106
284 HUGHCAHILL, 3RDBATTALION
Threeofhis IrishVolunteerMembershipcards, three
original Lafayettephotographsdepictingveteran cel-
ebrations, fourA.L.S relating tohis activities, etc.
€200 - 300
280 AFINEGAELSOUVENIRPROGRAMME
for the firstArd-FheisDance andCeilidheheld in the
MansionHouse,Dublin, 8thFebruary1934, signed (6
signatures), 11.5cm high; together with FineGael Di-
gest,ArdFheis Issue 1961
€250 - 300
281 Amiscellaneouscollectionofephemera,
comprising: a first day cover “Statesmen of Ireland”
stamp depictingMichael Collins, with envelope; “De
Valera forPresident”handbill, electionbadge and silk
pin; Charles Stuart Parnell Ogden’s 1940’s cigarette
card and another portrait photograph of him; com-
memorative stamps; and a Pearse Memorial Fund
miniature flagpin.
€200 - 300
282 ACollectionof12 IrishHistoricalPost
cards:
SinnFeinRebellionSackville St. -Before andAfter;
SinnFeinRebellion SmokingRuins on the side of the
Liffey; Sinn Fein Rebellion corner of Sackville St.
Dublin; J.JWalsh -Portrait postcard
Andothers (12)
€100 - 200
283 Postcard
with1916 emergencyparcel cancel (barredoval,with
Dublin in centre) used temporarily after all regular
stampingequipmentwasdestroyedduring theRising.
Addressed toMiss Ethel Hannon, Athy, from a cor-
respondent at “G.F.S. 28Merrion Square”. TheGirls’
FriendlySocietywas“a freeregistry foryoungwomen
in business and servants”, which in 1916 had a tem-
porary premises at The Lodge, 28 Merrion Square.
togetherwith another card entitled “HELP! Another
rebellion in DUBLIN.” Published by J. Salmon, No.
1085, Sevenoaks, England. (2)
€80 - 120
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