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1922. Colonel Commandant Tom Kehoe memorial photograph and relics.
Estimate:
€800 - €1,200
Sold
€750
Timed Auction
The History Sale
Size
7 by 5in. (17.8 by 12.7cm)
Description
Description: Montage of a small photograph mounted on National Army uniform cloth with two Irish Volunteer cuff buttons, framed. The whole, excluding mount:
Note: Colonel Commandant Tom Kehoe (National Army) He was a member of Michael Collins's assassination Squad, which killed a number of British agents on 21 November 1920 - 'Bloody Sunday'. Kehoe died from severe wounds he received while attempting to remove a land mine during the civil war in Macroom in September 1922
Note: Colonel Commandant Tom Kehoe (National Army) He was a member of Michael Collins's assassination Squad, which killed a number of British agents on 21 November 1920 - 'Bloody Sunday'. Kehoe died from severe wounds he received while attempting to remove a land mine during the civil war in Macroom in September 1922
Condition
Fine, attractively framed and glazed
Provenance
Collection of Commandant Vinnie Byrne, Dublin Brigade, IRA;Thence by descent to the present owner.
