51. O Mahony, Colman.

Mansions and Monuments – People and Places of bygone Passage West and Monkstown.

Limited Collector’s Edition: No.279 of only 300 copies printed. Monkstown, Rosmathun Press, 2011. Quarto. XI, 420 pages. Hardcover / Original cloth with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

52. [O’Connor, Roger] Captain Rock.

Letters to His Majesty, King George the Fourth. [This is the Volume owned by the Conner – Family of Manch House and it bears the Bookplate of Henry Daniel Conner].

London, Published by B. Steill, 1828. Small Octavo. 372 (of 378 pages with six pages missing from the Postscript). Hardcover / Private half – leather-binding. From the library of Daniel Conner & Henry Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with the Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry Daniel Conner to pastedown. Two additional names written inside the book. The rarest publication by Roger O’Conner, who wrote under the pseudonym “Captain Rock”, in which much of his families history and its connection to Irish History is revealed. The publication is full of autobiographical detail on Roger O’Connor and his family and Biographical History of Nobility and minor Nobility during O’Connor’s time. Roger O’Connor explains in a form of a biographical Dictionary within the book the many different functions and historical details of Earls, Marquis’, Viscounts and other men of merit in Ireland at the time.

53. [O’Donnell, Hugh Roe] O’Clery, Lughaidh / Murphy, Rev. Denis / Timothy Crowley, M.D. Larchfield, Coachford].

Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Ui Dhomhnaill – The Life of Hugh Roe O’Donnell, Prince of Tirconnell (1586-1602). Now first published from Cucogry O’Clery’s Irish manuscript in the R.I. Academy. With Historical Introduction, Translation, Notes and Illustrations by Rev. Denis Murphy S.J.

Dublin, Sealy Bryers and Walker, 1893. Quarto (20.5 cm x 23.5 cm). Frontispiece, CLVIII, 338 pages and nine illustrations throughout (including the Frontispiece). With an Index. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly rubbed and shaky. Interior with foxing ! Name of former owner on endpaper: “T.Crowley, M.D. [Timothy Crowley] of Larchfield, Coachford, 1893 & T.Moloney].

54. O’Driscoll, Diarmuid / O Drisceoil, Diarmuid.

Douglas Golf Club – Centenary History 1909 – 2009.

Cork, Douglas Golf Club, 2009. Large – Octavo. 288 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Very Rare !

55. O’Laughlin, Michael.

The Families of County Cork, Ireland. Original First Edition – With over one thousand entries from the Archives of the Irish Genealogical Foundation.

Kansas City, Irish Genealogical Foundation, 1996. Octavo. XVI, 224 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, nearly new condition with only minor signs of wear.

56. O’Leary, Daniel.

Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish, (County Cork) – [With a Chapter on The O’Hurleys of Ballinacarriga & Ballinvard / The O’Donovan MacEneslis Clan ]. (This publication was sponsored personally by Jerry Beechinor).

Castlewhite House (Waterfall, near Cork), J.Beechinor, 1975. Quarto. V, 136 pages with map and illustrations throughout the pages. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare / scarce publication. Including an ephemeral advertising leaflet: “Calling all Natives and Friends of Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish at Home and Overseas: You cannot afford to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to read the history of this great Parish”.

57. O’Neill, Tom.

The Battle of Clonmult – The IRA’s worst defeat.

Dublin, Nonsuch Press, 2006. 20 cm. 120 pages with 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print ! Very scarce !

58. O’Rahilly, Professor Alfred.

Money. With a Foreword by Prof. John Busteed.

Dublin / Cork, Cork University Press, 1941. Octavo. XXX, 441 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. The rare dustjacket a little dusty but unclipped and in very good condition. The Volume itself in Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor signs of spotting and foxing only. SIGNED by Alfred O’Rahilly on the endpaper ! Signed editions of this book are very scarce !

59. O’Rahilly, Professor Alfred.

Our Daily Bread. How to Deal with the Foreign Invasion. [including a Memorandum of the Cork Millers and Merchants, 1917]

Dublin, Eason and Son, Ltd., 1930. 22 cm x 14.2 cm. 88 pages. Original softcover. The binding with stronger signs of wear. Corners bumped and slightly damaged. Staples rusted. Interior still in very good condition. Very rare !

60. [Plunket, Lord William] Plunket, David.

The Life, Letters and Speeches of Lord Plunket. [With chapters on Wolfe Tone / Irish Whigs in 1798 etc.] By his Grandson, the honourable David Plunket. With an introductory Preface by Lord Brougham.

In two Volumes. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1867. 8°. Volume I: XI, 410 pages / Volume II: VII, 380 pages. Original Hardcover (Original cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blindstamped boards). Recently rebacked and professionally repaired, this volume is now in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very firm and tight. Very rare in this condition !