Éamonn O'Doherty (1939 – 4 August 2011) was an Irish sculptor, painter,

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, photographer and lecturer. He was best known for his sculptures in public places. He was born in

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest City status in the United Kingdom, city in Northern Ireland, and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Fo ...

and raised in Donegal, and died, aged 72, in

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. Well known sculptures by Éamonn O'Doherty include the Quincentennial Sculpture on

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and the Anna Livia monument, in 2011 moved to the Croppies' Acre Memorial Park, in Dublin. O'Doherty also won awards for his paintings, amongst other on the Irish Exhibition of Living Art. An exhibition of his photographs from the collection of the Irish Traditional Music Archive toured around the United States. In the summer of 1966, O'Doherty was the first manager of Sweeney's Men and had painted the band's logo on the front of their van, from a drawing by Johnny Moynihan. According to Andy Irvine, O'Doherty was quite adept at playing the flute. He had also toured with Irvine in

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in the early part of 1966.''Andy's History'' – Chapter 3.
Autobiography at Andy Irvine's website. Retrieved 2 July 2015

Academics

O'Doherty studied at

St Columb's College St Columb's College is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland. Since 2008, it has been a specialist school in mathematics. It is named after Saint Columba, the missionary monk from County Donegal who founded a monast ...

, Derry going on to

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(UCD), where he earned a degree in architecture. Later he became lecturer at the Department of Architecture at the

Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological University Dublin, as TU Dublin City Campus. The insti ...

. In various capacities he also taught on the Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design (Ireland), the ''

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'' in Paris (France),

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(USA),

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(USA) and the

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(

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Personal

Éamonn O'Doherty was married to Barbara Ó Brolchain. They had 3 daughters and one son.Independent.ie – Eamonn O'Doherty
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, Dublin

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* Irish sculptors Artists from Derry (city) 1939 births 2011 deaths Academic staff of the University of Jordan Irish male sculptors People educated at St Columb's College {{Ireland-artist-stub

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