Purcell Auctioneers: Auction of the Private Library of Paul Durcan (renowned Irish Poet) and other clients, incl. Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Journals, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Ephemera etc. , 101624, Birr

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 16, 2024 - October 16, 2024
Page Size: 659 items in 27 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 edited by Michael Scott,

Halls Ireland, Mr &Mrs Hall's Tour of 1840,

1984 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
27 Derry O'Connell

Dublin Related: The Antique Pavement-an illustrated guide to Dublins Street furniture

1976 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
28 Weston St john Joyce,

Dublin Related: The Neighbourhood of Dublin

1921 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
29 Harry Percival Swan --

Romantic Donegal it's Songs and Ballads.

1964 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
30 Fahey, J.

Kilmacduagh:History & Antiquities of Diocese of Kilmacduagh,

1986 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
31 Hubert Thomas Knox,

Galway Related: The Dioceses of Tuam, Killala and Achonry

1904 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 93.75
32 Rev Patrick K Egan,

Galway: The Parish of Ballinasloe

1994 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 75.00
33 Fahey.

Galway Interest. History and Antiquities of Diocese of Kilmacduagh

1986 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 125.00
34 D'Arcy,

The Natural History of the Burren

2002 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 112.50
35 Berry, Rev. J. Fleetwood

The Story of St. Nicholas', Collegiate Church, Galway.

Galway 1912 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 187.50
36

Kerry Interest. Corca Dhuibhne Dingle Peninsula Archaeological Survey.

1986 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 75.00
37 Sean Quinlan

Kerry Related: The Great Book of Kerry Vol 2

1812 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 37.50
38 T J Barrington

Kerry/Cork Related: Kerry-its History, Heritage and Topography

2005 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 43.75
39 Marshall and Walsh

County Kerry Interest. Illaunloughan Island an early medieval monastery in County Kerry

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
40 Desmond O'Grady.

My Limerick Town

2009 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 87.50
41

North Munster Antiquarian Journal. 8 early journals including Vol. 1, No. 1,

1936 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 68.75
42 Spellissy

The History of Limerick City

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 68.75
43

D'Alton (John) The History of Drogheda, with its Environs; ... Dublin and Drogheda Railway

1844 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
44

100 Years of the Meath Chronicle Newspaper; Meath Life Through the Lens; The Boyne Valley

1919 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
45 Martin Brennan.

The Boyne Valley Vision

1980 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 75.00
46 Stephen Callaghan

Offaly Related: Heart and Soul- A History of Saint Brendan's Graveyard in Birr

1997 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 56.25
47

Irish Peatlands: John Feehan, The Bogs of Ireland, 2nd ed revised on CD; A long-Lived Wilderness. Final Prg,

20098 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 25.00
48

A John Feehan misc: The Geology of Laois and Offaly, mint copy; The Bogs of Ireland, ...

2024 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 EUR 37.50
49

The History of Queen's County; Ruinous Ecclesiastical Edifices, etc of Queen's county and Kildare; Aspects of Laois, Offaly, Leighlin and Kildare.

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 175.00
50 George Bassett.

Tipperary interest. County Tipperary 1889. a guide and a directory

1991 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
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