Purcell Auctioneers: June 2026 Book Auction of c.610 Lots to include Antiquarian Books, Rare - Signed - Limited Editions, Local Histories, Republican Interest Books, GAA Interest, Irish Literature, Irish Railway Int etc. , 61726, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 17, 2026 - June 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Coleman; Lee; Gonzalez; Barrington; Spellissy; O’Brien | 4 Books, including: The Breaking Rapids. The Treaty Riverside City |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 50 | Christian Schools, Limerick. 1897. Prospectus |
Limerick | 1897 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 51 | P. O’Malley & Co. [Limerick] Limited. Price List |
Limerick | 1963 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 52 | Thomas Edward | Technical Instruction. Address delivered before Members of Catholic Literary Institute, Limerick |
Limerick | 1900 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 53 | Greensmyth Harry | John Flanagan. His Life and Times |
2001 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | De hOir; Cahill | Laochra Luimnigh; Forgotten Revolution. Limerick Soviet 1919 |
1919 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 55 | O'Halloran A J | Was the Treaty of Limerick Signed on the Treaty Stone |
Limerick | 1942 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 56 | MacMahon Patrick Creagh | The Leaguer of Limerick |
Limerick | 1914 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 57 | Dowd James; Spellissy; Hannan; Taylor; Kemmy; Corr; O’Shaughness Denis | 11 Books, including: Rev. James Dowd’s history of Limerick |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 58 | Gleeson John | History of the Ely O'Carroll Territory of Ancient Ormond |
Kilkenny | 1982 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 137.50 |
| 59 | Pey Tadhg; Trodd Valentine | 13 Books, including: Where The Beautiful Rivers Flow- History of Birr Town |
2005; 1985 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 81.25 | |
| 60 | Ryan Brendan; Cooke; Freeman-Attwood Marigold | A Land by The River of God; Cooke's History of Birr; Leap Castle |
1994; 1990; 2001 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 61 | Barber Paul | 9 Books, including: Birr- Pictures from the Past |
1951 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 62 | Boland Tim | Father John Kenyon: The Rebel Priest |
Ballinaclough | 2008 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 63 | Herbert Dorothea | Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert |
1929-1930 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | O Donnchu; Tierney; Ryder; Watson | 10 Books, including: Tom Semple and the Thurles Blues |
N/A | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 65 | Barry John Joe; Cunningham George | 17 Books, including: The Ballincurry Hare |
1986; 2019 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 66 | Marnane Denis | Land and Violence |
1985 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 67 | Power Patrick C | History of South Tipperary |
Cork | 1989 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | Collection of Programmes from the worlds of Theatre and GAA |
Cashel | 1958; 1976 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 69 | Dwan Paddy; Roper Mark; Hearne John M; O'Donoghue Frank | 17 Books, including: Comeragh: Mountain, Coum, River, Rumour |
2018; 1906-2006; 1853-1960 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 70 | McEneaney Eamonn; Ryan Rosemary | 13 Books, including: Waterford Treasures |
2004 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 71 | McIntyre Noel | RiRa Mullingar, a Fleadh Cheoil Chronicle |
2023 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | EUR 112.50 | |
| 72 | Graham John | A History of the Siege of Londonderry |
Dublin | 1829 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 |
| 73 | O'Broin Gerard | History & Society, Derry & Londonderry |
1999 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 |
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