Antiques: Dealers and collectors under starter's orders at Limerick Racecourse this weekend

More than 60 stands offer everything from Irish art and furniture to jewellery, silver, vintage fashion, militaria, coins and banknotes to  porcelain 

A selection from John Barber Antiques at the fair at Limerick Racecourse today and tomorrow.

Limerick Racecourse is a convenient venue for a two-day antique, vintage and collectables fair today and tomorrow.

Dealers from across Ireland will gather and more than 60 stands are offering everything from Irish art and furniture to jewellery, silver, vintage fashion, arms, militaria, coins, and banknotes, to porcelain and all sorts of collectable items. The fair is a magnet for collectors and anyone in pursuit of something quirky and different.

Some affordable small pieces from Raymond Byrne at the fair.

This big Limerick fair takes place several times each year, is hugely popular and draws an audience from throughout Munster and beyond. 

The appetite for sales like this is undiminished. Hibernian Vintage Antiques Fair held its first fair in Cork for more than five years at Corrin Event Centre near Fermoy a couple of weeks ago, and more than 1,000 people turned out in what was one of the biggest attendances at a one-day fair in 40 years.