Minister’s artwork among 200 lots on offer at charity sale

A LARGE bogland scene from the artistic eye of Minister Jimmy Deenihan is among more than 200 anonymous paintings to be offered for sale in aid of the South Cill Rialaig artists’ retreat centre this weekend.

Minister’s artwork among 200 lots on offer at charity sale
Wed, 18 May, 2011 - 01:00
Anne Lucey

The arts, heritage and gaeltacht minister’s unsigned oil painting, in a pop-up gallery at Cornmarket Centre in Cork, will be surrounded by other anonymous works by sport stars including Cork’s dual GAA star Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and former Kerry football great Maurice Fitzgerald.

The group are described as “Sunday painters” by Noelle Campbell-Sharpe, director of the Cill Rialaig artists’ centre in Ballinskelligs.

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CourtsPlace: LARGE boglandPlace: Cornmarket CentrePlace: CorkPlace: BallinskelligsPlace: Skellig RockPlace: FinugePlace: ListowelPlace: North KerryPerson: MinisterPerson: Jimmy DeenihanPerson: Seán Óg Ó hAilpínPerson: Maurice FitzgeraldPerson: Noelle Campbell-SharpePerson: Mick MulcahyPerson: John KingerleePerson: John O’DonoghuePerson: DeenihanPerson: Environment MinisterPerson: Phil HoganPerson: Campbell-SharpePerson: Sean ÓgPerson: Gerald KeanPerson: Geraldine MacDonaldPerson: Cill RialaigOrganisation: KerryOrganisation: Cill Rialaig
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