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800Years IrishPolitical, Literary&MilitaryHistory - 15thApril2014
254 JAMESMALLON,
1916 Volunteer and internee of Frongach and Ballykinlar. A large and
interestingcollection including: aportrait ofMallon, half length, inVol-
unteer uniform by Thomas Kain, oil on canvas, 50 x 37cm, signed and
dated (The artist was amember of theCitizenArmy, andwas himself a
1916 Volunteer); postcards from his wife Florence to himwhile in Bal-
lykinlar; rare ‘Statements of Account’ from Ballykinlar; visiting slips;
Photographs, including one depictingMallon and a crowd at Griffith’s
grave;Armydocumentsandephemera; printedmaterial, etc. JamesMal-
lon, born inBelfast, lived at George’sQuay in central Dublin and had a
hairdressing business in Eden Quay nearby. He was married with one
son, Ernest. Amember of the IrishVolunteers since 1913, he served in
the 1916Rising under EamondeValera at Boland’sMillswith ‘B’ Com-
pany, 3rdBattalion, DublinBrigade. After theRisinghewas interned at
Wakefield andFrongoch, wherehewas known as ‘theFrongochBarber’.
Hewas a SinnFein candidate atDublinmunicipal elections in1920 and
in 1921 hewas again interned at Ballykinlar. After independence James
Mallon became a Lieutenant in the National Army, presumably the
hairdressing business did not survive. For more information on James
Mallon, seeAdams&Mealy’s Independence auction, 20April 2010, lots
537-540. Provenance:Mallon family, bydescent.
€500 - 1000
255 BARRY, TADHG.
Songs andOther (C) Rhymes of a Gaol-Bird.Written inCorkMilitary
and Civil Prisons during the Winter, Spring and Summer of 1916-17.
Dublin, Whelan, 1917. 75 pp. Original decoratedwrappers with repair.
With a rarepostcardof the author, TadhgBarry. (2)
€150 - 200
