€400 - €600
All of the President's Men
Ó Ceallaigh (Sean T.) President of Ireland A fine set of his attractive Christmas cards from Áras an Uachtaráin, 1946-52, each of the seven cards with a portrait and brief biographical details of one of the 1916 signatories, Thomas J. Clarke (1946), Pádraig Pearse (1947), Seán Mac Diarmada (1948), James Connolly (1949), Thomas MacDonagh (1950), Eamonn Ceannt (1951), Joseph Plunkett (1952). Each card with the President's hand-coloured coat-of-arms to front, with motto 'Dún Daingean Domsa Dia' ['God is my secure fortress], stitched with a tricolour ribbon, Three Candles printer's symbol to rear. Three of the cards with a signed personal message from 'Phyllis and Sean' on rear page, an excellent clean set, virtually mint. Rare in this condition. (7)
*Sean T. Ó Ceallaigh served in the GPO in 1916, and was later a Fianna Fail minister for many years. His first term as President ran from 1945 to 1952, and he was re-elected without opposition for a second term.
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