Born on the rugged Dingle Peninsula, Liam O’Neill has long been hailed as one of Ireland’s foremost contemporary painters—a self-taught artist whose bold oils breathe life into the fishermen, horse fairs, and Atlantic horizons of West Kerry. His canvases pulse with color and memory, rooted in the Irish language and the rhythms of coastal life.

iBAM! 2025  proudly presents an exhibit of O’Neill’s paintings and sculptures in the Irish American Heritage Center Art Gallery—an immersion into the soul of Ireland’s western edge. The artist will also read from his luminous collection of artwork and poetry, Riastáil, on Saturday, November 22, offering a rare glimpse into the vision behind the brush.