Purcell Auctioneers: Fine August 2026 Book Auction of c.530 Lots to include Some Fine Early Books & Bindings, Antiquarian Books, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions of Irish Interest etc., 81226, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 12, 2026 - August 12, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Shirley Evelyn Philip | Lough Fea |
1859 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 162.50 | |
| 77 | Mageoghagan Conell; Murphy Denis | The Annals of Clonmacnoise |
Dublin | 1896 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 78 | McTernan John | N Books, including: Here's to their Memory |
1977; 1990 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 79 | O’Brien Niall | Blackwater and Bride – Navigation and Trade |
2009 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 80 | Gleeson Dermot F; Marnane | Roscrea Town and Parish; Land and settlement a history of West Tipperary to 1660 |
1947 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 81 | McInerney Jim | The Gandelow: A Shannon Estuary Fishing Boat |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 82 | Mac Carthaigh Micheal; Grace Daniel; Hayes William J | N Books, including: A History of Knockavilla-Donaskeigh |
1986; 1996; 2011; 2007 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 83 | Meskell; Moloney; Griffin | History of Boherlahan-Dualla; Times to Cherish; Ballina Boher History and Traditions |
N/A | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 200.00 | |
| 84 | Ryan Aine | Toemverig: Toom, Toem Or Toemverig, now the Modern Parishes of Cappagh White |
1992 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 85 | Maher James | Romantic Slievenamon in History, folklore and Song a Tipperary Anthology |
1954 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 106.25 | |
| 86 | Ryan Patrick J; Marnane Denis; Higgins Noreen; Luddy Maria | 7 Books, including: Archbishop Miler Magrath, The Enigma of Cashel |
2014; 2003; 2002; 1991 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 87 | Glynn; Heffernan | 30+ Books, including: The Story of Clonoulty |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 88 | Johnstone Harden | 15+ Books, including: The Church of Christ the King, Galbally – Solemn Blessing and Dedication |
N/A | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 89 | 7 Booklets, including: The Acres N.S., Lisnamrock |
1949-1999 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | ||
| 90 | Maher James | Chief of the Comeraghs: A John O'Mahoney Anthology |
1957 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | |
| 91 | Woods James | Annals of Westmeath Ancient and Modern |
Dublin | 1907 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 175.00 |
| 92 | Hannigan Ken; Nolan | Wicklow History and Society |
1994 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 56.25 | |
| 93 | Christies catalogue of contents of Charleville, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow |
1978 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 200.00 | ||
| 94 | Laffan William; Mulligan Kevin V | Russborough, a Great Irish House, Its Families and Collections |
2014 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 95 | Connolly Margaret; Davies Mary; Lawlor Chris | 5 Books, including: Afhowle Where the Divil Ate the Tinker |
2017; 2007; 2018; 2020; 2021 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 96 | Proudfoot L | Down History and Society |
1997 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 97 | Murphy; Roulston | Fermanagh History and Society |
2004 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 98 | Hill George | An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608-1620 |
Belfast | 1877 | EUR 120.00 - 250.00 | EUR 137.50 |
| 99 | Bigger Francis J; Watters L | Remember Orr; Omen of Lagan |
Belfast | 1906; 1971 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 106.25 |
| 100 | O'Flannigan Tague; Macalister R A S; O'Brien Niall; Croker T Crofton | 14 Books, including: Tenant Right in Tipperary |
1903; 1916; 2008; 1853 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 87.50 |
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