At Whyte's of Marlborough Street, Dublin, on February 6th:

Collection of material relating to the 1916 Easter Rising, including a hand-sewn tricolour flag, £13,000; a handwritten letter by Michael Collins when Minister for Finance to Daiti O Donncada, Secretary of the Dail, £650; a pair of cheques signed by Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, £2,600; a large collection of documents relating to the Earls of Fingall estates from the 17th to the 20th centuries, £1,500; handwritten letter from Daniel O'Connell to Joseph Soul, dated November 24th, 1840, £550; and an Aer Lingus poster, circa 1946-50, £1,700.

At Victor Mitchell, Mount Butler, Roscrea, Co Tipperary on February 3rd:

Inlaid Georgian mahogany sunburst writing table, £23,000; mahogany carver by Butler, £7,700; Victorian ovalend mahogany dining room table, with three leaves, £4,900; set of eight inlaid Georgian mahogany Sheraton dining chairs, £4,300; inlaid Georgian mahogany Sheraton sideboard, £4,000; inlaid Georgian mahogany Sheraton bureau, £3,000.

In Foxrock, Co Dublin, conducted by Town & Country Auctioneers on February 7th:

George III Sheraton mahogany secretaire bookcase, £5,100; pair of George III card tables, £4,500; Cattle grazing by River in a Mountain Landscape by George Gillespie, £2,500; Victorian inlaid walnut pier cabinet, £1,220; Victorian mahogany two-door bookcase, £1,080.

At R.J. Keighery, William Street, Waterford on February 8th:

Victorian mahogany dining table, £4,700; six-piece French drawingroom suite, £2,800; Georgian secretaire bookcase, £1,700; Victorian rosewood sewing box, £1,500; inlaid bow display cabinet and marine chronometer by Jones, both £1,250.