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The History Sale 19th April 2016
Liberation, 1916
Oil on canvas, 76 x 127cm
Signed. Signed and inscribed verso
€ 600 - 1,000
An original photographic print circa 4 ins x 6 ins showing a large
group of uniformed Free State soldiers and a few civilians, posed
around an 18-pounder gun, probably during the ‘Truce’ in 1922,
a mediaeval abbey behind them. The tall officer in back row sec-
ond from left is probably General Sean Mac Eoin, the ‘blacksmith
of Ballinalee’. The signing of the truce agreement was delayed
by Michael Collins until the British agreed to release Gen. Mac
Eoin, who was in prison under sentence of death.
€ 80 - 120