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Wounded Irish soldiers are recalled in US sale
MICHAEL PARSONS
A rare first World War poster made $1,400 (€989) at a Manhattan auction this week
THE POIGNANT and forgotten plight of Irish soldiers disabled during the first World War has unexpectedly come to light in a New York saleroom.
A World War I poster in support of Irish servicemen in America described as “extremely rare” was sold at auction by vintage poster specialist Swann Auction Galleries in Manhattan this week for $1,400 (€989) exceeding its estimate of $800-$1,200 (€565-€848).
The poster, thought to date from 1917 and titled Erin’s Appeal to America: Help My Irish Disabled reported that a Lady Kingston from Co Roscommon had arrived in the city to set up a fund “for a tuberculosis home for the men who have acquired the disease after having been gassed in the trenches and are incurable . . . and for the disabled soldiers who have no pension or an inadequate one”.
Her appeal was directed at Irish people living in New York “who ought to be glad to do something to help their own people”.
She had brought “a quantity of shamrocks to be tokens to those who make donations . . . paper ones with pins for small sums and finer ones of enamel: a button for the men and a pin for the women, for those who give $1 or more”.
The Countess of Kingston, who lived at Kilronan Castle, Co Roscommon, had been dispatched to New York by a committee in Ireland which had already commenced a major public fundraising effort.
The intention was to establish a specialist hospital for Irish soldiers and sailors who had lost limbs. For the first few years of the war, they were treated at hospitals in England.
The Shamrock Fund was one of many such European funds established in New York during the War and it attracted support from, among others, the American poet Margaret Chanler Aldrich.
It is not known how much money was raised in New York but back in Ireland subscriptions poured in and the fund was used to set up the Duke of Connaught’s Auxiliary Hospital in Bray, Co Wicklow which eventually opened in 1918 and specialised in fitting artificial limbs.
The hospital in Bray subsequently became an orphanage for the daughters of deceased soldiers.
The facility was closed in 1944 when the Loreto nuns bought the site for £7,000 and opened a primary school.
Also in the auction, a Toulouse-Lautrec poster made in late 19th century Paris for the singer May Belfort (born May Egan in Ireland) which sold for $16,000 (€11,300) below its estimate of ($20,000-$30,00/ €13,892-€20,838.
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Her appeal was directed at Irish people living in New York “who ought to be glad to do something to help their own people”. She had brought “a quantity of shamrocks to be tokens to those who make donations . . . paper ones with pins for small sums and
Fun St. Patrick's Day Craft Ideas for Kids, From Irish Shamrock ...
It’s that time of year again! St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and you’re scrambling for something green. Rather than deck your children out in green, why not use these fun St. Patrick’s Day craft ideas for kids and let them create something fun to wear?
Shamrock PinsGive your child the supplies and help they need to create colorful shamrock pins. They’ll need the following items for each pin they make:
* 3 flat wooden heart shapes * Wire cutters
Paint the wooden heart shapes with the green paint and allow them to dry. Next paint them with the green sparkle paint and let dry. These hearts will create the shamrock leaves when you glue the points together.
Using the green chenille stem, go around the edge of the hearts. It may be necessary to use more than one chenille stem to get all the way around. Make a loop at the bottom to indicate a stem and cut the chenille stem off with the wire cutters.
Glue the green chenille stems onto the hearts to create a border. Then glue the pin onto the back of the shamrocks.
Leprechaun HatsYour child may enjoy wearing a leprechaun hat on St. Patrick’s Day. They’ll need the following items:
* 1/2 gallon round ice cream container, clean and dry * Large circular object (however wide the felt is)
Place the green felt on the table with the ice cream container on top. Trace around the container with a black marker and then cut the circle out. This is then glued to the bottom of the container.
Glue another piece or two of green felt to the sides of the container to create the hat.
Using a hole punch or scissors, punch two holes (opposite each other) directly under the lip of the container.
Find another circular object a little larger than the ice cream container. Trace around this onto another piece of green felt to create the brim of the hat, and cut the circle out.
Place the body of the hat (ice cream container) into the center of the larger circle. Trace around the container and then draw another line about 2 inches toward the center to create a donut shape.
Make tabs by cutting from the center of the hole to the line all the way around the circle. These tabs will be glued inside the container to hold the brim on. (If you’re using hot glue for this step, run small amounts of glue at a time to be able to work the tabs onto it before it hardens.) Punch holes in the felt over the holes under the lip of the container to be able to run ribbons to hold the hat on.
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