Purcell Auctioneers: Superb July 2026 Book Auction of c.580 Lots to include an Important Manuscript Book of Early Gaelic, Irish History Covering the 12th to the 21st Centuries, 1,000's of Vintage Irish Postcards etc. etc., 71526, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 15, 2026 - July 15, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304 | McClintock H F | Handbook on the Traditional Old Irish Dress |
Dundalk | 1958 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 305 | McCarthy Justin | A History of Our own Times |
1912 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 306 | Scully Denys | A Statement Of The Penal Laws |
Dublin | 1812 | EUR 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
| 307 | Meagher William; Hutchinson W R; Stokes George T | 9 Books, including: Notices of the Life and Character of His Grace Most Rev Daniel Murray |
1853; 1959; 1907 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 308 | Joyce P W | Irish Names of Places |
circa 1910 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown | |
| 309 | Curtin Jeremiah; Croker T Crofton | 3 Books, including: Myths And Folk-Lore In Ireland |
London | 1890; 1894; 1844 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 310 | The Irish Review |
1913; 1911 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 311 | Moore Goodman; Colgan; Scully | Contributions Towards a Cybele Hibernica |
Dublin | 1898 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown |
| 312 | Ryan James; De Breffney; De Bhulbh | Irish Records. Sources for Family and Local History |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 313 | Power Patrick C; Lyons J B; Nicholls K W | 8 Books, including: The Courts Martial of 1798-99 |
1984; 1983 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 314 | Mc Cafferty Nell; O’Leary Olivia; Burke Helen; O’Malley Desmond | 3 Books, including: Nell |
2004; 1998; 2014 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown | |
| 315 | Sharkey P A | The Heart of Ireland |
Boyle | 1927 | EUR 160.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 316 | Eire OG |
1918 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | Unknown | ||
| 317 | Hickey D J; Doherty J E; McCullagh David | 9 Books, including: A New Dictionary of Irish History from 1800 |
2003; 2017/18 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 318 | English Richard; Moloney Ed; Yeates Padraig | 9 Books, including: Irish Freedom |
2006; 2002; 2000 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 319 | Cumann na mBan Autograph Book |
c1922-1923 | EUR 400.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | ||
| 320 | Stack Austin | Austin Stack 1880-1929 |
Dublin | n.d. | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Unknown |
| 321 | A Commemorative Postcard and Two memory Cards |
1940 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | ||
| 322 | Portrait photograph of an Officer in Uniform |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | ||
| 323 | Ferriter Diarmaid; O'Connell Brian; McCavitt Joan | 9 Books, including: Judging Dev |
2007; 2017; 2002 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 324 | Welsh Wendy; Nelson E. Charles | Flowers of Mayo |
Dublin | 1995 | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown |
| 325 | Praeger Robert Lloyd | Irish Topographical Botany |
Dublin | 1901 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
| 326 | Doyle Martin; Hickey William; Murphy Edmund | The Irish Farmer’s and Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural Affairs |
1834-1836 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 327 | Rutter Joan; O'Connor John | Here's Flowers |
1937 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | Unknown | |
| 328 | Feehan John; O’Donovan Grace | The Bogs of Ireland |
1996 | EUR 80.00 - 140.00 | Unknown |
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