EAMONN CEANNT AND SIR CHARLES CAMERON

A menu card for the Ninth Annual Dinner of the D.M.O.A. (Dublin Municipal Officers Association), 4 pp (single folded sheet), at the Dolphin Hotel,...

EAMONN CEANNT AND SIR CHARLES CAMERON

A menu card for the Ninth Annual Dinner of the D.M.O.A. (Dublin Municipal Officers Association), 4 pp (single folded sheet), at the Dolphin Hotel, December 22nd 1910, in honour of (Sir) Charles A. Cameron, Chief Medical Analyst for Dublin, the embossed card bearing a portrait of Cameron over his manuscript signature, details of the menu inside, list of toasts to rear, where Mr. Eamonn Ceannt is listed to propose the toast of The D.M.O.A..

This is the IRB leader, athlete, musician and signatory of the 1916 Proclamation, executed on 8 May 1916 for his part in the Rising. Born in Glenamaddy in Co. Galway, where his father was an R.I.C. officer, he worked as a clerk in Dublin Corporation, and became Chairman of the D.M.O.A. The menu card has a notable national orientation, the toasts including Ireland a Nation and ending with the Manchester Martyrs slogan A Dhia Saor Eire.

Sir Charles Cameron [1830-1921], a chemist by training, was for many years Dublins Chief Medical Analyst. He promoted many reforms in sanitation, slum clearance and public health. Among many other achievements, he discovered the deposit of kaolin clay which led to the founding of the Beleek pottery. In 1916, aged 85, he inspected the internment camp at Frongoch in Wales at the request of the British Home Secretary. His report is thought to have led to the release of the prisoners. He had a European reputation, and was well regarded by all parties.

A very rare survival, linking two remarkable men, a little dusty but generally in good condition.

 

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