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1902 (11 September) Royal Irish Constabulary poster - £100 Reward for information on escapee James Lynchehaun.
Estimate:
€200 - €300
Sold
€800
Timed Auction
The Eclectic Collector
Size
13.50 by 8.50in. (34.3 by 21.6cm)
Description
Description: 'James Lynchehaun, convicted of attempted Murder and Arson, having escaped from Maryborough Prison....I will give A Reward of £100 etc...... Neville Chamberlain, Inspector General, RIC' With photographs of Lynchehaun.
Note: At Valley House on Achill Island in 1894, an English landowner, Agnes MacDonnell, was brutally attacked and her home burnt. James Lynchehaun, her former land agent, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He escaped twice and won a groundbreaking case in the United States successfully resisting extradition. . A Franciscan monk in Achill, Brother Paul Carney, who had befriended and assisted Lynchehaun, wrote up the fugitive’s story, and Lynchehaun became a folk hero. John Millington Synge visited Mayo in 1904/1905 and decided to locate The Playboy of the Western World in north Mayo. Lynchehaun was one of Synge’s inspirations for constructing the character of Christy Mahon.
Note: At Valley House on Achill Island in 1894, an English landowner, Agnes MacDonnell, was brutally attacked and her home burnt. James Lynchehaun, her former land agent, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He escaped twice and won a groundbreaking case in the United States successfully resisting extradition. . A Franciscan monk in Achill, Brother Paul Carney, who had befriended and assisted Lynchehaun, wrote up the fugitive’s story, and Lynchehaun became a folk hero. John Millington Synge visited Mayo in 1904/1905 and decided to locate The Playboy of the Western World in north Mayo. Lynchehaun was one of Synge’s inspirations for constructing the character of Christy Mahon.
Condition
Small pieces missing from corners, a couple edge tears, very good.
