May 18th: At the Hermitage, Cobh, Co Cork. House contents auction conducted by Mealy's included: £9,000 for The Haven under the Hill Corrie by Andrew Black; £7,000 for a still life, Fruit and Flowers by Mary Swanzy; £6,500 for George III mahogany demi-lune side table; £6,000 for a pair of George III-style fold-over mahogany card tables by Hicks; £5,400 for Near Bunbeg, Co Donegal by Maurice Wilks.

May 20th: At Christie's, London. The Irish Sale included: £573,500 for The Man from Aran (self-portrait) by Sir William Orpen; £496,500 for Reverie by Frank O'Meara (new record for this artist); £441,500 for The Bridge by John Luke (new record for this artist); £342,500 for by Sir John Lavery; £40,000 for Requiem for Dan O'Neill by Colin Middleton (new record for this artist).

May 21st: At Sotheby's, London. The Irish Sale, including: £1.2 million for The Wild Ones by Jack Yeats (new record for this artist); £364,500 for The Veranda, Kingsmoor House by Sir John Lavery; £232,500 for The Garden at Ardilea by Sir John Lavery; £210,500 for The Bog Workers by Paul Henry (new record for this artist); £111,500 for Baigneuse a la Mer by Roderic O'Conor.

May 23rd: At Dunluce House, Bray, Co Wicklow. House contents auction conducted by Town & Country, including: £4,000 for George III mahogany bureau bookcase, circa 1820; £2,650 for French late 19th-century five-piece giltwood drawingroom suite; £2,000 for early Victorian mahogany library table; £1,800 for pair of Regency circular giltwood wall mirrors; £1,200 for set of eight Chippendale-style dining chairs.

May 26th: At the James Adam Salerooms. Irish art sale, including: £34,000 for O'Connell Bridge, Dublin by Niccolo Caracciolo (new record for this artist); £34,000 for Coastal Landscape, Co Kerry by Paul Henry; £27,000 for Walberswick by Walter Osborne; £25,000 for On the Malahide Sands by Nathaniel Hone; £24,000 for Back of the House - Woman feeding Hens by Frank McKelvey; £19,000 for The Customs House, Dublin by Norah McGuinness (new record for this artist).