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Lot 596/0289 The Second President of Ireland, 1945 – 59 O’Ceallaigh (Sean T.) A very important archive of photographic and other material relating to the various phases of his long career as a revolutionary, a diplomat, a dedicated Catholic, a Government Minister and for fourteen years President of Ireland. The principal items include: – An autograph note signed ‘Cathal’, in Irish, 30.1.19, about a document which Count Plunkett started but is unable to complete as he is unwell, etc., asks recipient (O’Kelly) to give it to his wife for translation to French, or to pass it to Piaras Beaslai, etc. Evidently relates to O’Kelly’s activities in connection with the Peace Conference. The writer is almost certainly Cathal Brugha (the letter is on reverse of paper headed Lalor, Church Candle Manufacturers). With a later letter from Count Plunkett, 1924. – Cemetery receipts apparently for interment of O’Kelly’s parents. – A good studio photo of two boys, one wearing kilt and brooch, circa 1900, inscribed rear ‘Michael, Mattie’ (probably O’Kelly’s brothers, two of whom attended St. Enda’s). – Mounted studio photo of a lady, Keogh Bros., inscribed rear ‘Mrs. Catherine O’Kelly’ (O’Kelly’s mother), with a similar unmounted photo.. – Two mounted photos showing Volunteers, circa 1915, one a group with bicycles, probably including O’Kelly. – A good mounted Paris studio photograph of O’Kelly in formal wear, circa 1919, and an interesting photo showing O’Kelly probably in Paris with Gavan Duffy and a lady in Celtic dress. – A good mounted studio photograph of Eamon de Valera circa 1920, by Sean Hurley. – An interesting photo showing O’Kelly (second row) with an assembly including a Cardinal, several ladies, Count Plunkett in front row right, etc., circa 1920. (Some damage, no serious loss). – A small brown photograph album containing photos of O’Kelly as a young man, with Cardinal Logue at the Irish College, Rome, May 1920, etc. (O’Kelly became ill in 1920, and convalesced for a period at the Irish College). Laid in is a small mounted photo of ‘Cáit’, possibly his first wife, and some other early photos. – India and Ireland. An Address by Hon. Sean T. O Ceallaigh, Envoy of the Irish Republic, New York, December 10th 1924. Friends of Freedom for India, New York. Printed wrs, 12 pp, very scarce. – A good American studio photograph of Muriel MacSwiney, widow of Terence MacSwiney, circa 1923-4. – Mounted photo of a dinner in honour of Cardinal Mannix, O’Kelly in right hand corner. – American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic. Interesting letter from Patrick Morgan (1926) to O’Kelly, apparently tracing relations of his mother, with some other letters from or about his American relations. – A press photograph showing O’Kelly with Sean Lemass and Dr James Ryan probably in Montreal, 1930s, undated. – Cardinal Pacelli (later Pope). TLS, 1 pp, on Vatican headed paper, to Sean T. O’Ceallaigh, Tanaiste, Government of Ireland, 1938, thanking him for his kind and cordial letter of Christmas greeting, etc., framed. – Invitation to Aras an Uachtaráin 1946 to Miss M. O’Kelly (sister of the President) signed Phillis Bean Uí Cheallaigh, headed ‘For C. na mBan 1916’, with two ALS from O’Kelly to his sister, and a small album of photographs with letter to his sister from O’Kelly. – A Civil Aviation Private Pilot’s License issued to Sean T. O’Kelly, Uachtarán na hEireann, 1954, with a covering letter from Sean Lemass, 3 April 1954, on official paper of Dept. of Industry and commerce, with a second letter dated 7 April, saying he will be appointed an Honorary Senior Captain of the (Aer Lingus) Fleet, and with a mounted photo showing O’Kelly at the controls of an aircraft. ( The circumstances are unclear, presumably O’Kelly took the controls for a few moments.) – A small desk diary for 1956, apparently President O’Kelly’s, in red boards, with very detailed engagements in his hand, showing how busy he was in his final year as President. – A l