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Fenian Rising flag

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  • 16-11-2010 12:18am
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    caseyann
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    Fenian Rising flag fetches €52,000 at Whyte's auction:cool:


    MEMBERS OF a Co Limerick family celebrated their good fortune in Dublin on Saturday after a flag they had inherited made €52,000 at auction.


    Speaking after the sale at the Freemasons’ Hall on Molesworth Street, Dave Cleary (64) from Kilfinane said the flag had belonged to “a fierce man” – his great-grandfather Willie Condon, who was a leading figure in the Fenian Brotherhood and Land League at Anglesboro, Co Limerick, during the 19th century.

    His grandmother Hannah Condon Cleary, a commander with Cumann na mBan, had kept the flag “hidden at the time of the Tans” during the War of Independence by wrapping it in a flour sack and burying it in a milk can. His father subsequently “found it and dug it up”.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1115/1224283325865.html

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    What an amazing thing to have in the family all them years.


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    Wolfe Tone
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    Should be in a museum not some collection were no one will see it.


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    caseyann
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    MUSSOLINI wrote: »
    Should be in a museum not some collection were no one will see it.

    We dont know who bought it yet,i agree it should be.But they might just do that.So wait and see.:)


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    Gerard.C
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    Anyone know anything more about this Willie Condon? Could be a relation!


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