Rare Book & Collectors' Sale June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

144 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1147. 1927 Leinster Hurling Championship G.A.A.: Photograph, Dublin, Hurling [1927] An original black and white Team Photograph depicting the Dublin Team for the Leinster Final Inter County Hurling Championship, mounted on card, as a photograph. (1) €100 - €150 1148. G.A.A.: Dublin 1903, An original black and white Team Photograph of Dublin G.A.A., with team legend in Gaelic at bottom, ebonised frame. Scarce. (1) €180 - €220 1149. G.A.A.: Co. Waterford 1894-95, Erins Hope G.F.C. and original sepia group Photograph, by W.B. Moore, Dublin, with manuscript legend of the sitters, as a Photograph. (1) * The Club was formed in 1895 as a result of a split in the Dungarvan team. €180 - €220 1150. Photographs: [Rugby & Cricket Dublin] Mountjoy School [Mount Temple] 2nd XV 1926/27, Team Photograph by The College Studios, Dublin, with m/ss legend of players; together with Mountjoy Hockey S.C.T. (Winners of the Leinster Cup 1925/26 & 1926/27, also with manuscript legend of players, as photographs. (2) €180 - €220 1144. G.A.A.: Postcards, a collection of 10 Rare Photographic Cards to include: * Tipperary 1887 Champions (First All-Ireland); * Dungourney Cork 1902 All-IrelandWinners & 1903 Croke CupWinners; * Faugh a Ballagh (County Dublin Hurling Team) (n.d.); * Two Mile Borris, Winners Cuffe Shield 1911; * Kilkenny Hurling Team All-IrelandWinners (n.d.); * Tubberadora, Seven Years ChampionshipWinners; * Co. Wicklow (Rathnew) Leinster Championship Team & 1 other (2); Louth & Kerry, as a lot. (10) €200 - €300 1145. G.A.A.: Postcards, Co. Tipperary 1904 - 1930, A collection of 8 original black and white Team Photograph Postcards for Tipperary Teams, including 1904 (Croke Cup); 1913 (Toomevara Selection); 1913 (Football); 1925 (American Tour, on board and in the Stadium, New York); 1922 ( Hurling); 1930 (Football); and one other, as a collection. (8) €200 - €300 1146. The G.A.A. and the Cinema Cinema : “Rooney,” broadside Poster, starring Barry Fitzgerald, John Gregson, Noel Purcell, Muriel Parlow, directed by George Pollock and produced by George H. Brown, approx. 101cms x 70cms (402 x 27½”), as a Poster, w.a.f.; together with a collection of both black an white and coloured tills or lobby cards. (2) Rooney, adapted from the popular Catherine Cookson novel, follows the trials and tribulations of Rooney (John Gregson), dustbin man by trade and hurler by passion. From his digs in the bustling O’Flynn household in Rathmines, Rooney is selected for the Dublin hurling team but the road to Croke Park is not smooth and he meets romantic entanglement and inadvertent thievery along the way. Memorable for its Dublin locations, its stellar cast (Barry Fitzgerald, Marie Kean, Jackie MacGowran and Noel Purcell), and the daring insertion of Gregson into the actual 1957 Final, Rooney is a delight for GAA fans and all lovers of warm period comedy. €150 - €200 1147 1149