Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors' Sale March 3rd 2021

Info@fonsiemealy.ie 202 572 The Cancelled Grand Nationals Horse Racing: [Aintree] The Martell Grand National, Saturday April 3rd 1993, 8vo, Aintree 1993, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers; The Martell Grand National, Saturday April 5th, 1997, 8vo, Aintree 1997, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. Both good copies. (2) * The 1993 Grand National was cancelled and declared a void race, due to a series of incidents and later called “The Greatest Disaster in the Race’s History.” The 1997 Grand National was cancelled and re-scheduled after a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb threat forced the evacuation of the course. €100 - 150 573 Medal: G.A.A., Co. Cork (1947) A silver shield shaped Medal, with pierced centre and rose gold harp central relief surround with Celtic design, the reverse inscribed “Kelleher Shield - 1947 - won by St. Nicholas,” hallmarked; together with a cased Church & General National League - Strait Chomortas Naisiunta, gilt metal Medal; also a small bronze Commemorative “G.A.A. Centenary 1884 - 1984”Medal; and a pair of A.I.B. Club Championship Cu ink’s, as a lot. (5) €80 - 130 574 A Relic fromThe “Thunder & Lightning” Final 1939 G.A.A. Hurling 1939 , An O cial Match Ball or Sliothar, inscribed in biro “Jim Langton - All- Ireland 1939,” given “To John Power Lachen (1940)” a fascinating surviving memento from the famous All-Ireland between Kilkenny and Cork, which took place the same day as WorldWar Two was declared. The Cats prevailed on a score line of 2.7 to 3.3., in a virtual thunderstorm. (1) €700 - 800