Des O’Sullivan reports on stellar prices and previews upcoming sales

CONTAINER SHIP is the title of this work by Tom Roche.

Des O’Sullivan previews an Irish and international art auction with an embarrassment of riches.

Des O’Sullivan looks at 20th century Irish art at de Vere’s auction.

Des O’Sullivan finds a welcome in the parlour for a very fine collection of Irish art pieces sold in Dublin.

JOHN CREEDON presents a music show on RTÉ Radio 1 weeknights from the RTÉ Cork studios, and also the Fleadh Cheoil series on RTÉ One television on Fridays at 7.30pm.

Des O’Sullivan reports on a major sale of Irish art which includes a widely exhibited painting by Jack Yeats.

Kya deLongchamps revels in a book which uses fascinating visual material from Irish mansions to illustrate life at that time and the dynastic tales behind the scenes

Leaving Certificate students got down to business in the morning and needed some quite specific knowledge on many of the questions.

AN early masterpiece by Roderic O’Conor will highlight the James Adam’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin next Wednesday, May 28, at 6pm.

MASTER works by Gerard Dillon and Nano Reid lead Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art at the RDS on Monday at 6pm.

FRESH from a very well attending viewing in Skibbereen last weekend Morgan O’Driscoll’s Dublin viewing of Irish art gets underway at the RDS at 11 am today.

St Patrick’s Day parades bring out the best in our towns and cities,Richard Fitzpatrick reports.

Whyte’s British and Irish art sale at the RDS, Dublin, features 216 lots.

Slowly, the Irish art market is climbing out of recession.

A depiction of a young, working milkmaid, writes Des O’Sullivan, is the highlight at an upcoming sale of Irish art.

An exceptional Irish longcase clock and horse drawn carriage are among the lots at Mealy’s auction at Woodview House near Ferns, Co Wexford next Tuesday, (Oct 1), at 11am.

A 19th century Irish side table is among the highlights at an auction by Hegarty’s of Bandon in Acton’s Hotel, Kinsale, on Sunday week (Jul 21) at 7pm.

Des O’Sullivan unfolds a treasure trove of art sales that include a rare Joseph O’Reilly and work by modern artists

The Pikeman, by Jerome Connor, is for sale at Adam’s.

Pair of very rare Limerick silver tablespoons with Old Irish

A previously unknown letter written by a Cork lord mayor who died on hunger strike in a British jail has been sold to the Cork City and County Archives.

Rare letters linked to Ireland’s struggle for independence, including a handwritten note by the British prime minister, which were found in a collection not seen in public for almost a century, will go on display in Cork today before the collection goes under the hammer.

Des O’Sullivan reports how fairs have grown in importance and what's in store in Silver Springs Hotel.

A previously unknown letter written by Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney, who died on hunger strike in a British jail in 1920, could fetch up to €2,000 at auction next week.

An early masterpiece by the late legendary Irish artist Louis Le Brocquy is expected to fetch €500,000 at auction this week.

A detail of Indoors Outdoors by Louis le Brocquy, estimated at €500,000-€800,000 for Adams’ sale on Wednesday.

Some of the most valuable paintings in state-owned AIB’s vast corporate art collection were unveiled to the public at Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery yesterday.

AIB is donating 39 of its most valuable pieces of art to the State, including three works by Irish artist Jack B Yeats.

Important Irish artist’s painting at Bonhams sale, Des O’Sullivan reports

A valuable painting discovered on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow is among over 170 works up for auction this week in Dublin in a sale expected to break all Irish records.

The third in a series of commemorative stamps marking the 150th anniversary of the National Gallery of Ireland have gone on sale at post offices throughout the country.

SOME 60 paintings, worth almost €3 million, were donated to the State last year, according to the Revenue 2003 Annual Report.

IN the heady days of the late 1990s when Irish art was new to the international market it seemed as if you could sell anything once it was from an Irish artist. It is not like that now.

Paintings from one of Ireland’s most prestigious art collections are to be sold in London.