The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917.

Author: 
J.J. Walsh
Publication details: 
(Date and place not stated [c.1917]).
£225.00
SKU: 11891

J[ames]. J[oseph]. Walsh, Handbill poem, one page, 12mo, creased laid paper, mainly good condition. It is headed ‘THE Flag on the G.P.O. | Easter 1917. | By J. J. Walsh’, and with ‘J. J. Walsh.’ again at foot. The first of three stanzas reads: Why gather the crowd in O’Connell Street? | Why throng all the people there? | What eminent personage do they greet? | With the shouts that fill the air? | Who comes this morning or what’s to be seen | That they hurry and push them so? | ’Tis the rebel standard – white, orange and green | That floats from the G.P.O. No copies on COPAC and WorldCat; the only copy located at NLI.

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