Donal "Dony" MacManus is an Irish sculptor and educator. MacManus graduated with a degree from the

National College of Art and Design The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) is Ireland's oldest art institution, offering the largest range of art and design degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the country. Originating as a drawing school in 1746, many of th ...

in Dublin, as well as an Art Teaching Diploma. He worked as a teacher in St. David's,

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. He studied in

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gaining a Masters. He has a number of sculptures on display in New York and Washington D.C. MacManus returned to Ireland in 2004 and founded ''Irish Academy of Figurative Art'', in

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in Dublin. In 2011 MacManus co-founded the Sacred Art School, in

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. He is also a board member of Newman College Ireland.

Works

* ''The Linesman'' (1999), Dublin Docklands * ''St Josemaría Escrivá'' (2000), bronze for the Catholic Information Center, Washington D.C. * ''

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'' (2001), cast bronze, St. Paul's School, New Hampshire. U.S.A. * ''St Joseph and the Child Jesus'' (2002), bronze for the Catholic Information Center, Washington D.C. * ''

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'' (2004), Catholic Information Center, Washington D.C. * ''St Joseph and the Child Jesus'' (2007) cast bronze, Tallahassee, Florida. * ''The Game Piece'', originally on N4, moved to Jail Park, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. * ''Theology of the Body Sculpture'' * ''

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'' (2016), Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church, New York.Archbishop Sheen Statue inspire a new generation
by Michael Kelly, Irish Catholic, 30 June 2015. * ''Bishop

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'' St. Mary's Church, Drumlish, Co. Longford, 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacManus, Dony 1971 births Irish sculptors Alumni of the National College of Art and Design New York Academy of Art alumni People from County Dublin Living people