Purcell Auctioneers: Book Auction of c. 580 Lots to include Antiquarian Books incl. Books from Three Private Libraries, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA etc, 51326, Birr

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Auction Date
May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
Page Size: 556 items in 23 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

Christies sale of library of Luttrellstown Castle, Co Dublin on 28th September, 1983

 1983 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 175.00
27

Christies sale of library of Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin on 12th May, 1976

 1976 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 200.00
28

Photographic View Album of Killarney Lakes, Glengarriff and Neighbourhood. The Prince of Wales Route. 58 Selected Viewa of the most interesting subjects from Valentine's Series of Irish Views, fully described

 Killarney N/A GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 81.25
29

Photographic View Album of Killarney Lakes, Glengarriff and Neighbourhood. The Prince of Wales Route. 58 Selected Viewa of the most interesting subjects from Valentine's Series of Irish Views, fully described

 N/A GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 125.00
30 Edward Mc Parland

Opportunity Knocks for Wesley College 1968-69; The Royal Hospital Kilmainham

 1968-69 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 162.50
31 Patrick Melvin

Estates and Landed Society in Galway

 2012 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 62.50
32 Peadar O’Dowd

In From The West - The McDonagh Dynasty

 Galway 2002 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
32A William Lawrence

The 'Emerald Isle' Album Series. West of Ireland, Galway, Connemara and Achill. 31 Platinatone Views with Descriptive Guide of the District from Photographs by William Lawrence

 N/A GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 112.50
33 John Harris

Headfort House & Robert Adam

 1973 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 81.25
34

The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway

 Galway 1975; 1820 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 150.00
35 J. Fahey DD

History and Antiquities of Kilmacduagh

 1893 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 43.75
36

Christies sale of the library of Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Co. Galway on the 3rd November, 197 with ephemera

 197 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 200.00
37 Sir Michael O’Dwyer

The O’Dwyers of Kilnamanagh – The History of an Irish Sep

 1933 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 125.00
38

Kytelers Inn

 1966 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 62.50
39 Diarmuid Healy; John Bradley; Michael O'Dwyer; Jimmie Cooke

Bailiff to Decoupling- Fifty Years of Kilkenny NFA/IFA 1955-2005; Kilkenny Through the Centuries- Chapters in the hostory of an Irish City; Kilmacow Folklore Vol 1 and 2

 2005; 2009; 2014 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 62.50
40

Sotheby's Catalogue of the famed library of Colonel H.J.B. Clements of Killadoon, Co. Kildare, two day sale Oct/Nov 1966

 1966 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 175.00
41 Mrs D. P. Thompson

A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the Change in Religious Opinion now taking place in Dingle and the West of the County of Kerry, Ireland

 1846 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 125.00
42 Thomas F. O’Sullivan; Patrick Foley

Romantic Hidden Kerry – Legendary, Antiquarian and Historical Associations; Political, Economic and Social Conditions, and Scenic Attractions of the Barony of Corkaguiny; History of the County Kerry – The Barony of Corkaguiny

 1931; 1907 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 125.00
43 Valerie Barry

Historical, Genealogical, Architectural Notes on Houses of Kerry

 1994 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 81.25
44

Christies catalogue of library of Adare Manor on 10th June, 1982

 1982 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 212.50
45 Whelan; Beggan; Sheehan

Cappagh a Sense of History; In the Barony of Pubblebien. Patrickswell and Crecora; A Corner of Limerick. History, recollections and Photographs

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 75.00
46 Mainchin Seoighe; John Feheney

Dromin Athlacca the Story of a Rural parish in County Limerick; Ballysteen The People and Place

 1978; 1998 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 GBP 81.25
47 John Canon Begley; P A Sharkey; William Nolan

N Books, including: The Diocese of Limerick- in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

 1927; 1979 GBP 40.00 - 80.00 GBP 137.50
48 Admiral the Hon. John Forbes

Memoirs of The Earls of Granard

 London 1868 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 150.00
49 R. A. S. Macalister

Tara a Pagan Sanctuary of Ancient Ireland

 London 1931 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 62.50