Purcell Auctioneers: Irish & World Interest Books which includes Antiquarian Books, Rare & Signed First Editions, Maps, Irish Literature & Poetry, Local Histories etc., 62525, Birr

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Auction Date
June 25, 2025 - June 25, 2025
Page Size: 672 items in 27 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 McDonnell, Angela

Lady Antrim. The Antrim McDonnells

Belfast 1977 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 68.75
2 C.J. O'Donnell

(Ulster Interest)

[1932] EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 31.25
3 Nicola Pierce

Ulster Local History: A collection of titles such as Ballymena City of Seven Towers

2007 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 37.50
4 Jonathan Bardon

Belfast: Belfast A Illustrated History

1982 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 87.50
5 K.B. Nowland

Travel and Transport in Ireland

1973 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 31.25
6

Sweet Cork of Thee

1951 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
7

(Cork Interest) Richard Hayward - Munster and the City of Cork

1964 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 62.50
8

(Two Scarce Sign of the Three Candles publications) Francis Fahy - The Ould Plaid Shawl and Other Songs

Dublin 1939 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
9

Public Characters

1801 EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 62.50
10

Cork & Clare Interest) Dal gCais

1978 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 75.00
11

Cork Interest. Haulbowline, Spike and Rocky Islands

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 106.25
12

Cork Interest. Picture that Again includes Memories of Munster Sport in dj

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 50.00
13

Cork Local Histories - Cape Clear Island by Lamkford

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 25.00
14

Historical genealogical architectural notes on some houses of Clare Hugh W. L. Weir

1986 EUR 60.00 - 120.00 EUR 225.00
15 John O'Donoghue

The Origin And History Of The O'Brien Clan

2002 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 68.75
16

Limerick/Clare: Collection of Postcards

mid-20th Century EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 93.75
17 MacMathuna

Kilfarboy a History of a West Clare Parish

Circa 1970 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 37.50
18

Micho's Dozen: Traditional Songs from Repertoire of Micho Russell

Doolin [1992] EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 187.50
19

The Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme

Circa 1928 EUR 80.00 - 140.00 EUR 100.00
20 Nelson

The Burren a companion to the wildflowers of an Irish Limestone wilderness

1991 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 62.50
21 Michael Brennan

The War in Clare 1911-1921

1980 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 87.50
22 Joseph Power

A History of Clare Castle and its Environs by Joseph Power

2004 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 118.75
23

Co. Clare - Sliabh Aughty, East Clare Heritage Journal

EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 125.00
24

Hugh Weir. Historical, Genealogical Architectural Notes on some Houses of Clare

1986 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 250.00
25

Dublin- The Making of a Capital City

2014 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 300.00
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