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1920s and 1930s Archive of documents of Eileen (Elgin) O'Rahilly (n�e Barry)
Estimate:
€500 - €700
Sold
€800
Live Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Description
Description: A number of booklets and publications commemorating Kevin Barry, Eileen's brother; together with four leaflets commemorating the deaths of Comdt. R. Bonfield, Capt. Martin Hogan, Frank Lalor and "The Three Boy Martyrs". Also a collection of political pamphlets, handbills and newspapers, mainly anti-treaty, including The Alternative to the "Treaty" by de Valera; Saorst�t Eireann. Number 1 of 1922. An Act to enact a Constitution..; 1924 Tailteann Games, President De Valera's Statement; Cumann na mBan newspaper Easter Week Commemoration Number, 1926.
Note: Eileen (Elgin) Barry (1903-1997), Cumann na mBan leader, Anti-Treaty activist and sister of Kevin, married Michael O'Rahilly, son of The O'Rahilly in 1935.
Note: Eileen (Elgin) Barry (1903-1997), Cumann na mBan leader, Anti-Treaty activist and sister of Kevin, married Michael O'Rahilly, son of The O'Rahilly in 1935.
Provenance
Eileen (Elgin) O'Rahilly (n�e Barry)Thence by descent.