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Legacy
O'Doherty is internationally renowned for his sculptures. O'Doherty portrayed his thoughts and ideas through his work. He conquered a range of different professions, such as a sculptor, a painter, photographer and lastly a lecturer. He created unique pieces of art that can tell their own story. The public can interpret his pieces of art in their own way, such as his many large-scale public sculptures, long after his death. Above all he thrived the most in creating meaningful sculptures across Ireland and abroad. O'Doherty's creations will live on for centuries, each with their own individual meaning, such as the Anna Livia water feature (1988), which was also known as The Floozie in the Jucuzzi, located on Wolf Tone Quay, Arran Quay, Dublin. This particular sculpture is symbolic for the course of the river from its source in the Wicklow mountains through the city quays and into Dublin Bay.

The sculptures he created are a great acknowledgement of other celebrated people or simply an idea that is transformed into a work of art, for example 'The Wind Sculpture' in Dublin. He often created landmarks of well-known figures, for example the James Connolly memorial and the Quincentennial sculpture in Eyre Square, Galway. O'Doherty is a decorated sculptor with many awards including the Connor Moran prize for sculpture at the Royal Hibernian Academy exhibition in 2006. O'Doherty has also co-authored many books on everything from music to environmental planning. O'Doherty also practiced as a architecture lecturer for many years at Dublin Instititue of Technology, passing on his in- depth knowledge on to many students. O'Doherty has inspired people throughout his entire life, through his complex creations and ideas that he turned into real life sculptures.

O'Doherty has left a long lasting mark on Irish art and sculpting, that will continue long into the future. O’ Doherty has also left his mark on traditional Irish music. He played many instruments including; the guitar, flute, tin whistle and mandolin. He had a great passion for music which lead him to a variety of roles. He created songs such as ‘Joe McCann’, which was a tribute to an IRA man who was killed in 1972. Projects like this showed the empathic side of O’ Doherty and his admiration and acknowledgement for others. He also helped create a song called ‘The northern fiddler: music and musicians of Donegal and Tyrone’, with Allen Feldman.

O'Doherty was a man of many talents, who will be continued to be known for his works and creations whether it is a sculpture, a piece of art, music, or his own intellect that has been passed on to many students through his time as a lecturer. His piece 'The Tree of Gold' on the Central Bank plaza on Dame Street is a great example and is important in the context of the city as all sorts of people, from political protesters to punks, gather under the shade of O'Doherty's tree.

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