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Contents of historic Killinagh Lodge, Carbury, to be auctioned tomorrow
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THE sale of the contents of Killinagh Lodge, Carbury, along with the contents of a modern library are up for auction tomorrow, Saturday, May 15.
The auction which will take place online includes other contents and a quantity of items from Eyrefield Lodge, The Curragh.
Killinagh Lodge is owned by Xandria Williams who was responsible for introducing Alpacas to Ireland.
Xandria can trace her ancestors back to 430AD. Speaking from London recently, the lively 98-year-old looked back on her illustrious career.
A mining geochemist, a medical biochemist and still working as a naturopathic medicine chemist - it is, as they say, quite a story.
Contents of historic lodge outside Offaly town to be auctioned
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THE sale of the contents of Killinagh, Lodge, Edenderry and Carbury, Kildare along with the contents of a modern library are up for auction on May 15 next.
The auction which will take place online includes other contents and a quantity of items from Eyrefield Lodge.
The house is owned by Xandria Williams who was responsible for introducing Alpacas to Ireland.
Xandria can trace her ancestors back to 430AD.
Speaking from London, the lively 98-year-old looks back on her illustrious career.
A mining geochemist, a medical biochemist and still working as a naturopathic medicine chemist. It is as they say, quite a story.
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Eyrefield Lodge in Kildare: the sale of the house’s contents includes 14 oil paintings, mostly of horses
Sheppard’s Eyrefield Lodge sale offers two red-letter days for fans of the turf. Clues to what kept the Kildare lodge in the headlines for more than a century are all over its interior.
The 14 oil paintings include three by Emil Adam: Game Chick, 1902; Ambush II, wearing the Prince of Wales colours; and Covert Hack, four-time winner of the Conyingham Cup, each 60 x 90cm, each estimated to fetch €4,000-€6,000.
There’s also Lynwood.
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Lady Susan bids farewell to the Kildare s Eyrefield Lodge
Auction of rare and surprising items
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For one resident of The Curragh, the pandemic and ongoing lockdowns have provided the perfect opportunity to indulge in her passion of anthropomorphism.
As Lady Susan Loder prepares to leave her beloved Eyrefield Lodge on the plains of the Curragh she will take with her an amazing collection of humanised creatures created for her extraordinarily detailed doll’s house which is also going with her to London.
Lady Susan is sad to be leaving Eyrefield Lodge and her many friends in Ireland. On March 11 and 12, fine art auctioneers Sheppard’s of Durrow will auction the fascinating contents of this Irish bloodstock powerhouse.