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273 [OGLAIGHnah-ÉIREANN]
Constitution and Governmental Programme for the Republic of
Ireland, and Constitution of Oglaigh na h-Eireann. Fourth Im-
pression. 20pp.Pinkwrappers. Staplespartlyperished.With:Con-
stitution of Óglaigh na h-Éireann. With: Partition. Dáil Éireann
Comes ofAge. By J.J.O’Kelly [Sceilg]. (3)
€100 - 150
274
[ROYALCOMMISSIONONTHEREBELLION]
Royal Commission on the Rebellion in Ireland - Report of the
Commission. London,HMSO1916. Folio. 126, 12pp.AlsoMinutes
ofEvidenceandAppendix -TheSinnFéinOrganisation (Produced
by Sir Mathew Nathan). Bound with: Royal Commission on the
Arrest and Subsequent Treatment of Francis Sheehy Skeffington,
Thomas Dickson and Patrick J. McIntyre. Modern quarter goat-
skin. LondonLawSocietyStamp. Two reports inonevolume. Fine.
With: Revenue and Expenditure (England, Scotland and Ireland)
for year ended 3lMarch 1920. HMSO, London, 1920. 30 pp. Folio.
Together these two documents provide a basis for separating Irish
income, expenditure and taxationwithin the generalUK financial
accounts. They were prepared in the context of the abortive Gov-
ernment of IrelandAct, but are equally relevant to theTreaty talks
a year later. Printedwrappers. (3)
€250 - 350
270 O’DONOVANROSSA,Diarmuid.
Diarmuid O’Donnabhain Rossa (1831 -1915) Souvenir of Public
Funeral toGlasnevinCemetery,Dublin, August 1st 1915. Included
full text of Pearse’s famous speech by the grave, & other contri-
butions byT.McDonagh, SeamusO’Sullivan, & JamesConnolly’s
statement onTheCitizenArmy.Averygood copy. Scarce.
€200 - 300
271 [O’DONOVANROSSA]
Souvenir Booklet issued byO’DonovanRossaMemorial Commit-
tee, Dublin, on the occasion of the unveiling of the Memorial to
O’Donovan Rossa by the President of Ireland (Mr. Seán T. ÓCe-
allaigh) in St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, on Sunday 6th June, 1954.
Dublin: Printed at the Sign of the Three Candles, 1954. 24 pp.
Quarto. Illustratedwrappers.Averygood copy. Rare.
Includes the text of Pearse’s celebratedpanegyric delivered at Ros-
sa’s grave in 1915. When Pearse gave this oration on 1st August,
he gave notice of the nationalist unrest: “Life springs from death
- and from the graves of patriotmen andwomen spring living na-
tions. TheDefenders of this Realmhaveworkedwell in secret and
in theopen.They think that theyhavepacified Ireland.They think
theyhavepurchasedhalfofusand intimidated theotherhalf.They
think theyhave foreseen everything, think that theyhaveprovided
against everything; but the fools, the fools, the fools! - theyhave left
us our Fenian dead, andwhile Ireland holds these graves, Ireland
unfree shall never be at peace”.
€150 - 200
272 [O’FLANAGAN, Fr.Michael]
Fr. Michael O’Flanagan. Sceilg’s Graveside Oration, August 10
1942, with a footnote. 4 pp.With portrait of O’Flanagan. Togeth-
erwith: ByWhat Authority? By ProinnsiasÓGallchobhair.With:
The Bishops’ Pastoral. A Prisoner’s Letter toHis Grace the Arch-
bishop of Dublin. Proinnsias ÓGallchobhair questions the Bish-
ops’ decision to refuse the Sacraments to persons who refused to
renounce theirmembership of the I.R.A. Some foxing.With: Two
Poems of Triumph ofDeath. ByAlice Furlong andAliceMilligan.
All verygood. (4)
Fr.O’Flanaganwas an active supporterof the independencemove-
ment from theearlydaysof SinnFéin, andplayeda largepart in the
crucial election campaign of 1918. He remained with the purists
after the Treaty, and led the opposition at the Sinn FéinArdfheis
of 1925 toDeValera’s proposal for a flexible approach to theOath.
Hewasoften in troublewithhis religious superiors, andhispriestly
functions were suspended for a time. His other activities includ-
ed the publication of JohnO’Donovan’sOrdnance Survey Letters.
This pamphlet by Sceilg, (J.J. O’Kelly), his friend for over forty
years,makes specialmentionof his time inAmerica andAustralia
andof his suspensionby theChurch authorities.
€150 - 200
