‘Clocks will outlive your kids. That clock in the corner was made in 1710. That’s just 20 years after the Battle of the Boyne’
BY EOIN BUTLER
TALK TIME : KEVIN CHELLAR, Horologist and proprietor of Timepiece Antique Clocks in Dublin
How did…
Dermot O'Neill's Killarneyware Trinket Box
Niall Mullen appeared on The Mooney Show on Radio 1 on Thursday 19th July. Listeners called and brought in antiques to the studio which Niall cast his critical eye over. Celebrity gardener and antique enthusiast…
In the run up to last year’s IADA fair in the RDS Niall Mullen and Fergal Grogan called into TV3′s Ireland AM for a chat. They brought a selection of affordable items that were for sale at the 2009 fair including a…
Here is a link to an interesting article from 2006 interviewing hosts of the brilliant RTE show The Dealers, IADA president George Stacpoole and Niall Mullen. They share advice on buying and selling antiques as well as giving an insight…
The winner of the 2009 Ronald McDonnell bursary was Cathy O’Donnell, a student at GMIT Letterfrack. Stay tuned here to find out what Cathy has been up to in the last year but until then, here is a link to…
Here is an interview with Ireland’s youngest antique enthusiast, pint-sized horologist John Joe teaching Ryan Tubridy a thing or two on the Late Late Show! He is featured with Kevin Chellar from Timepiece Antiques who we can only hope has…
Here is a great interview with Chantal O’Sullivan of O’ Sullivan Antiques at the 2008 IADA fair. Chantal is talking about a beautiful suite of furniture made in 1840 by Robert Strahan for Doneraile House in Co. Cork. It was broadcast…
Here is an interview with Grainne Pearse from Courtville Antiques on Ireland AM showing some of her beautiful pieces including Alice in Wonderland miniatures from 1890 and a ring with an illustration of Jesus on ivory from 1670.