Auction rooms ready for 1916 centenary

Des O’Sullivan says that auction rooms are gearing up for commemorative items to come up for sale.

It is 2016 and the centenary of the Irish Rising is upon us. The seminal events of 1916 when Ireland — closest geographically to the heart of the then British Empire, and the first country to break free of it since American Independence — will be marked by many commemorative events.

The sales rooms are gearing up for it. Surviving 1916 copies of The Proclamation of Independence of the Irish Republic are the most valuable of all memorabilia of the Irish Rising.