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Irish Art Group
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IAG on eBay specialises in Edwardian postcards of Ireland, vintage cigarette cards, hand coloured Victorian prints, limited edition sculptures and lithographs,collectables of Irish interest, pre 1960 fountain pens, antiquarian maps, newspapers from the 18th century and many other collecting themes.
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The Irish Art Group owns three art galleries, a small publishing company, a framing operation, an online business and this eBay store. Its owners have been in business for over 20 years and you can find out more about them on their About Me Page. Thanks for visiting and please call back again soon. With best wishes from Michael, Pauline, Darach, John, Marc, Niall, Megan, Bruce and the Leprachauns. |
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Irish Art Group is a trading name of Hughes Galleries Ltd., a company registered in Northern Ireland. Registration No. NI 48454.
Registered Office: 49 The Promenade, Portstewart, BT55 7AE.
Directors: Mr M J Hughes and Mrs P M Hughes. Company Secretary: Mr M D Hughes.
The Hughes family have been in business for over twenty years and have seen year on year growth throughout that period. IAG has been actively involved with eBay since April 2005 and expects its online business to increase dramatically in 2010. Please visit our eBay shop or our website.
Meet the Team
Hughes Galleries Ltd. has a small team of energetic and highly enthusiastic staff. They occupy multiple roles and travel widely.
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Michael Hughes |
Managing Director |
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Pauline Hughes |
Director |
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Michael is a trained teacher, a qualified social worker and an accredited therapist. He has been in business for over 20 years. He currently serves on the Council of the
Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce, the Northern Ireland Business Alliance / Higher Education Forum and other related bodies. He is a contributing editor
to several trade publications and travels extensively.
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Pauline is also a trained teacher and a qualified social worker. She is the real manager of the business, exercising overall control of the day to day aspects of the operation.
She is also the major point of access for artists.She is married to Michael. Darach is their son.
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John Hamill |
Senior Partner |
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Darach Hughes |
Company Secretary |
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John is the company enior Partner At 95 years of age, he continues to cast a fatherly eye over each member of the staff team and brings a lifetime experience to bear
on many of the practicalities of the business. The Hamill Gallery is named for him. He occasionally threatens to retire.
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Darach, as Company Secretary, is charged with the responsibility of ensuring that CompaniesLegislation and other relevant legal constraints are adhered to. He also
manages the Hamill Gallery in PortstewART. In his spare time, he runs (up to marathon distance) and, later this year, will be going ice-climbing in Scotland and running the
bulls in Pamplona.
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Marc Barbour |
Webmaster and I.T. Consultant |
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Laurie Davies |
Head of Production |
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Marc holds a Bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering and a Master's degree in Computer Science and Applications. He joined the company on a summer placement
as a first year undergraduate, winning the Shell Technologies' Enterprise Program (NI) Most Enterprising Student Award for 2001 and has been with us ever since. He looks
after the website and all computerised systems.
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Laurie holds a degree in History but went into industry immediately upon graduation. A professional framer with 16 years experience, he heads up production at our
workshops in the forest at Breen. |
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Niall McDonagh |
I.T.Assistant |
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Megan Hallewell |
Marketing Assistant |
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Niall is currently studying for an I.T. qualification at the Causeway Institute of Further and Higher Education and works for us on a part time basis, maintaining and helping develop our I.T. systems.
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Megan is currently studying at a local High School and works for us on a part tme basis, helping develop our marketing and customer service programmes. |
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Bruce |
Caretaker of the Workshop |
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The Leprechauns |
Credit Control Department |
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Bruce aka "Meatloaf" is not the Bat out of Hell but rather occupies the role of resident caretaker in our premises at Breen forest. He also keeps an eye on Laurie's pixies
who do the framing overnight and leave the completed pieces on the workbenches. Attached image is actual size.
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Breen is taken from the Irish and means "The Palace of the Fairy Kind". The Fairy Kind ("na sidhe") are also known as the little people or leprechauns. The forest and
therefore the gallery are under the protection of the Fairy Kind. Those who would contemplate defaulting on debts should consider themselves appropriately fore-warned.
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See our Premises
Hughes Galleries Ltd. owns four art galleries in Northern Ireland:
The PortstewART Galleries
- The O'Connor Gallery
49 The Promenade, PortstewART
- The Hamill Gallery
85 The Promenade, PortstewART
- The McSwiggan Gallery
86 The Promenade, PortstewART
Irish Art Group
- The Breen Gallery
Forest of Breen, Glenshesk, Glens of Antrim
The PortstewART Galleries occupy three separate premises in the charming seaside resort which give them their name. Situated 60 miles north of Belfast, they offer a
combined range of some 500 original works of art alongside Ireland's largest stocks of paper antiques, printed collectibles and vintage fountain pens.
The view from the O'Connor Gallery, PortstewART |
The O'Connor Gallery |
The McSwiggan Gallery (Rooms 1 & 2) |
The McSwiggan Gallery (Room 3) |
The Hamill Gallery (Upper floor) |
The Hamill Gallery (Lower floor) |
The Hamill Gallery (Lower floor) |
The Breen Gallery is situated in Breen Forest, the oldest oak forest in Ireland. It lies in the heart of Glenshesk, one of the historic Nine Glens of Antrim. The pre-historic
Breen Standing Stone, pictured below, forms the logo of the Irish Art Group and is in the field next to our premises.
Breen is taken from the Irish and means "The Palace of the Fairy Kind". The Fairy Kind ("na sidhe") are also known as the little people or leprechauns. The forest and
therefore the gallery are under the protection of the Fairy Kind. Those who would contemplate defaulting on debts should consider themselves appropriately
fore-warned.
Facilities at Breen include a gallery, a trade showroom, a purpose built framing workshop and a suite of offices.
The view from the workshop |
The Breen Standing Stone |
View from the loading area |
One of the mobile display units |
Packing and dispatch area |
One of our print storage areas |
The trade showroom |
Rosaleen in the framing workshop |
View from above |
The kitchen at Breen |
Hughes Galleries Ltd. are members of the following associations and agencies:
| Sample of Current Listings : View all of our latest items in our eBay shop |
To protect bidder privacy, when the price or highest bid on an item reaches or exceeds a certain level, User IDs will be displayed as anonymous names. For auction items, a bold price means at least one bid has been received.
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24-Aug-07 |
11-Mar-10 16:15:00 |
£9.50 |
Story of Locomotive 1st Kellogg 1963 Set Trade Cards |
Available |
| 230226052884 |
24-Feb-08 |
13-Feb-10 11:49:46 |
£9.50 |
Famous Film Scenes/Gallaher/1935/ Set/Cigarette Cards |
Available |
| 230246365209 |
24-Apr-08 |
13-Feb-10 09:19:06 |
£7.50 |
Newtownards/Old Church/1904/Ireland/Irish/Postcard |
Available |
| 230246365228 |
24-Apr-08 |
13-Feb-10 09:19:12 |
£7.50 |
Coleraine/SalmonFishery/1940/RP/Ireland/Irish/ Postcard |
Available |
| 260237027115 |
04-May-08 |
23-Feb-10 14:46:13 |
£2.95 |
Steam Railways 1/Hobby Press/1983/Full Set/Trade Cards |
Available |
| 230254400855 |
20-May-08 |
11-Mar-10 11:00:28 |
£12.95 |
A. Kennedy: Traditional Binding Irish Art Print |
Available |
| 230254400893 |
20-May-08 |
11-Mar-10 11:00:41 |
£2.95 |
A. Kennedy: Legananney Dolmen Irish Art Print |
Available |
| 230254409878 |
20-May-08 |
11-Mar-10 11:55:22 |
£2.95 |
Gary Devon: The Dry Arch, Ireland, Irish Art Print |
Available |
| 260242448983 |
20-May-08 |
11-Mar-10 11:55:26 |
£2.95 |
Gary Devon: Portbradden, Ireland, Irish Art Print |
Available |
| 230254409909 |
20-May-08 |
11-Mar-10 11:55:36 |
£2.95 |
Gary Devon: Mount Stewart 2, Ireland, Irish Art Print |
Available |
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