This show has already been seen at the Naughton Gallery in Belfast, but now it has come to Dublin. It brought back memories to some of the Arnott’s Portrait Awards, and indeed it appears to be a worthy successor. (More on the Davy Portrait Awards themselves here.)
Laima Babickaide; photo Mark Stedman/ Photocall Ireland
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Thomas Cosby, Laura Gaisford-St Laurence and Kerry Mullaly; photo Mark Stedman/ Photocall Ireland
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Mary McIntyre and Anastasa O’Donoghue; photo Mark Stedman/ Photocall Ireland
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Neil Read, Mary Cullen and Millie Cullivan; photo Mark Stedman/ Photocall Ireland
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Robert and Betty Ballagh; photo Mark Stedman/ Photocall Ireland
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Eoghan McGrath in front of his painting ‘Betty’, a neighbor of his; photo Mark Stedman/ Photocall Ireland