RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS’ SALE 12th -13th December 2023

77 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 Mr. Orr that something was wrong .. Taking into consideration the immense quantity of flour which would be destroyed [by the sprinkler system], I decided to offer my services to cut the water off & effect repairs. Commandant McDonagh, Major McBride, Captain Hunter & Lieut. Colbert escorted me to No. 5 Sprinkler installation, where I turned the water off. They then requested me to explain the working of the Sprinkler system. I demurred .. asked a second time, I gave a partial idea of the working of the system,. I may here state that they had a plumber to make any repairs that might be required.’ -- and so on, with more about the care of the Company’s horses, continuing in detail to the surrender and withdrawal. Part (only) is quoted by Séamas Ó Maitiú (see above). * Special Supplement to the ‘East Galway Democrat’. The Sinn Fein Rising. Awful Carnage in Dublin, etc. Single sheet newsprint, c. 16 ins x 10½ ins, blank verso with various ms. scribbled notes later scratched out. Fold marks, a little tearing, no loss. Very scarce. * O’Connell, Sir John R., Ll.D. An Irish Nationalist’s Plea for Dominion Self-Government for Ireland. June 1917, reprinted for the author, pamphlet, 8 pp. stapled. Taken together, the four eyewitness statements above, consistent and evidently authoritative, enable a much fuller account of events at Jacobs than is given in the standard authorities. A collection of real importance in our view. As a collection, w.a.f. (1) €6000 - €9000 Cian O'Heigeartaigh, 2023