All roads will lead to Limerick for antique and vintage fair 

St Patrick's weekend antique and vintage fair at Limerick Racecourse next Saturday and Sunday (March 15 and 16) offers everything from furniture to rugs, coins and art 

A rare Youghal Art Metal Workers mirror, Killarney furniture and a treen collection at the Limerick fair.

The enduring popularity of antique fairs lies in discoveries waiting to be made. The St Patrick's weekend antique and vintage fair at Limerick Racecourse next Saturday and Sunday (March 15 and 16) is no exception. Here you will find everything from a French Restoration chest of drawers in flame mahogany and a George I sugar bowl made by George Newenham in Cork c1720 to Killarney furniture and a rare Youghal Art Metal Workers mirror.

Shortly after the Cork International Exhibition of 1902, where Thomas Sparks of the Keswick School of Industrial Arts had given demonstrations, skilled local dockyard workers and coppersmiths aided by Sparks formed the Youghal art group in 1904. A number of their large mirrors were purchased by the Abbey Theatre.