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800Years IrishPolitical, Literary&MilitaryHistory - 15thApril2014
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[KEATING, Sean]AfterSeanKeatingRHA
A copy in oils of Keating’s celebrated painting ‘The Race of the
Gael’ (1938), by an unknown hand. Oil on canvas, 50 x 49cm,
inscribed rear.The figuremodels for thisworkwere two leading
Republicans, Sean McGarry of Dublin, veteran IRB member,
friend of TomClarke and close associate ofMichael Collins (to
left holding rifle), and Sean Moylan of Cork, a brigade Com-
mandant in theWarof Independence, later aFiannaFáilMinis-
ter.The figuresare said tobebasedon sketches takenbyKeating
during the Dáil’s Treaty debate in early 1922, whenmany IRA
memberswere inDublinwith timeon theirhands. SeanMoylan
also features inKeating’s ‘Menof theSouth’ (1922).Theoriginal
of this work was awarded first prize in the New YorkWorld’s
Fair of 1939.
€1500 - 2500
38
[PROCLAMATION]Reducedfacsimileofthe1916
Proclamation,
on an A3 sheet with photographs and brief biographies of the
signatories. Supplement with theWolfe ToneWeekly, April 5,
1939. Scarce. Framed. OnMonday of HolyWeek, theMilitary
Council met to finalise plans for the Rising. The historic Proc-
lamation was prepared, calling on the Irish People to support
the resurgent nation. ‘IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN in
the name of God and of the dead generations fromwhich she
receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us,
summons her children toher flag and strikes for her freedom...’
€150 - 200
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[REPUBLICANBROADSIDE]TheBritishEmpire
Unlimited.
Broadside printed one side only, with photos showing Kevin
O’Higgins and RichardMulcahy deriving their authority from
King George of England, and with lists of Soldiers of the Irish
Republic executedby theBritishandby the Irish (amuch longer
list). Framed. 24x30cm.Nodate, circa1923. Rare.
€200 - 300
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