. London 1918, first edition, signed on front paste-down by Const](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9af29fb7-a690-4670-8293-a5de00fd7d7d/06c7ad6b-05cd-4bfc-834f-2ae216fa50b0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 268
[CONSTANCE DE MARKIEWICZ]Bertrand Russell. Roads to Freedom. London 1918, first edition, signed on front paste-down by Constance de Markiewicz, a fluent signature dated March 1919.Countess Markiewicz was Minister for Labour in the First Dail 1919-21, though she spent much of this period in prison. She was the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament, though she did not take her seat; together with P.H. Pearse. The Mother and other Tales. Dundalk, Dundalgan Press, trans. Rev. T.A. Fitzgerald, first translated edition. (2)
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 278
ARMY OF THE IRISH REPUBLICJAMES CONNOLLY: HIS LAST DESPATCH FROM THE G.P.O., 1916A cyclostyled document, printed in purple ink, 1 pp foolscap (verso blank), headed ‘Army of the Irish Republic / Headquarters (Dublin Command) / 28th April 1916’, addressed ‘To Soldiers’, over signature ‘James Connolly / Commandant General / Dublin Division’.‘This is the fifth day of the establishment of the Irish Republic and the flag of our country still floats from the most important buildings in Dublin, and is gallantly protected by the Officers and Irish Soldiers in arms throughout the country .. The manhood of Ireland, inspired by our splendid action, are gathering to offer up their lives if necessary in the same holy cause. We are here hemmed in because the enemy feels that in this building is to be found the heart and inspiration of our great movement.‘Let me remind you of what you have done. For the first time in 700 years the flag of a free Ireland floats triumphantly in Dublin city. The British Army .. are afraid to advance to the attack or storm any positions held by our forces. Our Commandants around us are holding their own, etc. [mentioning Comdts. Daly, MacDonagh, Mallin, De Valera and Kent] .. In Galway Captain Mellows .. is in the field with his men. Wexford and Wicklow are strong and Cork and Kerry are equally acquitting themselves creditably .. ‘As you know, I was wounded twice yesterday and am unable to move about, but have got my bed moved into the firing line and with the assistance of your Officers will be just as useful to you as ever.‘Courage boys, we are winning and in the hour of our victory let us not forget the splendid women who have everywhere stood by us and cheered us on. Never had man or woman a grander cause, never was a cause more grandly served.’Connolly was wounded by a sniper’s dum-dum bullet on the Thursday of Easter Week, while accompanying a sortie towards the Independent Newspapers building. He was able to drag himself back to the GPO, where his leg was operated on by a British forces doctor who was a prisoner of the Volunteers. The following day, Friday, he sent for his secretary Winifred Carney and dictated the present despatch, aimed at rallying the spirit of his men, now threatened on all sides. Many of the operational details are incorrect, but they may be taken as a guide to the information and rumours circulating in the GPO as the siege reached its height.Later that evening the GPO was evacuated, and Connolly was carried into Moore Street, with Winifred Carney still by his side, where he signed the surrender document and surrendered with the rest on Saturday. He was tried by court martial, and was shot by firing squad on 9 May while strapped to a chair.This appears to be an original copy of a very rare document, Connolly’s last public statement as Commandant of the Dublin forces. A few marks, but generally in good condition.Provenance: From the collection of Capt. Arthur Delaney of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who served in France and was in Dublin in the summer of 1916.
Lot 278A
CAPTAIN ARTHUR DELANEY, 10th BATTALION OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERSAn archive pertaining to Arthur Delaney, Captain in the 10th battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers including: a collection of seven field books detailing the involvement and movements of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the First World War containing such information as daily schedules, stock lists, notice of wounded and casualties, names and numbers of all men in the 10th battalion, lists of provisions, movements of the Enemy, lists of ammunition stores, correspondence between commanding officers, syllabus of training lectures on gun safety, French formations, fuse safety, notes about German bombings, passwords and codenames used during military manueouvers, including 'Guinness', lists of regulations, “Trench Details” and trench conduct, German field postcards, Employment records and military information for Arthur Delaney, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Special Reserve, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Handbooks, ect;together with personal documents including correspondence to Arthur Delaney from friends and loved one Nell, as well as some personal friends, a Secrect Defense Service document regarding 'Hamel Sector' pertaining to the frontline and trench defenses; and The Irish Times Special Extra, April 25, 1916 with special reference to the Rebellion in Dublin.
Lot 278B
GALOOT: THE JOURNAL OF THE 5TH BATTALION OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERSNo 1 (Sep 1915), No 2 (Oct 1916), No 3 (Nov 1916), Nov 4 (Dec-Jan 1915-1916), No 5 (Feb 1916) and No 6 (April-May 1916)The first line of No 6 reads “Owing to the Sinn Fein Rebellion, it has been found necessary to cancel the publication of our March issue
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 28
‘OUR GREAT NAVAL VICTORY’Lord Pembroke. An ALS to an unnamed correspondent (probably one of the More O’Ferrall family), from Whitehall, June 13th [17]94, mentioning various matters before coming to ‘our great naval victory, the compleatest perhaps ever known. Lord Howe with 25 ships of the line has compleatly beat, & crippled the French fleet of 26 ships of the line, the French having also an advantage in weight of metal &c. Ten Dismasted - Six, taken in action - Two sunk ..’Lord Howe’s engagement with the French fleet on the ‘Glorious First of June’ is now regarded as inconclusive. Howe employed unusual tactics, ordering the fleet to turn and each ship to attack its French opponent directly. Both fleets suffered heavy damage, but the French were able to bring their grain convoy to harbour.
Lot 282
CLARKE, KATHLEEN. LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN. An attractive New Year remembrance card from the Mansion House, 4 pp (single folded sheet), on heavy paper, specially produced by the Cluna Studio, marking the 25th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. The cover with a hand coloured drawing of the General Post Office, Dublin, under a scroll with the date 1916, a Four Provinces shield and a Phoenix flame, inscribed inside with ‘Greetings from [manuscript signature] Caitlín Bean Uí Chléirigh, Lord Mayor’. Kathleen Clarke, a niece of the Limerick Fenian John Daly, was the widow of Tom Clarke, first signatory of the 1916 Proclamation. She had wished to join her husband in the GPO, but was asked to remain at home and prepare to assist the survivors after the Rising. She did so very successfully by establishing the Irish National Aid & Volunteer Dependants Fund, where she gave Michael Collins his first position of responsibility as Secretary. She opposed the Treaty, and in 1926 joined the new Fianna Fail party and became an executive member. In 1939 she was the first woman to be elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. It is said she declined a request from Eamon de Valera that she should stand aside in favour of Margaret Pearse, reputedly saying to him ‘Tom Clarke’s widow stands aside for nobody!’ She left Fianna Fail in 1944 after criticising the treatment of Republican hunger strikers.A rare and attractive item, in very good condition.
Lot 285
50 COPIES ONLY PUBLISHED - ST. ENDA’S COLLEGE. AN SCOLÁIRE, 1913. Desmond Ryan’s set.An extensive run (probably complete) of this very rare cyclostyled school magazine prepared and published by the pupils of Pearse’s school St. Enda’s, 1913, Vol. 1 number 1-2-3-4, 6-7-8-9 (16.4.13 - 7.6.13), lacking only No. 5 from the first 9 numbers (probably all published). Small quarto, cyclostyled, generally 8 pp or 12 pp (folded sheets), the Roneo plates written in manuscript in several hands, with some cartoon drawings. With a copy of ‘Le Petit Patriote’, Vol. 1 No. 1, St. Enda’s, 10 May 1913, ‘For the Students of Prep. & Junior Grades Only’, 4 pp (same format, single folded sheet). Judging by the publication date, this is probably the missing No. 5 of An Scoláire, since it falls between no. 4 (4.5.13) and 6 (17.5.13).In the last number of Pearse’s printed magazine ‘An Macaomh’ [Vol. II no. 2, May 1913], he states that ‘There exists at St. Enda’s a trilingual newspaper called “An Sgoláire” [sic], of which fifty copies are printed on a Roneo reduplicator every week and sold at a penny a copy. It is owned and edited by the boys themselves, and owes its existence to a movement which originated among them. The politics of the paper centres largely round the question as to whether cricket should be played as a summer game by Irish boys. School work and play are chronicled from week to week, and school personalities discussed and criticised in prose, verse and cartoon. Most of the contributions are in the nature of jeux d’esprit; some are manfully propagandist. A few seem to me touched with that literary grace which is as recognisable and as indefineable as a personal grace ..’The first number states that ‘An Scoláire, the students’ paper, is today presented to the Endaian Republic. Its aim & policy are embodied in its name. To make you true scholars, earnest and lively, self restrained and self reliant, to make you live and laugh, to love each other and dear old Ireland, such is its purpose. God grant it success, may it prove a blessing to all. Read it; write for it; criticise it, make it both your own in character [and] in outlook. Make the spirit of School Eanna pervade it. Let the glory of Ireland inspire it. In a word: May it be the herald of a glorious day: the day when Ireland will be “A Nation once again”.’It is not formally a Pearse item, since the content was clearly determined entirely by the students themselves. Nevertheless, the freshness and variety of the material testifies eloquently to the quality of the school which Pearse and his fellow-masters had established, and the extent to which its pupils felt themselves jointly responsible for their own education and formation. It is difficult to imagine the students of any other Irish secondary school, in 1913, producing a magazine of such quality.Desmond Ryan, who owned this set, was later Pearse’s secretary and fought in the GPO. He edited Pearse’s writings on St. Enda’s, ‘The Story of a Success’, and wrote historical works including biographies of Pearse and Connolly. An important item, and a great rarity, generally in very good condition considering its nature. The National Library of Ireland has a run of Nos. 1-9, otherwise only odd copies are found. St. Enda’s itself apparently does not have a full set.In a custom made folding box.Provenance: Family of Muriel Gahan, a gift from a relative of Desmond Ryan, who was a student at St. Enda’s.
Lot 291
CIRCA 1900S-1920S. REBEL SONGS AND VERSE INCLUDING THE SOLDIER'S SONG, THE WALLS OF DERRY, SAVE THE PEELERS, THE MEN OF THE BOLD IRA, ETC. This is one of the first printed versions of the Soldier's Song. Others include The Mountjoy Boarding House, The Battle of the Four Courts, Cathal Brúgha, as well as The Boys of Kilmichael accompanied by news cuttings relating to the ambush on Black and Tans in which 16 were killed by the IRA. A scarce and valuable collection. (17 sheets plus cuttings).
Lot 292
THE FIRST DAILO'Connor (Fergus) Publisher. The Declaration of Irish Independence. Official English Translation. Historic Pronouncement of Ireland's Freedom from English Rule, made at the first meeting of Dail Eireann (Ireland's Republican Parliament) in the Mansion House Dublin, on Tuesday January 21st, 1919, roy 8vo 3pp (single folded sheet) some colour fading, & stains on cover. Extremely Rare.* An extremely rare document. The declaration states that 'whereas the Irish people is by right a free people: and whereas for seven-hundred years the Irish people has never ceased to repudiate and has repeatedly protested in arms against foreign usurpation…. Now therefore we, the elected representatives of the ancient Irish people in National Parliament, Assembled, do, in the name of the Irish Nation, ratify the establishment of the Irish Republic and pledge ourselves and our people to make this declaration effective by every means at our command...' The declaration was adopted by acclamation, as the first substantive business on the first day's meeting of The First Dail, when the Sinn Fein M.P.s elected at the British General Election of 1918 (those not in jail) met & declared themselves to be Ireland's sovereign Parliament. This document was vehemently suppressed by the British, and very few copies have survived. (1)
Lot 293
1919 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEDeclaration of Independence. Scéal on Dáil Chum Saor-Náisiun An Domhain. Message to the Free Nations and Democratic Programme. Adopted by Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House, Dublin Tuesday January 21 1919. An extremely rare document. The declaration states that 'whereas the Irish people is by right a free people: and whereas for seven hundred years the Irish people has never ceased to repudiate and has repeatedly protested in arms against foreign usurpation... Now therefore we, the elected representatives of the ancient Irish people in National Parliament, Assembled, do, in the name of the Irish Nation, ratify the establishment of the Irish Republic and pledge ourselves and this day's meeting of the First Dáil, when the Sinn Féin MP's elected at the British General Election of 1918 (those not in jail) met & declared themselves to be Ireland's sovereign Parliament. This document was vehemently suppressed by the British, and very few copies have survived. 20 x13 cm
![ASSOCIATION COPY[Plunkett (Joseph M.)] Signatory of The 1916 Proclamation. Da Vinci (Leonardo). A Treatise on Painting, 8vo L](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9af29fb7-a690-4670-8293-a5de00fd7d7d/a42a22a1-b126-433e-d6b6-190ecb10af08/468x382.jpg)
Lot 306
ASSOCIATION COPY[Plunkett (Joseph M.)] Signatory of The 1916 Proclamation. Da Vinci (Leonardo). A Treatise on Painting, 8vo L. 1721 FIRST ENGLISH EDN., Engd. port. frontis, red. & bl. title, engd. titles (some lacking), orig. calf, worn, lr. cover detached. As an association, w.a.f.Front paste down inscribed 'Joseph M. Plunkett Sept. 1908,' together with some faded pencil sketches, books from Joseph Mary Plunkett's Library extremely rare.
Lot 308
LIAM DE ROISTE'S COPY DAIL EIREANN 1919 - 1922 Minutes of Proceedings of the First Parliament of the Republic of Ireland 1919 - 1921 - Official Record, 8vo D. 1921, inscribed by Liam de Roiste on front free end; = also Debate on the Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, - Official Report, 8vo D. 1921, both orig. green cloth, & v. good. Rare. (2)
Lot 309
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST DAIL DAIL EIREANN: DAIL EIREANN.Tuairisc Infheidhmeach ar Sheiseon an Mheithimh, 17adh - 19adh (Session June 17 - 19, 1919). Printed text in Irish followed by English version, reporting the Dail business and debates in detail, including appointment of Arthur Griffith as Acting President in the Absence of the President, Eamon de Valera. Business included a resolution of thanks to American Congress, Acting - Presidents’ Address, departmental reports, Ministerial proposals etc. 8vo 16pp, orig. ptd. wrappers, somewhat browned and spotted. An exceptionally rare item. (1)
![MICHAEL COLLINS - DAIL EIREANN An Cheud Tionol [First Assembly], Dia Mairt [Tuesday] 21 Eanair [January] 1919. Admission tick](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9af29fb7-a690-4670-8293-a5de00fd7d7d/22d0ba00-dbdf-4f1b-afb4-e8b8aad0133a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 316
1916 ALLMAN’S PURE IRISH POT STILL WHISKEY40 Under Proof (34%abv), fill level to shoulder, with driven cork showing visible shrinking, all consistent with age. Original label present but worn. Extremely scarce.Distilled in 1916 by the (long vanished) Bandon distillery in West Cork and bottled by the (long vanished) Nun’s Island Distillery in Galway, the bottle may be the oldest unopened expression of Irish single pot still whiskey sold in modern times. Originally owned by a Captain R.E. Palmer and bottled by the Galway Persse family who once supplied their whiskeys to the House of Commons, the bottle was even strangely proximate to the turbulent politics of its age. Its distillery’s owner, Richard Allman, had even served as Liberal MP for Bandon during the rise of Charles Stewart Parnell’s Home Rule movement and, aside from its connections to Irish history, the distillery he presided over ran almost directly alongside the legendary rise and tragic collapse of Irish whiskey itself.Founded in 1826 following the 1823 excise reforms often credited as the midwife of Irish whiskey’s first great global boom, the Bandon distillery survived the rise of Father Mathew’s Cork Total Abstinence Society, the Famine, and stiff competition from its enormous Dublin and Belfast competitors to become one of the most celebrated Irish producers of the age. When the English journalist Alfred Barnard (often regarded as the father of whiskey commentary) came to visit in 1886, he described it as the most successful rural distillery in Ireland, with barley plentifully supplied by local farmers and an internal village of around 200 employees including coopers, carpenters, coppersmiths, maltmen, and of course, the master distiller “C. McPherson”. The malting facility was second only to Guinness and aside from its own barrels, the distillery also imported specially sherry-seasoned casks from Cadiz. Although this is now common practice in the world of fine whiskeys, Allman claimed to have been one of the first distillers in Ireland to do so. At a timewhen Irish whiskey was outselling Scotch three cases to one, Allman’s whiskey even earned a popular following in Scotland and would have been a key brand there during the 1860s when, according to Scottish whisky historian Charles MacLean, imported Irish whiskeys like Allmans were actually outselling their Caledonian cousins in Edinburgh itself!From the perspective of whiskey history, however, the bottle’s real importance to posterity may actually lie with the writing on the label. Today, the resurgent Irish whiskey industry and its admirers are very eager to talk about a style called “Irish pot still” or “single pot still” whiskey, a uniquely Hibernian varietal closely tied to the recipes and procedures that first put Irish whiskey into snifters around the globe. Although it mustbe batch-distilled in a pot still (a device also used to make almost all single malts and many artisan American whiskeys), the style is actually defined by the grain ingredients run through that still (a mixture of malt with a fine grist of “green” unmalted barley for texture and spice). Whiskey made in a pot still without the green barley is not, by this definition, “Irish pot still whiskey”. Originally introduced as a means of dodging the notorious Malt Tax, the use of raw barley has been a feature of Irish whiskey since the 18th century and although the less efficient green barley produced lower yields, the practice was so ingrained in the tasteof many Irish whiskeys that the practice remained even after the tax was repealed in October 1880 (coincidently only a few months after Richard Allman entered parliament).Although the recipe was undoubtedly a staple of Irish distilling, the practices of the Bandon distillery provide critics with one of the clearest arguments that, even in Victorian times, this ingredient-based definition was clearly understood as, according to Barnard, the distillery separated its barley into raw gristing and malting facilities and ran them through two distinct runs in order to make “both Old Pot Still Whisky, designated Irish, and Pure Malt Whisky, both of a superior quality”. The bottle here comes from their Pure Irish Pot Still stock. To contemporary connoisseurs, this bottle is arguably a touchstone to the provenance of Irish whiskey’s distinct culinary heritage.For all that history, however, the Bandon distillery was hit by the same twentieth century factors of war, prohibition, and competition from cheaper more rapidly produced blended whiskeys that decimated the country’s old pot still classics and almost resulted in the extinction of the style. In 1925 Bandon was forced to close, missing its own centenary by just a few months. Trading as “Allman, Dowden and Co.”, its agents continued selling off stocks until 1939, which is most likely the reason for this expression’s bottling in Galway (on the grounds of yet another proud Irish pot still distillery closed during the collapse). Very few bottles have survived to modernity and, although the Old Still Bar (converted from the distillery offices) proudly retained a bottle until 1971, most of the contents boiled away in a tragic fire that struck the pub that year.Like the Irish pot still industry itself, the once notorious liquid pride of Cork simply evaporated through the bottle’s cork and left the world without a taste. That is, until the discovery of this bottle today.
Lot 33
A MID 19TH CENTURY PERMIT TO PASS THROUGH THE GROUNDS OF THE ROYAL HOSPITAL KILMAINHAM. Printed red text on buff card, with manuscript additions, permitting The Bearer to pass through the Western Avenue of the Royal Hospital by car or otherwise, dated 1st December 1871, numbered 365, with red wax Adjutant General's seal and signed by Colonel J.M. Primrose as D.A.G. (Deputy Adjutant General), folded and scuffed from continued usage.Robert Tydd, of Floraville, Inchicore, Dublin, assistant paymaster of the Great Southern and Western Railway, was the son of Mr. Benjamin B. Tydd, paymaster and superintendent of the same railway. This pass was issued during the troubled period following the abortive Fenian rising of 1867, undoubtedly with the intention of providing Robert Tydd, whose job involved the supervision of large sums of money, with a safe corridor to pass through in a car (horse and carriage) from the railway yards at Kingsbridge (now Heuston) station to his home in Inchicore (later, in 1882, the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and his Under-Secretary, Thomas Burke, were murdered by members of the Irish National Invincibles whilst driving in a carriage through the Phoenix Park, just across the Liffey from the Royal Hospital). Robert Tydd's father, Benjamin Bradshaw Tydd, born 1815, a native of Ballymackey, Co. Tipperary, had initially seen service for 7 years as a policeman in the Irish Constabulary, before transferring to the Dublin Metropolitan Police shortly after that force was established in 1836. Appointed Constable with the D.M.P. on 19th May 1838, he was dismissed from the force 5 days later. Lot accompanied by full biographical and service details of Colonel (later General) James Maurice Primrose, C.S.I., who had a distinguished military career, being first commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 1837 and seeing active service in the 3rd Kaffir War 1851-53, the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, 2nd Afghan War, 1879-80.
![ILLUSTRATIONS BY MAUD GONNE[Maud Gonne Illustrator.] Young (Ella) The Rose of Heaven,Poems, sm. 4to D. (Candle Press) 1920. F](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9af29fb7-a690-4670-8293-a5de00fd7d7d/283af139-1a34-4b29-97c1-009240850cc5/468x382.jpg)
![[PEARSE (P.H.)] O'BUCGALLA (S.)ED. The Letters of P.H. Pearse, 8vo L. 1980, FIRST EDN., d.w. v. good. A very useful reference](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9af29fb7-a690-4670-8293-a5de00fd7d7d/ba44066d-a0b2-498e-e3d4-98b3aaea738f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 352
LABOUR IN IRISH HISTORY, SIGNED & INSCRIBEDCONNOLLY (JAMES),Labour in Irish HistoryMaunsel and Co., Dublin, 1910, First Edition, signed and inscribed on inside front cover by Connolly To W. Stewart (a Belfast socialist) from his comrade James Connolly Nov 3 /11”, dark blue cloth boards with gilt, extremely rare with signature
Lot 354
YEATS (WILLIAM BUTLER)The Poems of W.B. YeatsMacmillan & Co., London, 1949. Limited edition, no. 323 of 375 copies, SIGNED BY W. B. YEATS opposite the half-title in volume I. Each volume with frontispiece portrait of Yeats (the first by Sargent, the second by Augustus John), protected by tissue guards. Both tall octavo with original green cloth bevelled boards, gilt titles at spine and W. B. Yeats’ monogram stamped in gilt on upper boards. Fore edge rough-cut; top edge gilt. In the original brown slipcase, as issued. Listed in Wade, no.s 209 and 210. An extremely scarce collector’s item, particularly in this collection.Yeats had revised and corrected the proofs and signed the limitation leaves prior to his death, but publication was delayed due to the complications of war. This was the first definitive edition chosen by the author himself.
Lot 355
HEANEY (Seamus) Death of a NaturalistFirst Edition, Faber and Faber, 1966, London, pp.57, original green cloth boards with wrappers. ScarceDeath of a Naturalist (1966) is Heaney's earliest trade volume which characteristically incorporates vivid memories of his childhood in Northern Ireland. As with his later works, nature plays a dominant role within this work. Heaney announces in the first poem of the collection that he will figuratively dig with his poem, echoing the nurturing practice of his farming ancestors and their own connection with the land.
Lot 356
JOYCE (JAMES)Pomes PenyeachShakespeare and Company Paris, 1927. First edition. Original pale green paper covered boards lettered in green, 16mo, 12.25 x 9.75cm, with errata still present, no jacket, contains 13 poems, below each of which is given the place and the year in which the poem was originally composed.
Lot 362
1916 LEADERS & WRITERS, A COLLECTIONMacDONAGH, Thomas.Through the Ivory Gate, Dublin, n.d., green cloth boards with gilt; Thomas Campion and theArt of English Poetry, Dublin, 1913, blue cloth boards; and Songs of Myself, Dublin, 1910,dark blue cloth boards with gilt.Together with TALBOT PRESS, FIRST EDITIONS, PLUNKETT & MacENTEEThe Poems of John Francis MacEntee [Seán Mac Entee] (1889-1984), Dublin, n.d. (but 1917),green cloth boards; with The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett, Dublin, 1916(5)
Lot 370
A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF BOOKS including: The Memoirs of Field Marshal Montgomery; Father Browne's First World War by E.E. O'Donnell; The Book of Kells by Edward O'Sullivan; I Sometimes Think by Lennox Robinson; Prose Poems and Parodies by Percy French; Insurrection by Liam O' Flaherty; The Flying Swans by Padraic Colmum; etc., approx 22 items.
Lot 382
GEORGE TOMLINE, MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE WILLIAM PITT. L. 1821. 2nd ed., 8vo. 3 vols. Finely Bound. Bookplate of Giles Stephen Holland, Earl of Ilchester. Full polished calf. Gilt tooling to bds. Raised bands, with unusual Islamic geometric gilt design to panels. Mor half-titles. A.e.g. with marb endpapers. Along with, G.R. Gleig. Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honorable Warren Hastings, First Govenor-General of Bengal. L. 1841. 8vo. 2 vols. Also finely bound. [5]
Lot 39
COLLOONEY PRESENTATION CUPA GEORGE III IRISH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER TO ‘THE HEROES OF COLLOONEY’ - COLONEL CHARLES VEREKER AND THE LIMERICK CITY MILITIA BY THE LIMERICK CORPORATION AS AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE FOR THEIR BRAVERY AT THE BATTLE OF COLLOONEY,Dublin 1802, makers mark probably that of James Scott, The urn shaped body with gilded interior and domed lid surmounted with classical urn finial, applied with reeded parcel gilt handles, the body engraved with inscription to either side, between a band of bright-cut engraved fruiting vines and a row of acanthus leaves, the first inscription surmounted with a gilt Limerick Militia Crest and ribbon inscribed with the battle date ‘5TH SEP. 1798’, the other surmounted by a gilt Coat of Arms of the City of Limerick, the inscription reads:‘The Grateful Corporation and Citizens ofLIMERICKTo the Heroes of ColooneyLet the Proud Citys Voice in ExultationTell the Earth and HeavensTHESE ARE HER SONS’and further inscribed:Dear to the MusesShall their deeds inspireWhatever Offerings, Genuis, Science, ArtCan dedicate to VirtueTO TRANSMITOn the Enlivened Canvass, Marble, Brass,In Wisdoms Volume, in the Poets Song,In every Tongue, thro Every Age and ClimeTheir Glorious Memoryand IMMORTAL WORTH(The cup c.69.5ozs). 46cm highTogether with an associated silver plated and gilt stand, by Elkington & Co. (72cm high with stand) applied with the crest of the City of Limerick.The inscription on the cup corresponds to the inscription on each of the medals presented to the members of the Militia. This cup and stand came into the posession of the Viscount Gort, probably on the disbandment of the Limerick Militia.
Lot 56
SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA LABELSA rare collection of ''Celtic Cross'' Sinn Fein Propaganda Labels, c. 1916. In two printed sheets, a full sheet of 72 (8 columns x 9 rows) and another sheet of 48 stamps (8 columns x 6 rows), with blank edging. Rare in these blocks. Each label depicts a Celtic Cross with ringed centre, inscribed ''Eire'' & ''Sinn Fein'' & decorated with shamrocks. These labels were first printed in 1908 with the intention of attaching them to all Sinn Fein Correspondence on the opposite side to the British postage stamp, as a visible sign of Irish Nationalism and to raise funds for the Sinn Fein cause.Provenance: Collection of Lt. Col. J.C.W. Madden, who commanded a battalion of the Irish Fusiliers in Dublin during 1916. Previous stamps from this collection sold in these rooms and had an inscription that stated that they were taken from the GPO, 1916
Lot 59A
SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA LABELSA rare full sheet of Celtic Cross Sinn Fein Propaganda Labels, c. 1916. A printed sheet of 72 stamps (8 columns x 9 rows), with blank edging (one gap), and with m/ss annotation in pencil in top rt. hd. corner, 'Seized 6/16,' glued back.Rare, particularly in blocks. Each label depicts a Celtic Cross with ringed centre, inscribed 'Eire' & 'Sinn Fein' & decorated with shamrocks. These labels were first printed in 1908 with the intention of attaching the to all Sinn Fein Correspondence on the opposite side to the British postage stamp, as a visible sign of Irish Nationalism, & to raise funds for the Sinn Fein cause.
Lot 61
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPSAn album containing a very good collection of commemorative stamps of Irish historical personalities and events, many first-day covers, including Countess Markievicz, James Connolly, Griffith, Pearse, Tone, Casement, Kevin Barry, Kickham, the Fenians, First Dail, The Patriot Dead (first day cover bearing Michael Collins portrait), etc., also a sheet of four original Sinn Fein stamps and various other items. As a coll., w.a.f. Interesting lot. (1)
Lot 74
JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT: An important collection of early family lettersOf all the strange assortment of separatists and socialists, poets and dreamers that came together to sign the 1916 Proclamation, the strangest was Joseph Mary Plunkett. Born to a prominent and prosperous Catholic family, his father was a Papal Count and an expert in the fine arts. Educated privately and at Stonyhurst College in England, Plunkett suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis (then almost untreatable) from an early age. After graduating from UCD he was advised to seek a drier climate, and spent some time in Algeria.Plunkett was a promising poet and a close friend of Thomas MacDonagh, with whom he co-edited The Irish Review. He joined the IRB and the Irish Volunteers, and became director of military operations, though he had no significant military experience. He drew up the military strategy for the Rising, based on occupying and holding strategic buildings. As the Rising approached his illness worsened, and in early 1916 he underwent surgery on glands in his throat. He left a convalescent home to take his place in the GPO, where his aide-de-camp was Michael Collins. Afterwards he was tried by court-martial and sentenced to death. He married his friend Grace Gifford in a cell in Kilmainham Jail, on the eve of his execution on 4 May 1916. He was not yet 30 when he died, though he could scarcely have lived much longer in any case.These early family letters and notes date from a period of his life (1908-1912) for which there is little first-hand evidence. They are written without reserve, to his ‘dearest Mums’, to whom he was evidently very close. They very well illustrate his attractive character, his fluency and wit, his adventurous spirit and a complete absence of self-pity. To the best of our knowledge they are unpublished, though other material from the period is quoted in Geraldine Plunkett Dillon’s memoir All In The Blood.JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]An autograph signed note dated 23 May [19]08, on paper of Stonyhurst College, 1 pp, signed ‘Joseph’, addressed to ‘Dearest Mums’. ‘I got your post card. Hope you’ve had a good time & are not tired. I am quite well & so is G. I wrote to White. Have to catch the post now.’ With a P.T.O. in bold letters at foot of page, but there is nothing overleaf. Perhaps there was a second page, not now present.
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Lot 77
JOSEPH MARY PLUNKETT [1887-1916]A very good collection of four autograph letters (three signed) to ‘My dear Mums’ [Countess Plunkett], November-December 1911, from Algiers, as follows:1.ALS, 1 pp, 11.11.’11. ‘This is going to be a very short letter as I want to catch the post .. There is nothing particular doing .. Perhaps I ought to remind you that next Friday week 24th inst. my liabilities will exceed my assets by £3 if nothing unforeseen occurs. I am writing a little but so far there is nothing marketable. Could you send me ‘Ceol Sidhe’ which costs 6d. .. and George Moore’s new book ‘Ave’ which costs 5/- .. it is all about the literary people - Yeats etc...’ Signed ‘Love, Joe’.2.ALS, 3 pp, 9th Dec. 1911, from 2 Galerie Duchassaing, Place du Gouvernement, with date also in Arabic. ‘Thanks very much for the money - two £5 notes and a half. The first came just in time to pay the hotel bill when we moved and I will pay my lodging since out of the second. Moya [his sister] and I get our board for a month for 4 frcs per day “vin compris” .. and as we are well fed for that it is very reasonable .. It costs less altogether for the two of us than I was paying for myself at the Hotel Régence. On the 26th we will have to pay our month’s bill at the Club (where we feed) so could you send some more cash .. Before that I must give fcs. 50 to M. Stackler (from Alsace) who is teaching me Arabic. He is a decent man and has taken me all through the Arab quarter, and has brought the three of us to see a native family that he knows, where they showed us everything and gave us real coffee (!) in which the lady of the house joined us .. I had a long letter from Tomás [MacDonagh] thanking me for my book and telling me about his approaching marriage .. What are you going to give Tomás for a wedding present Only for his encouragement and criticism my book wouldn’t be what it is - if indeed it would have been written at all. Of course I am keeping on writing but have written no journalese so far [except an article about Shaw] .. I am learning all I can about this place from the inside and will be able to make much better user of the knowledge than to write scrappy superficial “touristic” articles .. This is my name in Arabic ..’3.Christmas Eve 1911 [and later], date also in Arabic, 2 pp, from 2 Galerie Duchassaing, unsigned (final page perhaps missing) but in his hand throughout. ‘For some reason I am finding it extremely difficult to write letters - perhaps it is laziness - perhaps sausages.Glad you liked “The silly hot hands of Sahara” - it is highly gaseous but not explosive .. We went to midnight Mass in the Cathedral for Christmas morning. It was crowded .. The Cathedral was built by Nap. III and cost him a million and a half pounds sterling. A soft job for the African officials - I could build three or four like it for the same money. Talking of money -- just at present I have £5 with which to pay £10 for a Patron and £5 for lodging - so I am keeping it until I get some more ..Thanks for Eleanor Cox’s poems. I hope the Irish Review won’t review it - because it is rotten - only one who had the misfortune to live out of her country could have written it. It’s full of plagiarisms and shows a most complete ignorance of the art of writing ..’4.Last day of 1911, from 2 Galerie Duchassaing, Alger, 2 pp, signed ‘ Joe’.‘Thank you. Also for the Irish Monthly. The review was lovely. I’m delighted that Fr. Russell said that the poems couldn’t be written in prose. What lyrics could Anything that could be written in prose should be. Verse is for higher things. Especially, my verse. “He that is sweet in words shall attain to greater things”. Prov. XVI. 21.I’m trying my hand at translating French verse, I did eleven verses of a thing of Victor Hugo, which is scarcely fit for publication - “La Legende de la Nonne”, and (of course) the translation is better than the original .. Is anyone watching the literary papers for me Pappy could see most of them at the R.D.S, and Tomás (if he is at home) or Gerry might find out whether “Sinn Fein” has reviewed me yet ..There is no news here. Things are a bit dull and the winter (which sometimes lasts a month) has begun .. P.S. Wed Jan. 3rd 1912. No money yet. Joe.’A splendid collection, full of life and energy in spite of his ill-health.(4)
Lot 92
CUMANN NA NGAEDHEALA black morocco bound notebook containing Minutes of the Seamus O Duibhir Cumann of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1923-24, President, M.W. O’Reilly, circa 100 pages manuscript in various hands, the minutes variously countersigned, much interesting material during troubled times including resolutions, nominations for Dáil etc. Upper hinge broken internally, first page loose, otherwise in good condition.Provenance: Collection of M.W. O’Reilly, see his biography above.
Lot 99A
***ADDITIONAL LOT***1918 PROCLAMATIONPoblacht na h-Eireann - The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic to The People of Ireland. 'Irishmen and Irish Women .... ' The 1918 reprint of the 1916 Proclamation reset in similar style to the original, with an extra line in capitals at end after the signatures: 'The Irish Republic Still Lives.' No printer or date mentioned, approx. 76cms x 51cms (30'' x 20''), some small tears, with some small loss of text, fold marks and some minor fraying at edges. unframed. The first edition of the Proclamation was printed in Liberty Hall on the Sunday before the Eater Rising in 1916, in an edition of about 1000 copies, of which about 50 at most have survived. On the anniversary of the Rising, at Easter 1917, an almost exact type facsimile was printed and distributed in Dublin, see lot 99. A similar copy to this is described by Bouch, who concludes that it probably was printed around the time of an election, probably the General Election of December 1918 (at which Sinn Fein swept the country). This seems a reasonable conclusion, since if issued later than January 1919 one would expect the final line to include some reference to the First (or Second) Dail then siting. A rare document. Literature: Bouch - ''Bibliographical Society of Ireland,'' Vol. 5, No. 2, page 51.
Lot 42
- Totally original and unrestored - One of only 21 made in 1930 - Still retaining the original sidecar with which it left the factory. - Built to special order and factory build record supplied with the machine. The Brough Motorcycle marque will be forever associated with T.E. Lawrence, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' who bought one of the first SS100s in 1925 having previously owned three Brough SS80s. The crash that would end his life came while riding another SS100, on a narrow road near his cottage in 1935. SS100 motorcycles with JAP engines were advertised by Brough as the 'Rolls Royce of Motorcycles'. All bikes had a guarantee that they were capable of 100 mph (160 km/h). The current world record for a Brough Superior SS100 is £315,000. George Beale, Director of H&H Classic Motorcycles, says: "The fact that this magnificent motorcycle is unrestored only adds to its attractiveness for specialist collectors who might decide to restore or, indeed leave it in its present good condition much as it left the factory 86 years ago. It has been owned by just four previous owners, the last, the current vendor, Frank Solano has loved and used it on many rallies for the past 26 years." A total of 283 SS 100 models were produced from 1925 to 1934 and only 131 are known to have survived. Only 21 SS100 models were produced in 1930 and it is possible that this is the only motorcycle to have actually left the works with a sidecar fitted .The build card indicates that this machine was made to order and lists all the non standard items which were to be fitted. The Brough, Registration number TV 2003 has a Bentley and Draper spring type frame, number S 1017 with a J.A.P overhead valve 'V' twin 994cc engine - number JTO/W 91700 /SC. The bike is fitted with a 4-speed gearbox rather than the standard 3-speed item. According to the Brough Club the gearbox number indicates that this would have been fitted in 1933 and more than likely at the Brough factory.Normally sidecars were fitted to the SS80 models which used a more sedate side valve engine rather than the sportier SS 100 overhead valve model. The sidecar is a Cruiser model fitted with a special sprung frame which was introduced in 1928. The earlier rigid frame ones caused handling problems when fitted to the Bentley and Draper framed machines. Owner, Frank Solano, says: "I have owned TV2003 for a very long time and have travelled many mile with this bike to Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Portugal on very many Brough rallies as well as all the annual rallies of the Brough club. As President of the club for a short while I was very active with this bike. I cannot recall how many miles I have done on the bike but I do remember all the enjoyment my wife Luise and I have had with it, as well as my grandson Derek. I liked the bike to the point of having a solid silver model created so I will very never forget her." Most of the ownership history of the motorcycle and sidecar is known. It left the factory on April 14th 1930 and was purchased by Mr H. J. Davies. It was then returned to the factory and re-sold to Mr H. Walker on 24th January 1931. Then there is a gap in its history until it was bought by Mr B. Clarke in 1979. It then went to Mr John Deacon in 1985 and the present owner acquired it in August 1990. It is in good original running condition and has never been restored. The original build card, which is held by the Brough Club (a copy of which will be supplied with the bike), shows in bold type the changes that were made when it was returned to the factory before being sold to Mr Walker. These included the fitting of a twistgrip throttle control to replace the lever type.
Lot 1448
Two illustrated Safavid folios, Iran, second half 16th and early 17th century, the first depicting a prince shooting an arrow at a bearded man, with text in black nasta'liq script; and an illustration to Hatefi's Zafarnama, four horseriders ready for war, the text in black nasta'liq script, both framed and glazed, 25.5cm. x 15cm. and 21.8cm. x 12.1cm.
Lot 2149
The 1914-15 Star, The 1914-18 British War Medal and The 1914-19 Victory Medal to 13896 PTE J.MURPHY. DEVON;R., The First World War period bronze memorial plaque detailed, Samuel Prosser, with the original folding card case, a red silk panel, mounted with a cloth shoulder title, detailed Welsh Guards, two booklets, a pocket bible, a dog tag, three half crowns comprising; Victorian young head (worn) 1921 and 1943 and a sixpence 1936.
Lot 170
A R&S Garrard leather jewel box and contents, the box bearing the inscription "Richard Chaworth Musters from his Godmother L.C.M. 1895" . The box containing nine brooches, a seed pearl star stamped 18, a bar with thre 4.3mm pearls, an oval faceted citrine 35mm x 30mm, a small mosaic brooch, three silver brooches, and a brooch engraved Miss Musters from G.S. Historical footnote - Mary Anne Chaworth 1786-1832, the first love of Lord Byron went on to marry John "Jack" Musters in 1805.
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