IRELAND

Irish School of Gardening for Women. Meanee, Kimmage Road, Terenure, Dublin (The Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin, September 1917). Prospectus, 4pp., 8vo, good condition.Note added in unknown hand, If you know any girl desiring to become healthy wealthy & wise give her this prospectus.Information about staff and management, premises, course, division of professional and amateur, syllabus, examinations, fees, and rules.

Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, largely devoted to women's suffrage (during the hunger strikes of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin) and with strapline: 'For Men and Women Equally | The Rights of Citizenship; | From Men and Women Equally | The Duties of Citizenship.' Newspaper, 8pp, fol., good condition.First article on front page begins 'The situation in Mountjoy Prison remains unchanged. Mrs. Leigh and Miss Evans are still being forcibly fed, and the condition of the former grows daily more desperate.' Headline, p.141: 'DEATH, MADNESS, OR RELEASE?

Fifty Points against Partition. With preface by William M. Murphy (Dublin: Independent Newspapers, Ltd., [1917]). Pamphlet, 8pp., 8vo, fair condition only.The only copy on COPAC at the BL, which attributes the whole pamphlet, and not just the preface, to Murphy.

The Senate of Ireland's National University! (date and place not stated [1914]). Handbill, one page, 4to, wear to extremities, mainly good condition.. It begins 'Your injustice to the Noble Proletariat of Louvain [destroyed by the German Army, 25 August 1914] is not excused by your venerable chestnut about the Destruction of the Alexandrian Library', ending, 'The majority of the Belgian population is Liberal, Socialist, and Anti-Clerical - just like the Allies of Mr. Redmond. What better end could a mere Church of Reaction have than to perish in the service of the French Republic.

To Irish Protestant Home Rulers - Throughout the United Kingdom (n.p., [1913]). Handbill, 4pp., 4to, some foxing and minor damage, mainly good condition.It responds to the Home Rulers desire to show a reasonable face (Roman Catholics not intolerant), planning a public protest at the Memorial Hall, London. Committee and executive Committee named.Not listed.

The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. (Date and place not stated [c.1917]). 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?

The Irish Cause and The Irish Convention. By Wm. O'Brien, M.P. Authorized Report of Speech delivered May 21, 1917, in the House of Commons, in the Debate on Mr. Lloyd George's Irish Proposals (Dublin and London: Maunsel & Company, Limited, 1917). Pamphlet, 15pp., 12mo, good condition.Five copies on COPAC, several of which are of a later printing, containing 'Correspondence with the Prime Minister'.

Entertaining letters reflecting the privileged childhood of a member of the Irish nobility in the late Victorian period. Both in good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in aged envelope, with stamps and postmarks, addressed to 'Miss C. Parker | The Paddocks | Eccleston | Chester'. Letter One: 'Friday'. 1p., 12mo. She is sending 'some autographs which Mother gave me' (not present), and has 'put whoose [sic] they are on their backs in pencil'. She has 'no time to write now' as she is 'going out riding'.

Irish School of Gardening for Women. Meanee, Kimmage Road, Terenure, Dublin (The Powell Press, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin, September 1917). Prospectus, 4pp., 8vo, good condition.Note added in unknown hand, If you know any girl desiring to become healthy wealthy & wise give her this prospectus.Information about staff and management, premises, course, division of professional and amateur, syllabus, examinations, fees, and rules.

Issue of The Irish Citizen newspaper, 21 September 1912, largely devoted to women's suffrage (during the hunger strikes of Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans in Mountjoy Gaol, Dublin) and with strapline: 'For Men and Women Equally | The Rights of Citizenship; | From Men and Women Equally | The Duties of Citizenship.' Newspaper, 8pp, fol., good condition.First article on front page begins 'The situation in Mountjoy Prison remains unchanged. Mrs. Leigh and Miss Evans are still being forcibly fed, and the condition of the former grows daily more desperate.' Headline, p.141: 'DEATH, MADNESS, OR RELEASE?

Fifty Points against Partition. With preface by William M. Murphy (Dublin: Independent Newspapers, Ltd., [1917]). Pamphlet, 8pp., 8vo, fair condition only.The only copy on COPAC at the BL, which attributes the whole pamphlet, and not just the preface, to Murphy.

The Senate of Ireland's National University! (date and place not stated [1914]). Handbill, one page, 4to, wear to extremities, mainly good condition.. It begins 'Your injustice to the Noble Proletariat of Louvain [destroyed by the German Army, 25 August 1914] is not excused by your venerable chestnut about the Destruction of the Alexandrian Library', ending, 'The majority of the Belgian population is Liberal, Socialist, and Anti-Clerical - just like the Allies of Mr. Redmond. What better end could a mere Church of Reaction have than to perish in the service of the French Republic.

To Irish Protestant Home Rulers - Throughout the United Kingdom (n.p., [1913]). Handbill, 4pp., 4to, some foxing and minor damage, mainly good condition.It responds to the Home Rulers desire to show a reasonable face (Roman Catholics not intolerant), planning a public protest at the Memorial Hall, London. Committee and executive Committee named.Not listed.

The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. (Date and place not stated [c.1917]). 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?

The Irish Cause and The Irish Convention. By Wm. O'Brien, M.P. Authorized Report of Speech delivered May 21, 1917, in the House of Commons, in the Debate on Mr. Lloyd George's Irish Proposals (Dublin and London: Maunsel & Company, Limited, 1917). Pamphlet, 15pp., 12mo, good condition.Five copies on COPAC, several of which are of a later printing, containing 'Correspondence with the Prime Minister'.

Prospectus, 4pp., 4to, English and Irish texts, bifolium, minor foxing, good condition.The Officers, Vice-Presidents, Executive Council and Consultative Committee are listed. They announce and justify the undertaking of a new dictionary of Modern Irish, saying that the plates of the first such dictionary were destroyed in the Dublin fires during the troubles of Easter, and that new discoveries needed to be incorporated. Father Dinneen, responsible for the first Dictionary, has made his services available for the revised version.

Handbill, 4pp., 8vo, few short closed tears, fair condition only.Copy at NLI. The only copy on COPAC at LSE, tentatively dated 1921

Arrests of Male Prisoners under the Military Service Act (date and place not stated [1921]). Mimeographed Handbill, one page, fol., fair condition. It begins: 'Arrests of men (previously interned for their connection with the Easter Rising) as absentees under the Military Services Act', naming four individuals who have 'so far been arrested' (John and Ernest Nunan, Thomas O'Donoghue, Hugh Thornton).

Weekly Irish Bulletin (London Edition), vol.1 (new series), no.8, 13th September 1922. Mimeograph, 5pp., fol., first page detached from one holding staple, some foxing, corner closed tear on first page, other minor defects.The issue covering the first meeting of the first Irish National Parliament since the Union of 1800. No listing of this issue found.

The Lord Mayor of Cork and Mr. Lloyd George. A Statement by Alderman Liam de Roiste, M.P. (Cork) (place and date not stated [1920]). Mimeograph, one page, fol., headed in type: 'For publication. With compliments, Art O'Brien.' It concerns the arrest of Terence MacSwiney. It begins, 'Mr. Lloyd George apparently believes that if a lie or a series of lies is reiterated and adhered to the public will accept them as truth.

The Avenue to Peace in 1921 | Ireland's Claim to Independence | How England met this Claim in 1782 (London: Burt & Sons (M. & B., Ltd.), Printers, Bayswater, no date [1921]). Pamphlet, 24 pp, 12mo, good condition. With compliments slip, and printed circular facsimile of Typed Letter Signed (12mo, 1 p) from the author. 8 Onslow Gardens, SW7; 25 April 1921. It begins 'As I am an Elector in both countries, I am perhaps more vitally concerned in finding a solution to the Irish Problem than the average Englishman.'Seven copies on COPAC and WorldCat.

The Lord Mayor of Cork. Miss Mary MacSwiney & the Portsmouth Congress (place and date not stated [1920]). Mimeograph, one page, fol., fair condition, headed in type: 'For publication. With compliments, Art O'Brien.' Statement, signed in type at end by Terence MacSwiney's sister Mary, beginning, The papers this morning mention that I visited Portsmouth yesterday, and gave Mr. Thomas's statement to the Labour Congress. | I should like to give my view of the affair.Not listed.

The Sinn Fein Fellowship (London: the Peace with Ireland Council, undated ['Reprinted by permission from the Westminster Gazette of April 29, 1921']). Handbill, 4pp, 12mo, poor condition, on browning chipped high-acidity paper, with thin strip at head of each leaf lacking, with loss to two lines of text on pp. 2-4.Copies at NLI and LSE.

Issue of the newspaper Éire: The Irish Nation for 20 January 1923, with front page headline: 'DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF DAIL EIREANN. | First Parliament of the Irish Republic, 21st January, 1919.' Dublin: The Irish Nation Committee. Newspaper, 8pp, 4to, a few closed tears fair condition.

The North Dublin Election News | 10th February 1932 | Support President Cosgrave | Vote for the Government Party | Six Candidates | in the order of your choice | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Dublin: Published by P. F. O'Reilly, Solicitor, 66 Dame St., Dublin, Agent for the Candidates, and printed by Cahill & Co., Ltd., Dublin [1932]). Handbill, 4pp., 4to, good condition.Photographs of the six Government Party candidates on p.1, including Michael Collins's sister Mrs Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll.Not listed.

A good, firm signature, written on one side of a rectangle torn from the base of a letter, roughly 15 x 20cm. Aged and little creased. Written while Kean was on an American theatrical tour, the fragment reads 'I remain, | Yours truly | [signed] Charles Kean | Aster House | 9th. June | 1846.' In pencil on the reverse: 'Presented by A. Bassler'.

1p., 12mo. An autograph note, apparently written at the head of the detached fly-leaf of a book. Fair, on aged paper, laid down on a torn page from an autograph album. Reads: 'This is a Curious & very Scarce Book. - | Madrid 1st. July 1777. | [signed] John Talbot Dillon | Knt. & Baron of the S. R. Empire.' The abbreviation stands for 'Sacred Roman Empire'.

1p., 4to. Eighteen lines. On creased and lightly-aged paper. On 21 February 1924, in the House of Commons, Lansbury 'asked the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the fact that the Officers' Association have sent in a claim to the Army Council for compensation on behalf of Lieutenant C. H. Glendinning, 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, on the grounds of the false imprisonment, conspiracy and persecution to which this officer was subjected whilst serving in India during 1917'.

Handbill, 3pp, 8vo, bifolium, good condition. Lack of progress is the theme, and there’s a reference to "Sinn Fein pamphlet No. 6" suggesting this is also published by Sinn Fein. The early reference to the founding of the Irish Parliamentary Party, founded 35 years before in 1871, suggests a publication date of 1906. This item is listed in my catalogue, "Printed and Other Material From the Papers of Robert and Sylvia Lynd", all of Irish interest. Hard copy available.No copy on COPAC, NLI or TCD

Circular Letter, mimeographed, awaiting a signature, one page, 4to, good condition. It commences, We, the undersigned Irish Artists and Writers venture to appeal ... The circumstances surrounding the disposition of Hugh Lane’s Pictures are retailed, and an appeal for the codicil by which they were to go to Dublin to be respected.