I spent a short time on a personal shoot with Bob Geldof 45 years ago. Together we made a photograph. I often think collaboration is vital. From my old negatives … 🎞📷 #photography #35mm #documentary #Ireland

Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 1978… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #Donegal #photography #documentary #Ireland

Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 1978… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland

Twelfth” Orange parade at Rossnowlagh Donegal in 2022… #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland

Fifty years ago…35mm film…Dublin…Rory Gallagher…my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

Thanks to The Irish Times for a lovely two page spread on my book Tory Island today. Book launch is at Photo Museum Ireland on Wednesday June 24th at 6pm… Photo Museum Ireland Photo Books Ireland Garry O'neill @willeica The Irish Times #dalkeybookfestival #photography #documentary #donegal #ireland

One week to go… at Photo Museum Ireland in Dublin 🎞📷 @PhotoMuseumIRL #photography #documentary #Donegal #Ireland

Happy Bloomsday… Sandycove early this morning with the James Joyce tower on the right #Bloomsday #Bloomsday2026 #JamesJoyce #Joyce #Ulysses #Sandycove #Dublin

Coming soon… the launch of my book Toraigh, at Photo Museum Ireland, in Dublin on Wednesday June 24th at 6pm. Photography on Tory island over a 50 year period, with a foreword by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. Available to order in advance, via this link hitonebooks.ie/toraigh-tory...

My new book is being launched on June 24th. Photography on Tory island, Ireland’s most remote inhabited island, over a 50 year period, with a foreword by historian Diarmaid Ferriter. Available to order in advance, via this link hitonebooks.ie/toraigh-tory...

For anyone interested in documentary photography. Derry Northern Ireland 1981… from my old negatives #photography #35mm #kodak #Derry #Ireland

The greatest guitarist in the world live on stage in Dublin over 50 years ago… Rory Gallagher from my old negatives #35mmfilm #guitar #rorygallagher #music #documentary #Ireland

Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones in Ireland 1982… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #Ireland

One from my collection of twenty original prints now on permanent display at the Little Museum of Dublin… Sinead O’Connor at a political rally in Dublin 1989… from my old negatives #photograghy #documentary #35mmfilm #Dublin #Ireland @littlemuseumdub

Sad to hear of the death of Gordon Snell author and husband of the late Maeve Binchy. I would see him regularly as we live near each other, and was fortunate to photograph the couple for my own archive a few years ago… #author #gordonsnell #MaeveBinchy #Dalkey #Ireland

The blanket protest in 1979… a campaign for political status for Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland … from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #Ireland

On board a fishing boat off the West coast of Ireland 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

On board a fishing boat off the West coast of Ireland 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

As a full time photographer for the last 50 years and while still shooting… I enjoy sharing my old negatives…Galicia Spain 1970s on Kodak Tri-X film… #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary

Galicia Spain 1970s on Kodak Tri-X film… from my old negatives #35mm #kodak #documentary #photography #Spain

Sometimes ordinary everyday life makes for good photographs . West of Ireland over 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #galway #Ireland

As a full time photographer for the last 50 years and while still shooting , I enjoy sharing my old work… West of Ireland in the 1970s #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #Galway #Ireland

Sometimes ordinary everyday life makes for good photographs . West of Ireland over 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #galway #ireland

As a full time photographer for over 50 years, here’s a photograph from my old negatives… West of Ireland 1970s #35mmfilm #kodak #leica #documentary #photography #ireland

Sometimes ordinary everyday life makes for good photographs . West of Ireland over 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #galway #ireland

With manual cameras , manual focus, no motor drive, it was such a challenge to try to capture his dreadlocks. In my seventies, I can think of nothing more enjoyable than sharing a photograph, from my archive… the great Bob Marley at his one and only gig in Ireland… from my old negatives

So now I’m in my seventies, I can think of nothing more enjoyable than sharing a photograph, from my own archive, and here’s a personal favourite… the great Bob Marley at his one and only gig in Ireland… from my old negatives #photography #BobMarley #myoldnegatives

Rural Ireland 1980s… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #photography #documentary #ireland

Simple everyday moments captured on 35mm film and archived for future generations… documentary photography is not art but of equal importance in recording daily life. A sheep farmer and his collie dog in rural Ireland 50 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

Unloading the turf in rural Ireland 45 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Ireland

A portrait on Kodak Tri-X 35mm film almost 50 years ago…from my old negatives. I wonder if today’s digital images will be around or accessible in 50 years ? #35mmfilm #kodak #photo #photograghy #Ireland

The site of the Dandelion Market in Dublin in the 1970s and where now stands Stephens Green Shopping Centre...from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #Dublin #Ireland

50 years ago I was a young photographer and he was a big political figure so a difficult portrait to make of Seán MacBride, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #Ireland

50 Years Ago at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland a market was held once a month in Crossmaglen South Armagh … from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photograghy #documentary #Ireland

New York New York 50 years ago… from my old negatives 🎞📷

New York…New York… 50 years ago from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photograghy #documentary #NYC #newyorkcity #Kodak

Hill 16… Croke Park 1970s… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photograghy #gaa #Dublin #Ireland

Rural Ireland 2008… #photography #documentary #Ireland

Phil Lynott who died on this day 40 years ago… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #thinlizzy #lynott #Dublin #Ireland

Happy New Year…. Dublin in the rare old times… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #Dublin #Ireland #HappyNewYear

Happy Christmas to one and all. Here’s a Pogue and a Dubliner… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #photography #documentary #MerryChristmas #Dublin #Ireland

I left mainstream photojournalism after a career of almost 50 years to work on my personal archive and share some moments of social history on film… Luke Kelly leaves the stage (right) after a Dubliners gig in Dublin in the 1970s… from my old negatives

Luke Kelly of The Dubliners on stage in the 1970s… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #documentary #photography #Dublin #Ireland

A Day at the Races…rural Ireland 2025 #photography #leica #documentary #Ireland

A Day at the Races…rural Ireland 2025 #photography #leica #documentary #Ireland

A Day at the Races…rural Ireland 2025 #photography #leica #documentary #Ireland

A Day at the Races…rural Ireland December 2025 #photography #leica #documentary #Ireland

A Day at the Races…rural Ireland 2025 #photography #leica #documentary #Ireland

A Day at the Races…rural Ireland 2025 #photography #leica #documentary #Ireland

A portrait of the actor Donal McCann 40 years ago… from my old negatives #portrait #theatre #documentary #photography #Ireland