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259 MAAMTRASNA
Lamentable Lines on the Execution of theMaamtrasnaMurderers. A very
rare broadside ballad of six verses (twenty four lines).Withwoodcut of the
Myles Joyceon the scaffold inGalwayGaol.Textwithinadecorativeborder.
Galway ?, 1882. Framed. 12.5x37cm. Inverygood condition. Rare.
Maamtrasna - thewordechoedaround Ireland in1882andprogressed from
this beautiful areaofConnemara to theBritishHouse ofCommons. Itmay
seem a long step from themajesticmountains and scenic beautyof the area
to theMother of Parliaments, but following aparticularlybrutalmurder
and a seemingmiscarriage of justice this iswhat
happened.
TheMaamtrasnaMassacrehighlighting the
plight of thewrongfully accusedMyles Joyce, in
thehorrificmurder of fivemembers of the fam-
ilyof John Joyce,Maamtrasna, then inCounty
Mayoon the 18thAugust 1882.
“Nílmé ciontach.Ni raibh lámhná cos agam sa
marú
Ní feasachméní ar bith ina thimpeall
GomaitheDiadonmhuintir amhionnaigh in
mo aghaidh .
..
Táim chomhneamhchiontach leis
an leanbh atá sa gcliabhán”.
Translation: “I amnot guilty. I hadneither hand
nor foot in thekilling,
I never knew anything at all about it
MayGod forgive thosepeoplewhohave swore
againstme ...
I am as innocent as the child in the cradle”.
€250 - 350
260 [LEMASS, Seán]
One Nation. Speech delivered by An Taoiseach, Mr. Sean Lemass T.D.,
at Oxford Union, October 15, 1959. Fianna Fáil. 14 pp. Printed wrappers.
With: Original portrait photo, 1.5 x 2cm, showing Lemass head and shoul-
ders, with a quizzical expression, hand to his chin, circa 1960. Alsowith a
signedphotographof his son-in-lawCharles J.Haughey. (3)
€150 - 200
256 [DEVALERA, Eamon]
ThePartitionof Ireland.AddressbyEamondeValera,T.D. atTheStadium,
Liverpool on Sunday, 10thOctober, 1948. Under the auspices of the Liver-
pool and Lancashire Area Council Anti-Partition of Ireland League. Sou-
venir Programme. Belfast IrishNews, 1948. 24 pp. Octavo. Printed green,
white and gold card. Includes a map of Ireland showing partition bound-
aries, various articles, and thewords of ‘The Soldier’s Song’.With: A sepia
reproduction of a drawing showing a parade of Volunteers in full uniform,
bearing arms and carrying a Tricolour, marching past the old IrishParlia-
ment buildings inDublin (nowBankof Ireland),withTrinityCollege in the
background.Theparade is ledbya tall figurewithamarked resemblance to
ÉamondeValera. Image circa23x47cm. PublishedbyO’LoughlinMurphy
& Boland of Dublin. With: a poem inmanuscript’ Invocation’ by Eamon
DeValera. (3)
€150 - 200
257 [IRAMEMORIALCARD]
A memorial card for ‘Tomás Mag Uidhir, Pádraig Mac Aodhagáin, Bre-
andán Cuirtéis agus Tomás Ó Faoláin, domarbhuigheadh .. Samhain 18,
1922’Withphotos andbrief biographies (inEnglish) of the fourmen [Capt.
Thomas Maguire, Lieut. Paddy Egan, Vols. Brendan Curtis & Thomas
Whelan], who died together due to premature explosion of a land-mine in
Inchicore.Withportraits andbiographical details. N.p, 1922. Single folded
sheet. Scarce.
€100 - 150
258 [KNOCKLONGRESCUE]
Commemorative Programme for 30thAnniversary of the Knocklong Res-
cue, 1919-1949. Articles byM.J. McManus and others, photos and biogra-
phies of Dan Breen, Seamus Robinson, Sean Treacy, Sean Hogan, Dinny
Lacey andmanyothers, various poems and songs, list of TipperaryBrigade
members etc.Attractivebrochure. 32pp.Quarto. Scarce.
The Anglo-IrishWar began with the Soloheadbeg ambush of 21 January
1919. SeanHoganwas one of those who took part.When he was captured
some months later, his comrades in the 3rd Tipperary Brigade of Volun-
teerswere determined to rescue him.On 13May they intercepted a train at
Knocklong station, where an armedRIC partywas takingHogan for trial.
In the ensuing gunbattle a constablewas killed andDanBreenwas severe-
ly wounded, but Hogan was rescued unharmed. The echoes of the battle
spread across Irelandwithindays.
€100 - 150
