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Later life and death[edit]

O’Doherty continued to create prestigious public art works including The Emigrants (1990), now located at the Quay Trail, Derry;[1][2] An Crann Óir (1991), Central Bank Plaza, Dublin;[1][3][4] Swans (Passage) (1994), Antrim Area Hospital;[1][5] To The Skellig (1995), Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry.[1][6]  In 1996 his James Connolly was unveiled in Beresford Place, a site where Connolly had addressed political gatherings.[1][7] Further commissions include the Bicentenary Sculpture (1997), Royal Hospital, Belfast[1][8] and Fauscailt/The Pikemen (1998), N25, Wexford.[1]

Famine Memorial, Liverpool. Unveiled by President Mary MacAleese in 1998.

In 1998, President Mary MacAleese unveiled O'Doherty's Famine Memorial in Liverpool.[9][10] He then won a competition to create an Irish famine memorial in Woodchester, New York. The Great Hunger Memorial was unveiled in VE Macy Park in 2002.[11][12] The work won many awards including “Most Outstanding Work of Public Art” by the American Institute of Architects.[1] In 2007, O’Doherty won the international Selvaag/Peer Gynt competition. His entry, The Thin Priest With The Fowling Net, is in the Peer Gynt Sculpture Park in Oslo Norway.[1][13]

In 2002, O’Doherty retired from lecturing to work on his art.[1][14][15] The same year his photographs from the Irish Traditional Music Archive were exhibited in New York, California and Virginia.[1][4]  Around this time he was treated for throat cancer but continued to work apace.[16] The following year he moved to Ferns in Co. Wexford and converted stone outbuildings into an artist's studio.[1][15]

In 2005, O'Doherty sculpted The Damselfly for Waterford County Council.[1][17] In 2006, he won the Connor/Moran prize for sculpture at the Royal Hibernian Academy exhibition.[1][18] He was also commissioned by Mayo Co. Council to celebrate life on the Island of Inishturk and created Na hOileánaigh.[1][19] Girl at a Loom, Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone followed in 2007.[1] In 2008 he produced Another Season, in Clane for Kildare County Council.[1][20] In 2010, President Mary MacAleese unveiled his last large scale work, Protogonos, at St James’s Hospital Dublin.[1][18][21]

O’Doherty died suddenly from throat cancer on 4 August 2011.[1][21][14] He is buried in Kiltealy, Co. Wexford.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t White, Laurence William (2017). "O'Doherty, Eamonn | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 2021-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Cite error: The named reference ":1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "O'DOHERTY'S "EMIGRANTS" DRAWING PURCHASED BY DERRY CITY COUNCIL". Derry Daily. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  3. ^ "Crann an Óir". Public Art. 18 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Lynch, Brian (Spring 2008). "Genius Loci". Irish Arts Review. 25 (1): 84–87 – via JSTOR.
  5. ^ http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/publications/promotional/public%20art%20handbook.pdf page 54
  6. ^ "Cahersiveen - Cathair Saidhbhín - To the Skelligs". statues.vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  7. ^ "Looking at Public Sculpture in Dublin – Sculpture Dublin". Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  8. ^ "Bicentenary Sculpture | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  9. ^ Donnelly, Rachel. "President unveils Liverpool Famine memorial". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  10. ^ "Liverpool, England (1998)". Irish Famine Memorials. 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  11. ^ Staudter, Thomas (2001-06-24). "After 7 Years of Planning, Memorial to Irish Famine Is Ready". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  12. ^ "Great Hunger Memorial". parks.westchestergov.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  13. ^ McQuillan, Deirdre (23 August 2007). "Irish sculptor wins in Norway". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  14. ^ a b Patrick MacEntee "A friend remembers" in A Man For All Mediums at http://www.irishart.no/Eamonn/EOD-CatalogueLowRes.pdf
  15. ^ a b Falvey, Deirdre. "Glory road as trouble brews at home". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  16. ^ Mulholland, Joe (24 October 2011). "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Eamonn O'Doherty, Irish Sculptor: Public Statues, Floozie In The Jacuzzi". www.visual-arts-cork.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  18. ^ a b "Eamonn O'Doherty (1939 - 2011) | Arts Council of Northern Ireland". artscouncil-ni.org. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  19. ^ "Na hOileánaigh". Public Art. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "Kildare County Council Arts Service - Another Season". www.kildare.ie. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  21. ^ a b Leach, Cristin (21 August 2011). "Art pick: Eamonn O'Doherty". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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