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222 IRISH PRESS NEWSPAPER,Vol. 1 no. 1, Saturday Sept. 5 1931. A clean copy of the first issue, with 2 page TLS from the
news editor Robert Egan inviting the unnamed recipient to act as correspondent at the
usual rates, giving some interesting guidelines. ‘The essential thing is that THE IRISH PRESS
should not miss any story and should have it promptly .. Copy must be absolutely accurate
.. correspondents must make sure of their facts and must be able to stand over every line
they write.’
€200-400
222A THE OATH.Interesting poster issued by Sinn Fein circa 1930, contrasting the Oath required of newly elected Dail
deputies with that taken eleven years previously [by members of the First Dail, 1919], and commenting,
‘God rest the dead who neither broke their lawful oath to the Republic of Ireland nor took an unlawful one
to Ireland’s only enemy!’ Dublin printed, Ardiff, circa 30 ins x 20 ins. Evidently aimed at members of Fianna
Fail, who took the Oath as an ‘empty formula’ and entered the Dail in 1927. Scarce.
€300-400