Castle’s art collection faces Nazi loot probe

PRICELESS antique furnishings and tapestries in Bunratty Castle are being assessed to ensure they do not contain works stolen by the Nazis.

Castle’s art collection faces Nazi loot probe

This follows a similar investigation into the contents of the Hunt Museum in Limerick amid claims, so far unsubstantiated, that the collection may contain items plundered by the Nazis in World War II. Art collector John Hunt’s children, John and Trudi, gave that collection to the State.

When Lord and Lady Gort were putting the Bunratty collection together 40 years ago, one of their advisers was John Hunt.

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