Beatles snapshot brings bygone times into focus in Limerick

Collectors will 'believe in yesterday' at an antiques fair next weekend as they swoop on music, art and home memorabilia

The Purple Onion of Roscommon will bring Patti Boyd's limited edition photo of Paul, Ringo and John to The National Antiques Fair in Limerick.

The National Antiques Fair at Limerick Racecourse next weekend is not set up as some sort of antidote to the Eurovision Song Contest — Ireland's entry is due to be chosen on The Late Late Show next Friday evening — but it most definitely promises all kinds of everything.

The way we lived, the music we listened to, the way we wore, the way we dined, and all sorts of half-forgotten objects that used to accompany our everyday lives will be displayed here in abundance.