The scale of the 2023 Taispeántas na Cásca Baile ‘n Fheirtéaraigh and the number of local art entries could not have been envisaged when the exhibition was first suggested by Maria Simmonds-Gooding in 1974. But the influence of those early exhibitions was to be seen this week, with many of the artworks on display created by artists whose work first appeared when they were pupils of local schools.