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231 [FOURCOURTSDIARY - STOPPRESS]
ADiary from the Four Courts. Single A-4 printed sheet on brownish paper, headed
‘Stop Press’. Poblacht na h-Eireann. ADiary from the Four Courts. June 28th, 1922.
‘The following has been received from Father Albert at the Four Courts: 3.40 a.m.’
Ultimatumdelivered /4.20Waropened. /5.15First IrishRepublicansoldierwounded
..’, etc., to12.30pm., ‘The firewas soheavyand sodeafening that itwasalmost impos-
sible for thepriestwhowashearingconfessions tocarryouthisduties’.This is the first
issue of the celebrated ‘Stop Press’ series. A larger folio broadsheet was issued later
in the day, and the broadsheet series continued until after the Four Courts building
was evacuated on Friday. The diary format of this issue gives a powerful impression
of immediacy, marking the actual outbreak of the CivilWar minute byminute. An
exceptionally raredocument. Fine.
€300 - 400
232 [FOURCOURTSGARRISON1922]
SouvenirofReunionof theFourCourtsGarrison, FourProvincesHouse, 1 July1950.
4 pp. Small quarto card (single sheet folded), with pictorial design to front, featur-
ingFourCourts ablaze, ‘Tintown’,Newbridge,Mountjoy; programme andquotation
fromLiamMellowes inside. Rare.
€100 - 200
232A DEVALERA, Eamon.
Programme for CeilidhMor, in aid of 3rd Battalion. (Irish Volunteers) Benevolent
Fund, GreshamHotel, 3May 1935. Small octavo. Dublin, ThreeCandles Press, 1935.
ThecoverwithaportraitofDeValera (theBattalionCommander,EasterWeek, 1916),
and with Dev’s original signature in pencil, on cover. With: A copy of Eamon De
Valera’s stateshisCase [1918].The ‘Factionist’.TheSmallestPaper in theWorld.Vol. 1
No. 24,Thursday12 July1917. Leaflet printed in small typeonboth sides (19x13cm).
Nopublisher credited, one of a series issuedduringDeValera’s successful campaign
for Sinn Fein in the East Clare by-election. This issuemay be the last, as it includes
the results of the election count (votingwas on 10 July), with some reflections on the
campaignand thehumiliationof the IrishParty.Avery scarce item, relating tooneof
themost important of Irishby-elections.With:ANational PolicyoutlinedbyEamon
DeValera. (4)
€150 - 200
234 [FOURMARTYRS]
A largememorial card in Irishof theFourMartyrs -LiamUaMaol Íosa, RuaidhriUa
Chonchubhair, SeósamhMacGiollaBhuidhe,RisteárdBairéad [LiamMellowes,Rory
O’Connor, Joe McKelvey, and Richard Barrett]. With part of their last speeches in
Irishalongwith ‘MiseÉire’ byPádraigMacPiarais. Single sheet thickwhitecardwith
a central illustrationof theFourMartyrs, printed ingreen andgold andpublishedby
CumannnamBan and SinnFéin, 1930. 25 x 20cm. RoryO’Connor alongwithLiam
Mellowes, Richard Barrett and JoeMcKelvey were executed on 8thDecember, 1922
in reprisal for the assassination of SeanHales, T.D. The executions were the respon-
sibility of KevinO’Higgins,Minister forHomeAffairs, at whoseweddingO’Connor
hadbeenbestman. In very good condition apart from some fraying to the edges and
creasemarks. Rare.
€150 - 200
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