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27 Sept 2025

Family-run business crowned overall winner at 2025 Waterford Digital Awards

Antiques Ireland was first established in Kilmacthomas in 1949 by the late Patrick Keighery as RJK Antiques

Family-run business crowned overall winner at 2025 Waterford Digital Awards

The awards recognise and reward SMEs based in Waterford who have developed their ecommerce and digital platforms

Waterford Local Enterprise Office, together with Waterford City and County Council, are pleased to announce Antiques Ireland as their 2025 Waterford Digital Awards Overall Winner.

The awards recognise and reward SMEs based in Waterford who have developed their ecommerce and digital platforms as part of their product offering. These awards were open to all businesses with less than 50 full-time employees.

Presenting the awards, Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr Jason Murphy was impressed with the development of Waterford’s digital footprint.

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He said, “Digital marketing has empowered local businesses here in Waterford. From artisan food producers reaching new markets via Instagram, to tourism campaigns using immersive video to draw global eyes to our beautiful coastlines and historic streets. Digital tools have allowed our community to connect with the world in a faster and smarter way, and more authentically than ever before.”

Antiques Ireland was first established in Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford in 1949 by the late Patrick Keighery as RJK Antiques.

Rody Keighery, his son, took over the business in the 1980s and created this renowned antiques shop and auction room with his wife Anne. The business has built a solid reputation, both locally and nationally, based on expertise, experience and integrity. 

In recent years Rody’s son, Thomas, has joined the business and added digital platforms to the promotion and execution of browsing and buying the Antiques Ireland collections.

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