Fine Arts

Gold eagles and a glass Sam Maguire: Contents of Barney Curley’s Westmeath mansion to go on sale

A two-day auction of contents from the former home of the horse trainer and gambler who ‘beat the bookies’ to win £2m in the mid-1970s, is to go under the hammer

Many of the contents appearing at this auction would fit perfectly in a hotel or suit someone with a large country home. Picture: MediaPro

The entire contents of an iconic country mansion once raffled by the late legendary horse trainer, professional gambler and philanthropist Barney Curley are going under the hammer this month.

More than 800 lots from mid-19th-century Middleton Park House in Co Westmeath, worth an estimated €200,000, can be viewed over St Patrick’s weekend before going up for grabs on Wednesday and Thursday, March 20 and 21.

The clear-out, catalogued by antiques dealer Niall Mullen, comes just ...