Niall Mullen on The Mooney Show
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 Dermot O’Neill brought in a number of pieces including some bog oak items and a Killarneyware trinket box.
Listeners brought in a number of interesting items including a Swiss music box from around 1840, a German bracket clock and an early ‘karaoke machine’ originally housed in Castlefreak but which has been in O’Donovan’s hotel in Cork for the past hundred years. Derek Mooney was a big fan of this
Jack B. Yeats lithograph/sketch
piece though Niall was less impressed. Niall was very excited about Una from Newry’s item, a Jack B. Yeats lithograph or sketch. If it is an original sketch by the Yeats brother a conservative estimate would be €20,000!
Niall also let slip that Rod Stewart had recently been antique shopping in Dublin’s Francis Street and had spent approximately €12,500 on Irish antiques!
