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    SADDLE UP FOR THIS SALE OF IRISH ART AT DE VERES

    Monday, March 9th, 2026

    Peter Curling – Irish Weather. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Punters who get lucky at Cheltenham this week could do worse that put their winnings into art. How about this painting by Peter Curling called Irish Weather which is based on a Point to Point? The oil on canvas comes up at de Veres sale of Irish art on March 24 with an estimate of €20,000-€30,000. The Final Furlong by Liam O’Neill has an estimate of €12,000-€18,000. These two paintings lead an auction of more than 200 lots. The catalogue is online.

    Liam O’Neill – The Final Furlong. UPDATE: THIS MADE 16,500 AT HAMMER

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    THE ART OF TURF CUTTING AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL’S AUCTION

    Wednesday, February 18th, 2026

    Liam O’Neill (b.1954) – Turf Cutters. UPDATE: THIS MADE €16,000 AT HAMMER

    Turf Cutters by Liam O’Neill is at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online Irish art auction which ends on February 23. Once a source of fuel for home heating and cooking that was widely used in Ireland turf cutting has been banned or restricted on specific bogs. It can no longer be sold commercially, though gifting or exchanging turf between neighbours is permitted. This oil on canvas, which dates to 1994, is estimated at €8,000-€10,000. The catalogue for the auction is online.

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    FROM BELFAST TO KERRY WITH GORMLEYS ART AND SCULPTURE SHOWS

    Friday, July 25th, 2025
    Colgo la Luna grande by Giacinto Bosco, one of the outdoor sculptures that can be viewed as part of the Gormleys Art at Sheen Falls exhibition this September 14 to October 12. Pic by Gormleys

    The exhibition of a treasure trove of Irish an international art which opens at Culloden Hotel and Spa outside Belfast on July 27 and runs until August 31 will resume at Sheen Falls in Co. Kerry from September 14 to October 12. In both locations the curated selection of sculpture and artworks by Gormleys will feature renowned international artists like Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Banksy, Julian Opie and Salvador Dali and Irish artists Ian Pollock, Eamonn Ceannt, Bob Quinn, Paddy Campbell, Sandra Bell, and John Fitzgerald.  In Kerry the artist Liam O’Neill will debut a brand-new collection of sculptures.

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    SUCCESS FOR ARTIST LIAM O’NEILL AT WHYTE’S

    Monday, March 6th, 2023
    TWO HORSES – LIAM O’NEILL (B.1954) made €35,000 at hammer

    Two Horses, an oil on canvas by Liam O’Neill made a hammer price of €35,000 over a top estimate of €7,000 at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin tonight. Another work by the self taught artist Collecting Hay by the Coast, made €17,000 over a top estimate of €12,000. Liam O’Neill has developed a reputation as one of our finest portrayers of rural life, especially around West Kerry. He is a native of the Dingle Peninsula.

    The top lot of the sale was Paul Henry’s Landscape, Connemara which made €135,000 at hammer. Old Houses, Pau by Dan O’Neill made €56,000, Docklands VII 2002 by Donald Teskey made €46,000, The Enthusiast by Jack B Yeats made €32,000 and Strange Days by Jim Fitzpatrick made €19,000.

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    A COLOURFUL TREATMENT OF THREE MEN IN A BOAT

    Saturday, December 18th, 2021

    Home to Cuas by the Dingle based artist Liam O’Neill made a hammer price of €14,000 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s off the wall art auction last week.  It is a colourful treatment of three men in a currach returning from a fishing trip.  Cuas is located near Brandon Creek, reputed to be the starting point for St. Brendan to set sail across the Atlantic in the 6th century.

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