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IRISH SWORDS

AUCTION

MICHAEL CURRAN

We all have read about how the IRA bought Thompsons in the

1920s and smuggled them into Ireland. We also know of how a

large number of them were seized by the British forces and Irish

police. But, what most of us do not know is how several of these

firearms returned to the US and other personal collections around

the world after being captured.

Well, here is how. Several of the captured guns were auctioned off

by the British Government through the auction house of Weller and

Dufty in 1983. Shown here are several images of the actual auction

catalog.