Thursday: Conyngham Arms Hotel, Slane, Co Meath at 6.30 p.m. Antique furniture auction conducted by Oliver Usher including: Victorian mirror-backed sideboard by Butler & Co of Dublin (£3,00-£5,000); Regency mahogany bookcase (£2,500-£3,000).

Drums, New Street, Malahide, Co Dublin at 7 p.m. Furniture and fine art sale including: The Mischievous Postman by Richard Staunton Cahill (£4,000-£5,000); Regency lyre-end rectangular games table (1,500-£2,000); Georgian inlaid fall-front Cuban mahogany bureau (£1,500-£2,000).