![IRISH INDEPENDENCE -- Oglaigh na Heireann. Proclamation. 'Fellow Citizens of the Irish Republic: The fateful hour has come'. Issued by the Army Executive on behalf of the Irish Republican Army, with 13 printed signatories, headed by Liam Mellows and Rory O'Connor. [Dublin: 28 June 1922]. Duplicated typescript broadside (260 x 203mm) on paper watermarked Ballyclare Co. Antrim. (Folds.)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0210_001(irish_independence_--_oglaigh_na_heireann_proclamation_fellow_citizens112658).jpg?w=1)
![IRISH INDEPENDENCE -- Oglaigh na Heireann. Proclamation. 'Fellow Citizens of the Irish Republic: The fateful hour has come'. Issued by the Army Executive on behalf of the Irish Republican Army, with 13 printed signatories, headed by Liam Mellows and Rory O'Connor. [Dublin: 28 June 1922]. Duplicated typescript broadside (260 x 203mm) on paper watermarked Ballyclare Co. Antrim. (Folds.)](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0210_000(irish_independence_--_oglaigh_na_heireann_proclamation_fellow_citizens120817).jpg?w=1)
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IRISH INDEPENDENCE -- Oglaigh na Heireann. Proclamation. 'Fellow Citizens of the Irish Republic: The fateful hour has come'. Issued by the Army Executive on behalf of the Irish Republican Army, with 13 printed signatories, headed by Liam Mellows and Rory O'Connor. [Dublin: 28 June 1922]. Duplicated typescript broadside (260 x 203mm) on paper watermarked Ballyclare Co. Antrim. (Folds.)
A RARE BROADSIDE PROCLAMATION ISSUED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE IRISH CIVIL WAR. In protest against the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921, anti-treaty IRA men occupied the Four Courts in Dublin in April 1922, turning it into a garrison. In response to the killing of Henry Wilson, the Free State, with British support, opened an artillery bombardment on the Four Courts on 28 June, thereby setting off the Battle of Dublin. The text of the present proclamation, calling for 'continuance of the struggle', was issued in several forms (see following lot in the second issue of War News); the present duplicated typescript includes the name of 13 signatories, the last being P. O' Rutiless.
A RARE BROADSIDE PROCLAMATION ISSUED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE IRISH CIVIL WAR. In protest against the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921, anti-treaty IRA men occupied the Four Courts in Dublin in April 1922, turning it into a garrison. In response to the killing of Henry Wilson, the Free State, with British support, opened an artillery bombardment on the Four Courts on 28 June, thereby setting off the Battle of Dublin. The text of the present proclamation, calling for 'continuance of the struggle', was issued in several forms (see following lot in the second issue of War News); the present duplicated typescript includes the name of 13 signatories, the last being P. O' Rutiless.