Recovered paintings ‘should return to Killarney House’

Stolen 19th century paintings of members of a leading landlord family, in Kerry, which have been recovered, should be returned to the county, it has been urged.

Gardaí are investigating the theft of the pictures, which are owned by the State and which disappeared from storage but, afterwards, turned up for sale at auctions in England.

They were the responsibility of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht but their original home was Killarney House.