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454 ÓCATHASAIGH, P.
TheStoryof the IrishCitizenArmy.Dublin,Maunsel, 1919. vi, 72pp.A fine
copy in printed stapled wrappers. Rare in this condition. Sean O’Casey’s
first book, with his name in the Irish vernacular. The first account of the
formation of the Irish Citizen Army during the Dublin strike of 1913/14,
and the part it played in the subsequent history of Ireland. The authorwas
a leading figure in themovement andwriteswithvigour and convictionon
the role of labour in Ireland. It also contains original character sketches of
Larkin, Connolly, CaptainWhite andMadameMarkiewicz and an inside
accountof therelationsbetween theCitizenArmyand theVolunteers.Fine.
€200 - 300
455
M
oore
P
im
, H
erbert
.
Sinn
Fein,
R.
Caswell
&
Son,
1920.
Very
scarce.
HerbertMoorePimhad a varied life - born aQuaker and converted toCa-
tholicism, hewas a prominent republicanwhomobilised for the Rising in
Tyrone, andwas later arrested and jailed. On release he took up a leading
role inSinnFein, but didn’t last long in that position. In1918, he ‘suddenly’
changed his allegiances, resigned from Sinn Fein and declared himself a
unionist, fully in support of conscription, and going on to write pro-un-
ionist andvirulently anti-SinnFeinworks, such as this. “The fact is that all
thewailingwhicharises from Ireland is thewailingof somany spoiled and
naughty children”
€60 - 100
456 [MacSWINEY, Terence]
The Revolutionist. A play in five acts. Dublin & London, Maunsel, 1914.
viii, 136 pp. Quarter cloth on paper boards. A very good copy. According
toO’Hegarty,most copies of TheRevolutionistwere burned in a fire at the
publishers (in 1916?). The play centres on the fate of a radical revolution-
ary (evidentlymodelledon the author), operating in Irelandwhere limited
Home Rule has already been granted; his conflicts with comrades and the
Church, the roleof secrecy ina revolutionarymovement and soon.Manyof
the ideasdiscussedhave resonances inMacSwiney’s life, and theplay is im-
portant for an understanding of his approach tomany issues (for example
he refused to join the I.R.B. because he objected to its principle of secrecy).
With. Principles of Freedom. Second Irish edition. (2)
€200 - 300
