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196 TomClarke
(first signatory of the 1916 Proclamation) A paid cheque
dated July 4 1914, sum of £10 sterling, crossed, payable to
SeumasMalinn, signedThos. J.Clarke, drawnonNorthern
BankingCo. Ltd.,Upr. Sackville St.,Dublin, countersigned
at rearby recipient, clippedat rightmarginotherwiseclean.
The recipient may perhaps be a relative of Michael Mallin
(but differently spelt), a Citizen Army member who was
shot after the Rising. TomClarke’s signature is rare, as he
spentmost of his adult life inprisonor in theUnitedStates.
Provenance: Clarke family, by descent; IndependenceAuc-
tion12April 2006.
€600 - 800
197 TerenceMacSwiney
A paid cheque for £10 issued toMaireNí Suibhne [his sis-
ter], 9.vii.1920, signed in IrishbyMacSwiney, endorsed rear
by recipient and alsoby a subsequent payee, Edw.O’Maho-
ny. Provenance: Cronin collection, Independence Auction
17thApril 2007
€400 - 600
198 PEARSE, P.H.
Signed by P.H. Pearse St. Enda’s School: Pearse (P.H.) A
signed receipt on printed St. Enda’s College receipt form,
stamped and dated 14/7/1911 acknowledging payment for
£5-10-10 for books and sundries. Signed by Pearse over 1d
British stamp. Scarce.
€500 - 600
199 [FENIANBOND]
An engraved Fenian Bond, denomination FiveDollars. Is-
sued in the name of The IrishRepublic, NewYork, March
17th, 1856. With engraved signature of the Fenian leader,
John O’Mahony. Printed in three colours with a fine en-
gravedoval portrait ofWolfeTone and a vignette ofHiber-
nia with a harp, wolfhound, and a Union soldier looking
across the sea to Ireland.Minorwear to edges, otherwise in
verygood condition
JohnO’Mahony (1816-1877) Fenian, was born inKilbene-
hy, Co. Limerick andwas educated at T.C.D. He joined the
Young Irelanders and took part in the attempted rising of
1848. After the skirmish at Ballingarry, O’Mahony fled to
France and after several years of poverty, he joined John
Mitchel inNewYork. In 1858, in associationwithMichael
Doheny and James Stephens, he formed the FenianBroth-
erhood, later known as the IrishRepublicanBrotherhood.
€200 - 300
