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[IRISHPATRIOTS]TheUnited IrishPatriots1798.
A coloured lithograph showing the ‘patriots of 1798’ seated and standingwith in a col-
onnaded assembly room. Framed. 66 x 52cm. Some surface scratches. An American
production, probably in 1848 for the 50thAnniversary of the Rebellion. Leaders pic-
tured: SamuelNeilson,MichaelDwyer, JohnSheares,WilliamCorbett,ArthurO’Con-
nor, AH Rowan, William Jackson, WJ MacNevin, Nathan Teeling, Robert Emmet,
HenrySheares,WolfeTone,ThomasAddisEmmet,NapperTandy, JamesHope,Henry
JoyMcCracken, ThomasRussell andLordEdwardFitzgerald.An attractive item.
€150 - 200
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[IRISHPOLITICALPORTRAITS]Acollectionofportraits
of IrishPoliticalfiguresofthenineteenthcentury:
Edmund Burke; Charles Stewart Parnell; Thomas Davis; Daniel O’Connell; Colonel
MichaelDoheny; JohnMitchel;AlexanderM. Sullivan; JohnD. Frazer; ThomasDevin
Reilly; Terence Bellew M’Manus; James Finton Lalor; John Savage; James Clarence
Mangan; AnCraoibhínAoibhinn [DouglasHyde]; ArchbishopCroke of Cashel; Rich-
ard PowerM.P.; DanielMaclise. Circa 1880s. Various sizesmainly fromTheGraphic
and supplement to the Irish Fireside. Some frayed others overall in very good condi-
tion. (17)
€200 - 300
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McBRIDE, John. Twobroadsideballads inpraiseof
Major JohnMcBride
together with a postcard portrait of theMajor in the uniform of the Transvaal Irish
Brigade,holding sightofBritishcannoncapturedatColensoandamanuscript clipping
with the legend “Obtained at IrishNational Club, Chancery Lane in 1901 during the
BoerWar”. Framed. 59.5x53.5cm.
€250 - 350
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[COLLINS&GRIFFITH]ArareposterofArthurGriffith,
MichaelCollins, SeanMacEoin (TheBlacksmithof
Ballinalee),RichardMulcahyandPresidentDeValera.
Themedallionportraitswithin aCelticdecoratedborder and the landscapeportrait of
DeValera is against adraped tricolour and sunburst.
Framed. 30.5x30.5cm.
InAugust 1921, deValera securedDáil Éireann approval to change the 1919Dáil Con-
stitution toupgrade his office fromprimeminister or chairmanof the cabinet to a full
President of the Republic. Declaring himself now the Irish equivalent of KingGeorge
V, he argued that as Irishhead of state, in the absence of the Britishhead of state from
thenegotiations, he too shouldnot attend theTreatyNegotiations atwhichBritish and
Irishgovernment leaders agreed to theeffective independenceof twenty-sixof Ireland’s
thirty-two counties as the Irish Free State, withNorthern Ireland choosing to remain
underBritish sovereignty. It is generallyagreedbyhistorians thatwhateverhismotives,
itwas amistake for deValeranot tohave travelled toLondon.
A rare and interesting item.
€250 - 350
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[IRISHBRIGADE]VictoriousChargeofthe IrishBrigade
11thMay, 1745.
French Commander: Marshall Morris - English Commander: Duke of Cumberland.
Coloured lithograph. Framed. 70.0 x 35.0cm. Chicago: Kurz&AllisonArt Publishers.
Nodate (c.1840s).
TheBattleof Fontenoy, 11May1745, was amajor engagement of theWar of theAustri-
an Succession, fought between the forces of the Pragmatic Allies - comprisingmainly
Dutch,British, andHanoverian troopsunder thecommandof theDukeofCumberland
- and a French army underMaurice de Saxe, commander of King Louis XV’s forces in
the LowCountries. The battle is notable for several reasons. Itwas one of themost im-
portant in thewar, and for theFrench a famous victory and themasterpieceofMarshal
Saxe; theFrenchMonarchLouisXV andhis son theDauphinwerepresent on the field.
Napoleon I later declared that the victory at Fontenoy prolonged the Ancien Régime
monarchy inFranceby30years.
Irish regiments served in theWar of the Austrian Succession, SevenYears’War, both
in Europe and India, and during the AmericanWar of Independence, though by the
1740s thenumberof Irishmen serving in the regimentshadbegun tomarkedlydecline.
The five regiments were increased to six during theWar of the Austrian Succession,
the sixthbeingLally’s, initially createdby theComtedeLally -Tollendal throughdrafts
from theoriginal five.Eachregimenthadastrengthofonebattalionof685menandFitz
James’ cavalry regiment counted240men.TheBrigadeplayedacrucial roleatFontenoy
attacking the right flankof theBritish column suffering some500 casualtieswhile cap-
turing the two colours from theColdstreamGuards and fifteen cannon.
Some officers of the Irish Brigade are believed to have cried out Cuimhnígí ar Luim-
neach agus ar fheall naSasanach! (“RememberLimerick andSaxonFaith”or “Remem-
ber Limerick and Saxon perfidy”) at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745. Over the course of
one hundred years new recruits were brought into the brigade mostly from the Irish
speaking regionsofWestMunster, thehomelandof, amongother theO’Connell family.
Daniel O’Connell’s uncle was the last Colonel of the French Irish Brigade. According
to official French Army regulations, officers of the Irish Brigade regiments had to be
Irish, half of which had to be born in Ireland and the other half born of Irish parents
inFrance.
€350 - 450
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