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289 JohnFitzgeraldKennedy (1917 - 1963)
His memorial card with black and white portrait photograph, inscription
“Thirty-fifth President of the United States. Born May 29, 1917. Inaugu-
rated January 20, 1961. Died November 22, 1963”, mounted and framed.
Togetherwith anoriginal 1960’s “Kennedy” electionbadge.
€100 - 200
290 JohnF.Kennedy (1917-1963)
President of theUnitedStates
A typescript of his speech launchinghis 1952 senate campaign, together
with another typed campaign speech andprepared remarks for aTVpanel
appearance. 3 items, 32pages,withminor amendments and annotations almost
certainly inhis hand as senate candidate.
In1952, JFK ran for theU.S. Senate against popular incumbent,HenryCabot
Lodge,whomhedefeatedby70,000votes, at a timewhen the republicanpresi-
dential candidate, Eisenhower sweptMassachusetts.
The issues outlined - immigration, jobs,war - have a remarkable resonance 61
years on and are interesting reading in this series of cleverly crafted, original,
annotated, historic speeches.
Provenance: from same source as lot 242 sold in
these salerooms on12thApril 2006
€400 - 500
291 ACURRENCYCOMMISSION IRELAND ‘LADYLAVERY’ FIVE
POUNDNOTE,
dated 04-05-1942, bearing printed signatures of Brennan and McElligot, 9 x
16.5cm
€150 - 250
292 [GERMANPLOT]
German Plot! Citizens, Beware! S.n. (c.1918). Leaflet, octavo, printed one side
only. Scarce. With: German Catholic Leader Raises Irish Question. Reprint of
press report fromCatholic Citizen, Milwaukee, Feb. 1917, concerning German
interest in Irish independence. Leaflet, onepageA5, printedboth sides, n.p.,with
motto “ADhia Saor Éire!”. With: Irish Above Politics. ByMáirtín ÓCadhain.
Fine. (3)
“De Valera, Griffith and their Comrades have been arrested and deported for
alleged participation in a German plot. This allegation is as false as the Pigott
forgeries engineeredbyTheTimes”.
€100 - 150
293 [IRISHWHITECROSS]
Report of the IrishWhiteCross to 31st August, 1922. PreparedbyMr.W.J.Wil-
liams. Illustrated. Dublin, Martin Lester, circa 1923. 142 pp. Olive green cloth.
TitleandCelticcross ingilt andwhiteonuppercover.Previousowner’s signature
and stamponhalf title and title. A very good copy. Contains obituarynotices of
ArchbishopWilliam J.Walsh,ArthurGriffith andMichaelCollins.
The IrishWhiteCrosswas founded towards the endof 1920. Itsmainobjectwas
to copewith the distress of families of thosewhowere caught up in the fight for
Irish freedomagainst theBritishArmedForces.The fundswerealsoemployed to
aidexpelledCatholicworkers from theNorth.Active in itsorganisationwereMi-
chael Collins andArthurGriffith (prior to their death), GeorgeRussell,Mrs Ea-
monnCeannt,Mrs Sheehy-Skeffington,MaudGonneMacBride,MadameO’Ra-
hilly, Erskine Childers, Darrel Figgis, Brian O’Higgins, Edward MacLysaght,
William T. Cosgrave, Erskine Childers, etc. etc. Themajor contributions came
fromprivateAmerican sources (£1,250,000), John,CountMcCormack (£35,000),
with lesser amounts from private English, Scottish andCanadian sources. Pope
Benedict XV gave £5,000. The accounts in this report show that it had collected
£1,374,795. Scarce.
€100 - 150
294 [SPANISHCIVILWAR]
A Pass for the Memorial Meeting to pay tribute to the Irishmen Denis Coady,
FrankConroy, Jas.Meehan,Daniel Boyle, andWilliamBeattie…killed inSpain
defendingdemocratic liberty. The venuewas theEngineers’Hall,DawsonStreet
on Friday, February 19 at 8pm. No year (c.1940). Yellow card printed in black.
7.5 x 11.5 cm. The Spanish CivilWar lasted from July 1936 toApril 1939. Both
sides in theSpanishCivilWar attractedparticipants from Ireland. EoinO’Duffy
formed a corps of 750 who supported General Francisco Franco’s Nationalists
aided and abetted by Irish RomanCatholic clergy who reacted to the extensive
massacreofCatholicclergyby theRepublicans.The InternationalBrigade fought
against Franco and was made up of volunteers from Britain, the United States,
France and320 Irishmen aquarter ofwhomwerekilled in action.
€100 - 150
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