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239 [FREESTATE]FreeStatePromises.
Are they True? National Series, No. 6. ‘Republic of Ireland’ Office, Dublin, circa 1922, 8 pp. Worn. With:
WeeklyNewsBulletin. FromFriends of IrishFreedom,NewYork. Released for PublicationAugust 22, 1921.
Folio, single sheet, printedone side only in four columns. Foldmarks,minor tears, no loss. Scarce. Includes
a series ofmessages from JohnDevoy, Judge Coholan and others, congratulating Eamon deValera and the
Dáil on their stand in relation to LloydGeorge’s conditions for talks. Evidently designed for distribution to
Americannewspapers andopinion-formers.With: Ireland’sElectedGovernment.AHistoryofDáilÉireann.
IssuedbyFriendsof IrishFreedom,Washington, 1920. 8pp.Wrappers, laid intohomemadeprotective folder.
With: Constitution andBranchBye-Laws of the Friends of IrishFreedom revisedby the IrishRaceConven-
tion, February22 and23, 1919.DiarmuidLynch,National Secretary,NewYorkCity. (4)
€150 - 200
240 [FREESTATETROOPS]
A fineoriginalphotographbyCashmanofDublin,depictingFreeStateTroops takingover from theBritishat
ParkgateStreet. 21.5x16.5cm.With:A finephotographby“International”,NewYork, of the firsthistoric ses-
sionofDáil Éireannwith thedelegatesoutside theMansionHouse,August 16th1919, during thehistoricde-
bateofDáil Éireannwhen theanswer toLloydGeorgewasbeingconsidered inprivate session. 21.5x16.5cm.
With: Aphotographof The Free State’s newCivicGuardmarchingpastGovernmentHouse in full force for
the first time. Thenational armyguardof honourdepictedpresenting arms. 25.5x20cm.All very scarce. (3)
€200 - 300
241 [HEUSTON, Sean]
CoisteChuimhneSheáinMhicAodha. SeanHeustonMemorialCommittee. SouvenirofUnveilingCeremo-
ny inThePeoplesGardens, PhoenixPark,Dublin, Sunday 5December 1943. 4pp. (folded sheet).Wrappers.
Includes brief biography in Irish andEnglish, with list of deceasedmembers of ‘D’ Company, 1st Battalion,
DublinBrigade, IrishRepublicanArmy, andof theMendicityGarrison.With: Copyof the last letter of Sean
MacAodha (Heuston), Captain I.R.A., tohis sister, an IrishNun. KilmainhamPrison, Dublin, Sunday,May
7th. 1916. Folio, typedonone sideonly.Anoriginal studiophotographbyKeoghBros. Ltd., showingHeuston
inVolunteer’s uniform. 11x14.5cm. Fine. Rare. Scarce. (3)
SeanHeustonwas amember of the Fianna, and joined theVolunteers on their foundation. He took part in
theHowth gun-running, andwas one of the first to board the yacht and beginunloading guns. He became
Vice-Commandant of theDublinBrigadeof theFianna.OnEasterMonday1916, heoccupied theMendicity
InstitutiononUshers Islandat theheadofhisCompany, andheld ituntilWednesdayafternoon,whenhe sur-
rendered to superior forces.Hewasexecuted inKilmainham Jailon8May1916, aged25years.Thememorial,
by the sculptorLaurenceCampbell, is cut fromKilkenny limestone.
€200 - 300
243 [HUNGERSTRIKE]
Daily Sheet, SinnFéinHeadquarters, collectionof 8 issues, nos. 4, 6, 10, 12, 18, 24, 27, 44 (last issue). 29Oc-
tober 1923 - 1 January 1924. Each a single printed sheet, sizes vary, first three printed one side only, others
printedboth sides. (8)
AlthoughDeValeraorderedRepublicans todump their arms inApril 1923, hundreds ofRepublicanprison-
erswere still detained inpoor conditions through the summer and autumn. InOctober 1923, over 400men
inMountjoy Jail went on hunger strike seeking unconditional release. Prisoners in other jails (including
women) joined the strike, and it became amajornational confrontation. TheFree StateGovernment refused
toyield, and twomendiedbefore the strikewas calledoff after 41days (after an appeal byCardinal Logue).
Thesedailybulletinsarevery rare.They includebriefbiographiesofmen thought tobeclose todeath, includ-
ingErnieO’MalleyandBrianO’Higgins.No. 24 includesnewsof the firstdeath (DenisBarryofCork).No. 27
carries the news of the endof the strike; also the seconddeath (AndyO’SullivanofMallow). The final issue
includesa reassessmentofRepublicanpolicy. “Thecessationofwarfaredoesnotmeanacceptanceof theFree
State. Though armed resistance was, and is, constitutional, it is no longer expedient. It has been definitely
abandoned, andpassivenon-military resistance takes its place”.
€200 - 300
