A rare collection of artifacts belonging to the late Seamus Lawlor will go under the hammer next month.
Around 80 percent of the items from the Nore View Folk Heritage Museum in Bennettsbridge will be sold at auction on September 7.
Visitors from around the world flocked to the home of Seamus Lawlor for years to view his private collection at his home in Bennettsbridge.
The Nore View Folk Heritage Museum was a lifetime’s work for Seamus Lawlor who made national news after he survived a vicious raid on his home aged 75.
Mr Lawlor died last year, and it’s believed, he had not made a will.
KCLR was informed last April that a single buyer had purchased much of his collection. It was understood at the time, that it would be used for movie sets.
However, yesterday, Mitchell’s Auction Rooms in Roscrea announced that 80percent of the items from the museum will now be sold at auction on Wednesday, September 7th.
The museum housed objects of Irish historical interest from railway station signs and lamps to original Croke Park turnstiles.
There will be public viewings of the collection in the Mount Butler salesrooms in Roscrea on September 3rd to September 6th. A catalogue will be available from early next week.
