Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich: Using art and music to fight rural planning laws 

While the Kerry musician won his own fight to build a house on his land, he continues his battle against laws he feels are forcing young people out of Gaeltacht areas 

Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich with his installation of crosses. Picture: Mossy Donegan 

Picasso made his point in oil paintings, Brecht in plays, Banksy in murals, and Guthrie in protest songs.

The arts provide platforms for political activism of many hues; Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich’s artistic canvas happens to consist of a field in West Kerry. Or indeed in Donegal, Waterford, the Isle of Skye, or Brittany. Wherever his tour of the Celtic language margins takes him.