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''The Republic Still Lives'' Sean T. O'Kelly's 1918 Proclamation Broadside - Poblacht na h-Eireann - The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic to The People of Ireland. 'Irishmen and Irish Women .... ' An early reprint of the 1916 Proclamation (probably the third printing) reset in similar style to the original, with an extra line in capitals at end after the signatures: 'The Irish Republic Still Lives.' There is no printer or date mentioned, approx. 76cms x 51cms (30'' x 20''), some small tars, with some small loss of text, fold marks and some fraying at edges now laid on card & framed. The first edition of the Proclamation was printed in Liberty Hall on the Sunday before the Eater Rising in 1916, in an edition of about 1000 copies, of which about 50 at most have survived. On the anniversary of the Rising, at Easter 1917, an almost exact type facsimile was printed and distributed in Dublin, which can be distinguished from the original mainly by the mis-spelling of Eamonn Ceannt's name. The second edition is known only from one or two? surviving copies. The present document is neither the 1916 or the 1917 edition. A similar copy is described by Bouch, who concludes that it probably was printed around the time of an election, probably the General Election of December 1918 (at which Sinn Fein swept the country). This seems a reasonable conclusion, since if issued later than January 1919 one would expect the final line to include some reference to the Firs (or Second) Dail then siting. it is in any case an excessively rare document. A part from the copy examined by Bouch, we are aware of only one other copy of this printing, sold in Dublin some ten years ago and now believe to be in America. to our knowledge it is the last full size edition of Proclamation published during the 1916 - 1921 period. Literature: Bouch - ''Bibliographical Society of Ireland,'' Vol. 5, No. 2, page 51. Provenance: From the family of Sean t. O'Kelly to the present owner. * Sean T. O'Kelly, Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail was born in Dublin, in 1882. In 1898 he joined the Gaelic League and became manager of An Claidhreamh Soluis, and general secretary in 1915. He was a founder member of Sinn Fein and of The Irish Volunteers and was a staff captain in the G.P.O. during the Rebellion in 1916. He was Ceann Comhairle in the First Dail. He became the second President of the Irish Republic and died in 1966. ''The Republic Still Lives'' Sean T. O'Kelly's 1918 Proclamation Broadside - Poblacht na h-Eireann - The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic to The People of Ireland. 'Irishmen and Irish Women .... ' An early reprint of the 1916 Proclamation (probably the third printing) reset in similar style to the original, with an extra line in capitals at end after the signatures: 'The Irish Republic Still Lives.' There is no printer or date mentioned, approx. 76cms x 51cms (30'' x 20''), some small tars, with some small loss of text, fold marks and some fraying at edges now laid on card & framed. The first edition of the Proclamation was printed in Liberty Hall on the Sunday before the Eater Rising in 1916, in an edition of about 1000 copies, of which about 50 at most have survived. On the anniversary of the Rising, at Easter 1917, an almost exact type facsimile was printed and distributed in Dublin, which can be distinguished from the original mainly by the mis-spelling of Eamonn Ceannt's name. The second edition is known only from one or two? surviving copies. The present document is neither the 1916 or the 1917 edition. A similar copy is described by Bouch, who concludes that it probably was printed around the time of an election, probably the General Election of December 1918 (at which Sinn Fein swept the country). This seems a reasonable conclusion, since if issued later than January 1919 one would expect the final line to include some reference to the Firs (or Second) Dail then siting. it is in any case an excessively rare document. A part from the c