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- 23/05/1986-30/11/2008
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Press clippings and photographs, mainly pertaining to the sale of Castle Hacket and its fixtures. Includes:
-Clipping from the Irish Independent featuring portions of a Hamilton and Hamilton advertisement promoting house auctions around Ireland with Castle Hacket as one of the featured properties (23 May 1986);
-Article, '£453,000 day at castle sale' published in Irish Independent detailing the auction of fixtures, furnitures, books,and artworks from Castle Hacket following the passing of Percy Paley (1986);
-2 colour photographs of silverware auctioned at Castle Hacket (n.d.).
-Photocopy of an article, 'Sale of exceptional Castle Hacket library', from an unidentified newspaper's Fine Arts & Antiques section regarding the auction of Percy Paley's library, called by the author 'the finest Irish private collection of genealogist books in existence' (7 June 1986);
-Article, 'Castle besieged as riches unveiled' featuring a picture of Denis Kirwan's 1843 candelabra at Castle Hacket (Irish Independent, 30 June 1986);
-Copy of the Tuam Herald and Western Advertiser featuring an article on the Castle Hacket auction ('Castle Hacket contents fetched £640,000' as its lead story (12 July 1986);
-Collector's edition reprint of the Daily Express, 4 September 1939 announcing Britain's declaration of war (n.d.);
-4 page excerpt of the Irish Times containing an advertorial feature on the Irish Antique Dealers' Fair (1 August 1992);
-Profile of poet/playwright Ulick O'Connor published in the Irish Independent (30 November 2008).
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09/09/2024
11/07/2025