O'Doherty, Eamon

Éamonn O'Doherty (b. Derry, Northern Ireland, 1939 and d. 2011) studied architecture at University College Dublin.

He has received several prestigious commissions for public spaces in Ireland and abroad. These include the Anna Livia sculpture (formerly in O'Connell St., Dublin); 'Crann an Oir' at the Central Bank, Dublin; the James Connolly Memorial, Beresford Place, Dublin; the Great Hunger Memorial in Westchester County, New York; the Emigrants Sculpture, Waterloo Place, Derry; and the 'Protogonos' sculpture at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. He has exhibited at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, the Claremorris Open, and at the annual RHA exhibition. An exhibition of his photographs from the Irish Traditional Music Archive recently toured the U.S.A. and was exhibited at the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at U.C.L.A., Glucksman House at New York University and the University of Virginia. A major retrospective of his work takes place as part of Derry-Londonderry City of Culture 2013.

His work is included in a number of collections including The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.