Adam's Works on Paper ONILNE Auction Ending August 10th 2020
89 Works on Paper 249 PROCLAMATION IN IRISH Forógra Sheachtain na Cásca 1916. Poblacht na h-Éireann. A translation to Irish of the Proclamation of 1916, printed at Mahons Printing Works, Yarnhall Street, Dublin, circa 1950. Single sheet, 24.7 x 40.5cm, printed within a decorative border. A couple of creases. Rare A fine translation, clear, direct, terse and meticulously accurate, un- signed but certainly by a master of the language. It is believed that the writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain worked on a translation of the Procla- mation while employed in the translations office of Leinster House around this time, and it is probable that this translation is his work. € 100 - 200 250 ARTHUR GRIFFITH MEMORIAL CARD, 12TH AUGUST 1922, with oval portrait vignette and thick black borders, 9 x 6.5cm; togeth- er with an autograph note on a slip of plain paper signed initials AG dated 15.8.21, ‘Rec’d from Frank Ahern / The Sum of £4.13.5 / (To be lodged with Finance Dept.)’ (2) € 300 - 500 251 A SIGNED OFFICIAL PRINTED DELEGATE’S TICKET FOR THE SESSION OF DÁIL ÉIREANN, held on 25th April 1922 in Irish, issued to ‘Bean an Chlei- righ’ (Mrs. Kathleen Clarke), the manuscript details in Col- lins’ hand and signed with initials by him at end, 9 x 11.5cm € 800 - 1,200
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