START OF THE CIVIL WAR 'Fellow Citizens of the Irish Republic. The fateful hour has come ..' A copy of the Proclamation from the (anti-Treaty) Army Executive announcing the beginning of the...

START OF THE CIVIL WAR 'Fellow Citizens of the Irish Republic. The fateful hour has come ..' A copy of the Proclamation from the (anti-Treaty) Army Executive announcing the beginning of the Civil War, 28 June 1922. 'At the dictation of our hereditary enemy our rightful cause is being treacherously assailed by recreant Irishmen. The crash of arms and the boom of artillery reverberate in this supreme test of the Nation's destiny.' Single A4 sheet, cyclostyled typescript, fold marks, worn and foxed, no loss. A rare and important document. With copies of Stop Press, War News nos. 5 and 6, folio, both extensively worn, no. 5 with minor loss. As a collection, w.a.f. Provenance: Eoin Neeson; by descent.

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