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466 [GRIFFITH,Arthur]
Arthur Griffith. A Study of the Founder of Sinn Féin. Dublin, Cahill, circa 1917. Wrap-
pers.Noauthorascribed.With:Photographicpostcard showingDevwithArthurGriffith,
both standing, at theMansionHouse Peace Conference, 4 July 1921. N.p. Unused.With:
AMemorial Card ‘InLovingMemory ofDearArthurGriffith, President of Ireland, Died
on 12thAugust, 1922’.With oval portrait and black border.With: An originalMemorial
Card, Arthur Griffith, whoDied on August 12th, 1922. Oval portrait and black border.
Rare. (2)
€100 - 150
467 [GRIFFITH,Arthur]
Arthur Griffith. Journalist and Statesman. By James Stephens. Dublin,WilsonHartnell,
circa1922. Illustratedwrappers, printed inblack and red. Inpublisher’s folder. Fine.
€150 - 200
468 HOBSON, Bulmer.
IrelandYesterday andTomorrow. Illustrated. Tralee, Anvil Books, 1968. First edition. [x],
247pp. Cloth. Signedpresentation copy from the author. Scarcewith signature.
BulmerHobson (1883-1969), IrishNationalist and a leadingmember of the IRB,was born
in Belfast and foundedNa Fianna Eireann there in 1903. He was sworn into the IRB by
DenisMcCullough; they joinedotheryoungmen includingSeanMacDermott andPatrick
McCartan. In1906 they founded theDungannonClubs, another frontorganisation for the
IRB. Itsmouthpiecewas ‘TheRepublic’, establishedbyHobson inDecember, 1906, which
published severalwriters associatedwithBigger and theUlsterTheatre. InMay, 1907 ‘The
Republic’mergedwith theDublin journal ‘ThePeasant’, editedbyW.P.RyanwithHobson
as deputy editor. When the Dungannon Clubs merged with Griffith’s Sinn Fein shortly
afterwards,HobsonbecameVice-President of theorganisation.Hewas later elected to the
supreme council of the IRB andwas a particular friend of Thomas Clarke, who idolised
him as thenew JohnMitchel andhoped that he couldonedaywinoverUlsterProtestants
to separatism.Hobson sworePádraigPearse into the IRB in 1913but opposed theRising.
He took little or nopart inpolitics after 1916 and became a civil servant in the Free State
Government.
€150 - 200
469 HOGAN,David.
The Four Glorious Years. Illustrated. Dublin, Irish Press, 1954. [xi], 404 pp.With a long
dedication toMichael Anthony Francis Feehan “that when he grows up hemay learn of
the Irelandhis father and I lovedand served.DavidHogan (FrankGallagher)Xmas1959”.
Cloth.Covering theperiod1918-22, themost formativeyears inmodern Irishhistory.The
author,whoparticipated inwhathedescribescovers the longchainof events ingreatdetail
withoutbitternessandwithmuchhumour.Thiswork isunique, containingmanyhitherto
unpublished facts and the Spirit of the insurgent Ireland.
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