Several IADA members will be exhibiting at the Lismore Antiques Fair, at the Lismore House Hotel, Waterford, from Thursday 30th May 2013 until Saturday 1st of June 2013. There is an opening ceremony including refreshments (Prescecco and canapes) on Thursday evening, from 6pm until 9pm, and the fair is open...

Some of the wonderful work of the painter Mark Kennedy will be on show at the Threadneedle Space, Mall Galleries, London SW1 from 10th-15th June. The paintings will be on show as part of the `Critics Choice` because the Art Critic from Apollo Magazine, Dr. Clare Finn has chosen Mark...

The Irish Antique Dealers Association is delighted to publish its 2012/2013 directory, with information on all of its members, their specialities and contact details. To obtain a copy, please just call into any member, or to download a copy please click on the following link: Irish Antique Dealers Association directory

Weldons has recently brought back to Ireland a unique item of Irish silver, a salver decorated with shamrocks. The piece is about 6 1/2 inches in diameter, bearing hallmarks on the back. The most striking and unique feature of the salver is the openwork border, with shamrock style designs. Grapes are...

Recently The Whitley Gallery supplied the Odilon Redon lithographic frontispiece for Emile Verhaeren`s Les Debacles to the Provincial Museum Emile Verhaeren (see http://www.emileverhaeren.be/ ). This is an excellent Museum dedicated to an interesting, underestimated poet. Verhaeren`s works have been translated into English by Will Stone. See the Whitley Gallerys website for more information

The inaugural Ireland’s Young Collectors Competition was remarkable on account of the huge level of interest it attracted, and for the quality of all of the submissions. All entrants to the competition, sponsored by the Irish Antique Dealers Association, myantiques.ie and The Irish Times, showed an excellent capacity for collecting...

Muscat; Sunday xxth November 2011; Richwood Antiques, an Irish based company with over 20 years experience in sourcing and restoring 19th Century Antique Furniture, entered the Omani market with a prestigious exhibition held at the Bait Al Zubair museum, Muscat from 5-9 December This was be the first exhibition of...

In the IADA member directory 2012/13, there is an error in The Whitley Gallery’s contact details; the phone number for the gallery is 01-2829915. You can also view the gallery at http://www.thewhitleyartgallery.com/Home.aspx

The IADA will be at an Antique Roadshow in Cork on Sunday 21st October, at the River Lee Hotel! See the info here: Cork Roadshow

The Annual IADA fair will take place in the RDS in October. Starting with a charity preview night on Thursday 4th October, it is open until Sunday 7th October, 2012. There are free public lectures on every day, and a wonderful range of Ireland’s finest antiques available to view, as...