Sunday, August 2nd : IN AID OF CLOGHERHEAD LIFEBOAT

Boyne Valley Hotel, Drogheda. Noon to 6pm, admission €3.50 (donated to Clogherhead Lifeboat Fund). August 2nd is the Clogherhead Lifeboat Flag Day. You can support this important institution by donating a minimum of €3.50 by way of admission to the fair.

See: http://www.antiquesfairsireland.com

Run by Joan Murray of Antiques Fairs Ireland this is bound to be a goodie – so break open the piggy bank and head for sunny Drogheda!

August 16th: Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire

35 dealers will be exhibiting This pleasant seadside suburb is 9 km/ 6 miles from central Dublin. The hotel overlooks Dun Laoghaire harbour and is adjacent to the Sealink Ferry Terminal. The local DART station is a few hundred yards away, and numerous buses stop nearby, including routes 7, 7A, 8, 46A and 111 from the city centre.

Open: 11am to 6pm, admission €3.50

I can strongly recommend this fair run by Joan Murray of Antiques Fairs Ireland!

Other fairs see: www.antiquesfairsireland.com

Dublin City Book Fair, Tara Towers Hotel, Merrion Road, Dublin

I had an opportunity to pay a flying visit to this Book Fair yesterday and I was well impressed by the wide variety/quality of items on offer – many at very reasonable prices. An early childrens’ edition of ‘The Thirty Nine Steps’ caught my eye at a mere €12 and a copy of the rare ‘The Natural History of Cape Clear’ 1st edition – cheap at €75. I was, sadly, in selling mode (i.e.broke) so passed on both. Apart from books of every type there were also stamps, postcards and coins on offer.

Further 2009 Dates

Sunday September 13th, Sunday October 25th and Sunday December 6th.
For more information, or if you wish to exhibit at any of the book fairs, please contact:

Craobh Rua Books,
Email: craobh@btinternet.com
Co. Armagh
Phone: 048-375-26938

or

Jack and Barbara O’Connell
Schull, Co. Cork
Phone: 028-37317
Email: schullbooks@eircom.net

or

Eddie and Kay Murphy
Newcastle Co. Dublin
Phone: 01-458 9237
Email: lyonshillbooks@eircom.net

The annual Gorey Antiques Fair takes place this Sunday at the Amber Springs Hotel, Wexford Road, Gorey. 11am – 6pm. Thirty dealers are due to attend with a selection of quality antique furniture, art, jewellery, collectables etc.

The hotel is a short distance from Gorey Main Street. Coming from the Dublin direction turn down The Avenue from Gorey Main Street, over the railway line and the hotel is a short distance ahead on the left-hand side. Worth a look – the Fair not the hotel!