ADAM'S - SILVER FROM THE COLLECTION OF JIMMY WELDON May 16th 2017 (Click Lot title for more images and to Place Bid)

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the blade formed as an armorial with bright cut rim, the centre

engraved with a large coat of arms, the reverse engraved with

an illustration ofAnnesley Bridge and inscribed

“Annesley Bridge

Erected byThe Right Hon’ble and Hon’ble theTrustees for Improving

the Roads leading from Dublin to Malahide,Raheny,Clontarf &c.The

first stone was laid by the Hon’ble Richard Annesley on the 25th day

of July in theYear of Our Lord MDCCXCII and in the 33d year of the

Reign of his Majesty George IIId.Rich Evans Esqr.Engineer.”

, applied

with faceted green stained ivory handle. 38cm long

Provenance:The Collection of the Late Dr KurtTicher

€ 4,000 - 6,000

Completed in 1797, theAnnesley Bridge formed an important

junction in the North Dublin Inner City, crossing over the river

Tolka and connecting the EastWall Road, North Strand Road and

Poplar Row with theAnnesley Bridge Road.

The bridge is named after the Hon RichardAnnesley, 6th Earl of

Anglesey, who was a well-established and important figure in the

development of Dublin commercial and civil life during the late

19th and early 20th Century.As well as holding a number of principal

positions including Director of the Royal Canal Company, a Commis-

sioner of Irish Excise, Irish Customs,Annesley was also an MP in the Irish

House of Commons up until theAct of Union.

Although the events atAnnesley Bridge during the 1916 Rising do not feature

prominently in the history books, ferocious fighting involving the local mem-

bers of the CitizenArmy andVolunteers took place not only on the bridge but in

the surrounding areas.While historians have found it difficult to compile accurate

figures indicating the number of those wounded and killed in the battle, there is

thought to have been a significant number of casualties, including civilians caught in the

crossfire, some in their homes.

1792:Beamish and Crawford’s‘Cork Porter Brewery’is established whenWilliam Beamish and William

Crawford purchase an existing brewery (from Edward Allen) on a site in Cramer’s Lane used for brewing

since at least the 17th century.