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.

Martin Coppinger was handed a difficult route to defend his Munster and All-Ireland senior titles at last Wednesday’s Munster championship draws.

Gavin Twohig got the first win in the renewal of the Connie Killarney Cup at Skibbereen on Sunday when he beat Donal Riordan by over two bowls.

JAMES O’Donovan took thefinal honours of 2012 when he beat Christy Mullins by a bowl in the RNLI benefit at Castletownbere for €24,400 on Friday.

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.

The auction of a unique collection of War of Independence letters is to go ahead tonight despite calls for the collection to be kept in public ownership.

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.

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.

GARY DALY had two important wins in three days when he beat Christy Mullins in the feature score of the West and Mid Festival at Ballinacurra on Sunday, hot on the heels of his last-shot win over Eamon Bowen Snr in the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig on Thursday.

LEADING owner P.J. Fahy suffered a double blow this week as two of his outstanding trackers have been struck by injury that will force them to miss major engagements.