The work of 12 artists based in Fingal county went on view in Draíocht in Blanchardstown, Dublin this week.
The area of Fingal, with a population of 200,000, stretches from Howth to Blanchardstown and north to the Meath border.
According to Rory O'Byrne, Fingal County Council arts officer, there are 93,000 people living in Blanchardstown alone. "This town is bigger than Waterford," he said.
"This exhibition is proof of the rich and varied perspectives of individual artists from all parts of Fingal. It's a celebration of their combined visions, and an indicator of the wealth of creative talent in Fingal . . . This is in a suburb where people live and where real lives go on."
One of the roads in Fingal is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters, said the actor and director, Barry Cassin, who opened the show. "It's our history that makes us," he said. He praised Fingal County Council for its support of the arts.
The show, which is entitled Amharc Fhine Gall (The Fingal Gaze), includes work by Máire Cregan, David Balfe, Paul Coffey, Tony Crosbie, Elizabeth Comerford, Ken Clarken, Cormac Dennis, Angie Grimes, Cristophe Neumann, Val Hennigan, Desmond Kenny and Maura Murtagh.
Neumann's gunslinger works feature "ominous silhouetted images", while Cregan's work is based on rock pools in north Co Dublin. "It's the traces left when you pick up a rock," she said.
Introduced by Draíocht's visual arts officer, Carissa Farrell, it is hoped that the exhibition will becaome an annual event to "celebrate the creativity and talent in the county of Fingal over the coming years".
Amharc Fhine Gall runs until Friday, August 27th