A RAREPIECE OF IRISH HISTORY -- ASERIOUS IRISH HISTORY COLLECTOR'S WALL HANGER!
MID-WEEK PICTORIAL – NY TIMES
February 26, 1920
Published right during the escalating Irish War ofIndependence (1919–1921), this SPECIAL EDITION provides a rare contemporaryinternational lens on the conflict. The center-left text panel explicitlycovers the historic "Session of the Irish self-constituted Parliament (SinnFein)... assembled in Dublin... and formally constituted themselves theIrish Parliament." Rather than just reporting current daily skirmishes,the edition compiles an interactive chronological breakdown labeled "ProminentFigures and Striking Events in the Age-Long Antagonism That Has Existed BetweenEngland and Ireland."
The layout creates visual comparisons between prominentmilestones, pairing nineteenth-century parliamentary nationalism withtwentieth-century physical force republicanism. Notable elements featuredinclude:
The Phoenix Park Murders (1882): A sketch documentingthe assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish.
Constitutional Nationalist Leaders: Individualportrait prints of Charles Stewart Parnell and John Dillon.
The 1916 Easter Rising Leaders: A portrait andbiography of James Connolly, framed alongside a photograph of theshelled ruins of the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin.
Military Unrest: Photographic captures of the Larnegun-running event (1914), Unionist parade forces under Sir Edward Carson, andwidespread military check-points active across Irish counties.
THIS IS A PART OF A LARGE PRIVATE COLLECTIONPERTAINING TO THE 1916 REBELLION AND THE YEARS LEADING TO IT. ALL OF IT ISGOING UP ON IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS/MONTHS -- WATCH
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