George Gerard Mealy
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Sir Anthony O’Reilly’s tables turn heads at Kilfane House auction
- Fine Art & Antiques
- October 8, 2016, 00:00
A pair of 18th-century tables formerly owned by Sir Anthony O’Reilly was the top lot at Mealy’s auction in the Long Man of Kilfane near Thomastown, Co(...)

Mealy’s sale of the contents of Lotabeg House in Cork this week attracted the biggest crowd to any auction in Ireland for years. More than 7,000 peop(...)

“Going, going – the moose head – gone, for €1,600.” Auctioneer George Mealy didn’t bat an eyelid as he brought down the hammer on the spectacularly an(...)

The Cork house that time forgot
- Interiors
- May 14, 2016
In 1903, Vincent Hart a 22-year-old newly qualified engineer from Cork went out to India to serve the British Empire. He returned more than 30 y(...)

My Life’s Work: George Gerard Mealy, art and antiques auctioneer and valuer, Kilkenny
- Fine Art & Antiques
- February 27, 2016, 02:00
I’m the third generation to work in the family auctioneering business. Mealy’s Fine Art, based in Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny, holds four main auctions o(...)

Nail-studded ‘voodoo’ dolls go under the hammer
- Fine Art & Antiques
- July 19, 2014, 00:00
Ireland’s largest private collection of African tribal art was among the diverse lots in this week’s two-day Summer Fine & Decorative Art Sale (...)

Art and antiques market springs to life
- Fine Art & Antiques
- April 5, 2014, 02:00
The first quarter of 2014 has ended and Irish fine art and antiques auctioneers have a spring in their step. The first big art auctions of the (...)

The market for rhino horn gives auction houses a dilemma
- Fine Art & Antiques
- February 15, 2014, 00:00
The rhinoceros, native to Africa and Asia, is one of the world’s most endangered species. Trade in rhino horn is prohibited by the internationa(...)

Irish collectors still favour nostalgia
- Fine Art & Antiques
- August 24, 2013, 01:00
Since the economy crashed in 2008, the Irish fine art and antiques market has experienced a flight to quality and search for safe-haven status. The mo(...)

Everything from slates to fine art under the hammer over the summer
- Fine Art & Antiques
- July 27, 2013, 01:00
Viewing is underway for the last big auctions of summer before the holiday season. First up is Matthews Auctioneers’ “Summer Auction” at Rockfield Hou(...)