The GPO keys.
The 1916 GPO keys is one of the most unusual lots in the plethora of upcoming sales relating to the centenary of the Irish Rising. The GPO was the centre of activities os these are a truly historic memento. They will come up at the centenary sale at Fonsie Mealy in Castlecomer on April 23 estimated at 550-750. They are from the collection of Fred Dixon, who was given them by Comdt. Brennan Whitmore, a Volunteer who commanded the North King St. area during the Rising. He got them, by repute, from a comrade who picked them up in the ruins of the GPO. The Rising, on Easter Monday 1916, fell on April 24.
UPDATE: THE set of keys attracted spirited bidding and finally sold for 3,400 at hammer.