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212 ULSTER’S OFFICE, DUBLIN CASTLE (SIR ARTHUR VICARS).The Scale of Precedence in Ireland. By Authority. 1897, first, 16mo red pigskin, 43 pp, a.e.g., very good copy.
Essential guide for the Victorian gentleman or lady of noble birth, listing the scales of precedence for men and ladies, and the relative precedence of
peers and baronets. Neatly designed to fit in a pocket or handbag.
Very rare; COPAC finds only one copy, in Exeter. With
TIM HEALY MP
A polling slip for the North Louth constituency in the UK election of 1892, issued by Tim Healy’s opponent Philip Callan, a barrister, the slip showing
how to cast a vote for Callan. Printed by W. Tempest, Dundalk, with endorsement indicating that the print order was 2,000 copies, dated 8th July ’92.
Nevertheless, Healy won the seat, which he held until 1910.
Tim Healy [1855-1931], born in Cork, was an MP for the Irish Party until the Parnell split, when he led the opposition to Parnell. One of the leading
barristers of his time, he represented Republicans on occasion. In 1922 the British Government chose him (with Irish agreement) to be the first
Governor-General of the Irish Free State, a position which he held until 1928.
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