O’Connell portrait in the frame at art sale

A PORTRAIT of Daniel O’Connell which was at the Cork and County Club for many years is among many brimful of interest lots at Fonsie Mealy’s sale in Castlecomer May 20 at 10.30am.

There is a half-length portrait of Richard Roberts of Cork, captain of the Sirius, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic in 1838 (€1,000-€1,500).