Portrait of a Lady, by Sir John Lavery was one of the paintings stolen last October
Stolen Irish paintings worth thousands of euros have been found dumped in County Wicklow by man who discovered them while he was cutting hedges.
The paintings are; Portrait of a Lady by Sir John Lavery, The Fern in the Area by Jack B Yeats, and Landscape with Cottage by Paul Henry.
The were stolen a burglary at a house in Donard, County Wicklow, last year.
A police spokesman said a man living nearby was "cutting hedges and found them in a black plastic bag".
The discovery was made on Tuesday morning and the paintings have been taken to police headquarters for examination.
They were previously at valued at up to 200,000 euros (£142,000).
No arrested have been made.
Sir John Lavery and Paul Henry were both born in Belfast while Jack B Yeats is the brother of the Irish poet, WB Yeats.
- Published29 October 2014
