Rare Book & Collectors' Sale 1st & 2nd October 2025

134 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1142. G.A.A.: [1944] O’Cellaigh (Seamus) Gaelic Days (illustrated handbook) 8vo, Tralee (Kerryman Ltd) 1944, First Edn., illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. Good copy. Scarce. (1) €150 - €200 1143. [G.A.A. &Wembley] Britton (L.D.) director Dublin’s Rodeo, Direct fromWembley Stadium, London - Croke Park, August 18th to 24th, 1924, Official Programme & Souvenir, 8vo, D. (Gaelic Press) 1924, illus. & adverts, ptd. wrappers. (worn) otherwise scarce. (1) €120 - €140 1144. Rare Match Ticket for Bloody Sunday Ephmera: G.A.A. Ticket [Football 1920], Cumann na gcleas luith n Gaedhealach (G.A.A.) Great Challenge Match (Football) at Croke Park, on Sunday, November 21st, 1920, match at 2.45p.m., admission 1/-, code number 44127 (Printers), ptd. one-side only, approx. 7.5cms x 11cms, worn, with minor text loss. * An extremely rare original admission ticket for a remarkable occasion and fateful day, in both Irish and G.A.A. history. (1) * A memento of the historical retaliations against innocent and unarmed spectators as a result of Collins’ early morning raids on British Secret Agents in Dublin, wherein 14 Officers were executed by his Squad. A dark day in Irish sporting history. €3,000 - €4,000