Purcell Auctioneers: c.640 Lots to include Signed, First & Rare Editions including WB Yeats, Antiquarian Books, Maps, Broadsides, Literature & Poetry, GAA & Sport, Local Histories, Irish Language, Postcards & Ephemera., 22124, Birr

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 21, 2024 - February 21, 2024
Page Size: 643 items in 26 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Rev. James Dowd.

Round About the County of Limerick. Illustrated.

 Limerick 1896 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 36.00
52

Limerick History. A History of Askeaton and Ballysteen.

Circa1990 EUR 50.00 - 90.00 EUR 54.00
53 Reilly.

Limerick Interest. Aubrey de Vere the Writer and his Time

 1956 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 30.00
54

Meath and Trim: Potterton and Seaver, Uncovering Medieval Trim,. Survey of Arch Heritage of County Meath, Welcome to Trim, An Tostal, 1953. The Meath Guide.

 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 36.00
55

Irish Interest: The Book of Tara by Michael Slavin SIGNED; Tara -an archaeological survey by Conor Newman plus 2 others (4)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 36.00
56

Clare, the Burren and Aran; Westropp, Dolmens etc

1907 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 66.00
57

Westmeath Interest: The History of St Loman's Hospital,2014; The Little Book of Westmeath by Ruth Illingworth plus 7 others (9)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 42.00
58

Leitrim: County Leitrim Resource Survey, Part 1, Land Use Potential, 1973; Part 2, Some Aspects of Production, 1975; Part 3, Demography, Sociology and economics,...

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 144.00
59 Hardiman, James

Hardiman's History of Galway

1985 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 36.00
60

Galway: Galway's Own by Jack Cunningham,1977. HB DJ; Hidden Galway- Gallows,Garrisons and Guttersnipes by William Henry SIGNED, 2011 HB DJ plus 5 others (7)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 30.00
61

Galway: Galway in Old Photographs by Peadar O'Dowd; Forgotten Heroes -Galway Soldiers of the Great War by William Henry plus 12 others (14)

 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 108.00
62 Mac Niocaill, Gearoid & Wallace, Patrick F. edited

Keimelia Studies in Medieval Archaeology and History in Memory of Tom Delaney

 Galway Ireland 1988 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 42.00
63

Galway; The Story of the Presentation Sisters, Scoil Chroi Naofa and Presentation College, Athenry 1908-2008 edited by Gerald Ahern; Galway-a bibliography of the City and County by Mary Kavanagh,2000 (2)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 72.00
64

Galway: Reflections on Lough Corrib by Maurice Semple,1973; A History in County Galway by Tom Fahey SIGNED,2018 plus 6 others (8)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 120.00
65

Galway: Faces of Galway-a biographical composition by Jack Mulveen, HB DJ,1991; Galway Through Time and Tide Vol IV by William Henry SIGNED plus 6 others (8)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 36.00
66

J. Fahy. The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh.

 1893. 1st. Illustrated. Large quarto Original green cloth. Scarce Galway local history. EUR 140.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
67

Galway: The History of Galway-City and County by Sean Spellissy; Omey by James Morrissey SIGNED,

 2018 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 30.00
68

County Galway. The Persse Family of County Galway [out of print family history] Clanrickarde Country and Land Campaign; ...

 EUR 50.00 - 90.00 EUR 48.00
69

Galway: Old Galway by M D O'Sullivan,1983; Tribe-a portait of galway by Reg Gordon plus 2 others (4)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 54.00
70

Hardiman's History of Galway,

 1926 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
71

Galway: Galway Show-The Story by Niamh O Dochartaigh; Inishbofin Connemara photography by Brian Farrell plus 6 others (8)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 54.00
72

Galway: History of Galway Races by Francis P M Hyland; The History of Mervue United A F C compiled by William Henry plus 2 others (4)

 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 24.00
73 Edith Somerville and

Through Connemara in a Governess Cart

1893 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 156.00
74 Gerry Kearney.

Galway Landed Family Histories. The Persse Family of County Galway: Genealogy and History, 1554-1964 [members included Lady Gregory] and The Redingtons of Clarinbridge Leading Catholic Landlords [Galway].

 EUR 50.00 - 90.00 EUR 36.00
75

Book of the Fair, Queen's College, Belfast, May 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 1894

Belfast 1894 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 48.00
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