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Auction archive: Lot number 436/0224

Brugha (Cathal) and his wife Caitlin A

Estimate
€300 - €500
ca. US$392 - US$654
Price realised:
€280
ca. US$366
Auction archive: Lot number 436/0224

Brugha (Cathal) and his wife Caitlin A

Estimate
€300 - €500
ca. US$392 - US$654
Price realised:
€280
ca. US$366
Beschreibung:

Brugha (Cathal) and his wife Caitlin A good collection of autograph letters and notes from Cathal Brugha to Edmund Downey, Editor of Waterford News, as follows: – A.L.s. on Dail Eireann notepaper, 24.2.22, a short note. ‘It would seem to me to be a rather anomalous position to put Dr. White into. However, I leave it to your own judgement.. Personally I have no objection.’ (Dr. Vincent Woods was elected Republican Mayor of Waterford 1920. Cathal Brugha was T.D. for Waterford; he resigned his position as Dail Minister for Defence after voting against the Anglo-Irish Treaty.). – A.L.s. on cancelled notepaper of Lalor, Church Candle Manufacturers (the business which he co-founded). ‘I could not take it upon myself to interfere with the local arrangements.’ – A.L.s. on Lalors paper, dated ‘B’1 Ath cliath, Meitheamh 9adh 1922’. ‘Both Dev and myself are go maith domestically, go raibh maith agat. I saw a copy of the ‘Waterford news giving nominations; needless to say I am very much indebted to you..’ (concerning his nomination for the ‘Pact’ election. Around this time both Brugha and De Valera joined the Dublin Brigade forces centred on the Hamman Hotel on O’Connell St., and this may be the point of the ‘go maith domestically’ references. – Autograph signed note of thanks dated 22.6.22, addressed from his Rathmines home. Written about two weeks before his death in action, probably one of his last communications following the Four Courts surrender. Brugha remained in the Hammam Hotel with a rear guard when De Valera and others escaped to safety. He refused to surrender, and was eventually shot down when he emerged alone from the burning building,carrying a revolver in each hand. With an A.L.s. to Downey from Caitlin Bean Brugha, widow of Cathal, 9.8.22, from her Rathmines home, enclosing a manuscript copy of her reply rejecting a resolution of condolence from Waterford Corporation. Cathal Brugha was second-in-command at the South Dublin Union during the 1916 Rising. Later he was Republican Minister for Defence, but disagreed with Michael Collins on many issues. His wife Caitlin, a capable business woman, was even less inclined to comprise than was he. As a collection. (1) Provenance: Downye Archive.

Auction archive: Lot number 436/0224
Auction:
Datum:
23 Jul 2013
Auction house:
Fonsie Mealys Auctioneers
The Old Cinema, Chatsworth Street.
R95 XV05 Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Ireland
info@fonsiemealy.ie
+353 (0)56 4441229
+353 (0)56 4441627
Beschreibung:

Brugha (Cathal) and his wife Caitlin A good collection of autograph letters and notes from Cathal Brugha to Edmund Downey, Editor of Waterford News, as follows: – A.L.s. on Dail Eireann notepaper, 24.2.22, a short note. ‘It would seem to me to be a rather anomalous position to put Dr. White into. However, I leave it to your own judgement.. Personally I have no objection.’ (Dr. Vincent Woods was elected Republican Mayor of Waterford 1920. Cathal Brugha was T.D. for Waterford; he resigned his position as Dail Minister for Defence after voting against the Anglo-Irish Treaty.). – A.L.s. on cancelled notepaper of Lalor, Church Candle Manufacturers (the business which he co-founded). ‘I could not take it upon myself to interfere with the local arrangements.’ – A.L.s. on Lalors paper, dated ‘B’1 Ath cliath, Meitheamh 9adh 1922’. ‘Both Dev and myself are go maith domestically, go raibh maith agat. I saw a copy of the ‘Waterford news giving nominations; needless to say I am very much indebted to you..’ (concerning his nomination for the ‘Pact’ election. Around this time both Brugha and De Valera joined the Dublin Brigade forces centred on the Hamman Hotel on O’Connell St., and this may be the point of the ‘go maith domestically’ references. – Autograph signed note of thanks dated 22.6.22, addressed from his Rathmines home. Written about two weeks before his death in action, probably one of his last communications following the Four Courts surrender. Brugha remained in the Hammam Hotel with a rear guard when De Valera and others escaped to safety. He refused to surrender, and was eventually shot down when he emerged alone from the burning building,carrying a revolver in each hand. With an A.L.s. to Downey from Caitlin Bean Brugha, widow of Cathal, 9.8.22, from her Rathmines home, enclosing a manuscript copy of her reply rejecting a resolution of condolence from Waterford Corporation. Cathal Brugha was second-in-command at the South Dublin Union during the 1916 Rising. Later he was Republican Minister for Defence, but disagreed with Michael Collins on many issues. His wife Caitlin, a capable business woman, was even less inclined to comprise than was he. As a collection. (1) Provenance: Downye Archive.

Auction archive: Lot number 436/0224
Auction:
Datum:
23 Jul 2013
Auction house:
Fonsie Mealys Auctioneers
The Old Cinema, Chatsworth Street.
R95 XV05 Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Ireland
info@fonsiemealy.ie
+353 (0)56 4441229
+353 (0)56 4441627
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