IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 29 SEPTEMBER 2025

144 117 Liam O’Neill (b.1954) MICK O’DWYER, 2016 oil on canvas signed lower left; signed by the artist and sitter on reverse; also dated on reverse 36 by 24in. (91.4 by 61cm) Frame Size: 49 by 37.5in. (124.5 by 95.3cm) Mick O’Dwyer (1936 -2025) was a Gaelic football manager and player. He most famously managed the senior Kerry county team between 1974 and 1989, during which time he became the county’s longest-serving manager, and its most successful at winning major titles. O’Dwyer was appointed manager of the Kerry senior team prior to the start of the 1974-75 National League. He led Kerry through a period of unprecedented provincial and national dominance, winning twenty-two major honours. These include eight All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles, including a then record-equalling four-in-a-row between 1978 and 1981, and a three-in-a-row between 1984 and 1986, eleven Munster Senior Football Championship titles in twelve seasons and three National League titles, including two league-championship doubles. O’Dwyer simultaneously took charge of the Kerry under-21 team, winning three successive All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship titles. His tenure in charge of the Munster team saw the province claim six Railway Cups. O’Dwyer is regarded as one of the greatest managers in the history of the game. He is one of only three men to manage five different counties. €15,000-€20,000 (£13,040-£17,390 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot117