Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Rare Books & Collectors' Sale December 9th & 10th, 2020

96 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED info@fonsiemealy.ie fm 522 1939 All-Ireland HurlingWinners Medal “The Thunder and Lightning Final” Medal: G.A.A., Hurling, 1939, a 9ct gold Celtic Cross design Medal, the obverse with pierced and engraved design with central harp overlay “Eire” across the centre, and “Cumann Luith Chleas Gaedheal,” the reverse inscribed “Craobh Iomana na hEireann Sinsear 1939, Cill Choinnigh a bhuaidh,” hall marked. (1) * On September 3rd 1939, hours after W.W.2 had been declared, both Kilkenny and Cork under the captaincy of Jimmy Walsh and Jack Lynch, took to the battle fi eld in a di ff erent sense. The Cats prevailing on a score line of 2.7 to 3.3, claiming their 12th All-Ireland Title. (1) € 1500 - 2000 523 A Relic fromThe “Thunder & Lightning” Final 1939 G.A.A. Hurling 1939, An O ffi 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) € 1000 - 1500