^Lot 245 1917: Irish Volunteer's Lee Enfield .303 MkIII rifle

Martin Doyle, Irish Volunteers; Thence by descent


Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III bolt action rifle. Complete with wooden stock and magazine. With 1917 date mark and maker's mark of the Birmingham Small Arms Company. Completely deactivated with firing pin cut. Reputedly captured by Irish Volunteers during a raid on the Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks, Abbey Square, Enniscorthy and used during the War of Independence and Civil War.