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
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Geoffrey Green | THE HISTORY OF THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION |
London, United Kingdom | 1953 | GBP 100.00 - 140.00 | GBP 68.75 |
| 101 | Art O Maolfabhail; Joe Lennon; Con Houlihan | N Books, including: Caman – 2000 Years of Hurling in Ireland |
1973; 1997; 2003 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 81.25 | |
| 102 | Tom McElligot | Handball: The Game, The Players, The History |
1984 | GBP 80.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | |
| 103 | Jim Fogarty; Ralph Riegel; Tom Williams | N Books, including: The Dan Breen Cup |
2012; 2008; 2006 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 56.25 | |
| 104 | Marcus de Burca; Padraig Puirseal; Martin Breheny | N Books, including: The Story of the GAA to 1990 |
1990; 1984; 2007 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 105 | Meda Ryan; Joyce Marlow; Lord Longford | N Books, including: Tom Barry- IRA Freedom Fighter |
2003; 1975; 1972 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 43.75 | |
| 106 | John Mathews | N Books, including: Drogheda Board of Guardians Election pamphlet |
1925 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 475.00 | |
| 107 | Micheline Kerney Walsh; F S L Lyons; John P Predergast | N Books, including: Destruction By Peace- Hugh O'Neill after Kinsale |
1986; 1977; 1960; 1996 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 108 | Tom Barry; Joe Tiernan | N Books, including: The Capuchin Annual 1966 |
1966; 1963; 1971; 2004 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 109 | John Mitchell; Terence MacSweeney | N Books, including: Jail Journal |
1913; 1921 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 110 | Alice L Milligan | The Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone |
Belfast | 1898 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 68.75 |
| 111 | Arthur Edward Mainwaring | Crown and Company: the historical records of the 2nd Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, formerly the 1st Bombay European Regiment |
London | 1911 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 75.00 |
| 112 | Mark Ryan; Lord Ernest Hamilton | Fenian Memories |
1946; 1920 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 113 | Thomas MacDonagh | Literature in Ireland |
1919; c. 1925 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 114 | W.J. Brennan-Whitmore; Charles Dalton | With The Irish in Frongoch |
1917; 1929 | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | GBP 93.75 | |
| 115 | Thomas Kabdebo | The Hungarian-Irish "Parallel" and Arthur Griffith's use of his sources |
Maynooth, St Patrick's College | 1988 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 37.50 |
| 116 | O’Malley & Dolan; Peter Hart; Sinead McCoole | N Books, including: The Civil War Papers of Ernie O’Malley |
2007; 2005; 2003 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 117 | Brian O'Higgins | Wolfe Tone annuals |
1945; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1957 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 118 | Arthur Griffith; Terence McSwiney | The Resurrection of Hungary- A Parallel for Ireland |
1918; 1921 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 119 | In the Prison of His Days for Nelson Mandela |
Dublin | 1990 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 250.00 | |
| 120 | Faul & Murray; Murray; McEvoy | 4 Books, including: The Hooded Men – British Torture in Ireland, August – October, 1971 |
2015; 1990; 2001; 1998 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 68.75 | |
| 121 | Eamon De Valera | Ireland’s Stand being a selection of the Speeches of Eamon De Valera during the war [1939-1945] |
Dublin | 1946 | GBP 80.00 - 140.00 | GBP 187.50 |
| 122 | Mac Eoin; Augusteijn; McAuliffe & O’Shea | The IRA in the Twilight Years; From Public Defiance to Guerrilla Warfare; Kerry 1916 – Historical Legacies of the Easter Rising |
1997; 1996; 2016 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 62.50 | |
| 123 | Eamonn Mccann; Anthony Coughlan; Frank Aiken | 20 Books, including: The British Press |
1970; 1971; 1957 | GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | GBP 37.50 | |
| 124 | Coogan; Darrell Figgis; P. S. O’Hegarty; Louis Walsh | 5 Books, including: Official Report on Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland |
1921; 1918; 1914; 1921 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
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