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O'Doherty
O'Doherty is a surname, part of the O'Doherty family. Notable persons with that surname include: *Brian O'Doherty (born 1928), Irish art critic, writer, artist, and academic *Sir Cahir O'Doherty (1587–1608), last Gaelic Lord of Inishowen in Ireland * Chris O'Doherty (born 1951), known as Reg , New Zealand-born artist and musician *Claudia O'Doherty (born 1983), Australian actress and comedian *David O'Doherty (born 1975), Irish stand-up comedian * Éamonn O'Doherty (republican) (1939–1999), Irish republican and author * Éamonn O'Doherty (sculptor) (1939–2011), Irish sculptor and painter *Ellen O'Doherty (religious) (1894-1983), Australian superior general of Sisters of Charity *Gemma O'Doherty, Irish investigative journalist *Hugh O'Doherty (died 1924), Irish nationalist politician * Ian O'Doherty, Irish columnist *James Edward O'Doherty (1848–1932), Irish lawyer and politician *Jarrod O'Doherty, rugby league footballer *Jim O'Doherty, American television producer, writer a ...
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Gemma O'Doherty
Gemma O'Doherty (born 24 August 1968) is an Irish far-right activist and conspiracy theorist. She began her career as a staff writer for the ''Irish Independent'', contributing articles on travel, the criminal justice system and corruption, but was dismissed in 2013. She attempted to run as a candidate in the 2018 Irish presidential election, but failed to secure the minimum qualifying number of nominations required to be added to the ballot. O'Doherty was unsuccessful in the 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland, receiving 1.85% of first preference votes in the Dublin constituency. She unsuccessfully ran in the 2020 Irish general election receiving just under 2% of first preference votes. Her views on a range of subjects have led to a series of legal actions and calls for tightening of hate-crime legislation. She has been banned from YouTube since July 2019 for violations of its policies on hate speech. Early life Gemma O'Doherty was born in Ranelagh in Dublin, to Huber ...
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Joseph O'Doherty
Joseph O'Doherty (24 December 1891 – 10 August 1979) was an Irish teacher, barrister, revolutionary, politician, county manager, member of the First Dáil and of the Irish Free State Seanad. Family Joseph O'Doherty's father Michael O'Doherty was a prosperous entrepreneur from Gortyarrigan in the parish of Desertegney at the side of Raghin Beg mountain on the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal. When he got married, Michael moved from Gortyarrigan to the town of Derry where he owned a hansom cab business and a chain of butcher shops, kept racing horses, traded in cattle, and supplied meat until 1916 for the British Royal Navy fort at Dunree. Joseph's mother Rose O'Doherty (née McLaughlin) inspired him to become a revolutionary. O'Doherty was born at his parents' home at 14 Little Diamond in the Bogside district of Derry on Christmas Eve 1891. His brother, Séamus, was also a member of the IRB and took part in the events of the Easter Rising. Education He was first educa ...
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David O'Doherty
David Nicholas O'Doherty (; born 18 December 1975) is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty. His stand-up has won many international awards including the if.comedy award in 2008 and Best International Comedian at the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival. He attended Trinity College Dublin, where his comedy career began. "I spent a lot of my time introducing things", he says, "concerts and bands, that sort of thing". "I remember my brother once bet me I couldn't get the word 'spaghetti' into an introduction for a piano recital in the Edmund Burke so I stood-up and said 'my brother has bet me I can't say the word spaghetti' and I got a laugh." O'Doherty has written several books, written two plays and released three comedy CDs. His latest book for children, ''Danger Is Everywhere'', illustrated by Chris Judge has been selected for the UNESCO Dublin, City of Literature Citywide Reading Campaign. In 2015 it was published in 10 ...
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Martin O'Doherty
Martin O'Doherty (born 26 March 1952) is an Irish former hurler who played as a full-back for the Cork senior team. Born in Galway, O'Doherty first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Coláiste Chríost Rí. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 sides. He made his senior hurling debut during the 1971 championship. O'Doherty later became a regular member of the starting fifteen, and won three All-Ireland medals, six Munster medals and one National Hurling League medal. The All-Ireland-winning captain 1in 1977, he was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, O'Doherty won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a two-time All-Ireland medallist with Glen Rovers O'Doherty also won two Munster medals and two championship medals. Throughout his career O'Doherty ma ...
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Ian O'Doherty
Ian O'Doherty (born November 1971) is an opinion columnist. He works for the ''Irish Independent'', where the Press Ombudsman had upheld criticism of several of his articles. He previously worked for the ''Evening Herald'' and ''Hot Press''. Early life O'Doherty was born in Dublin, Ireland, at the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital in November of 1971. His parents were both in their teens and he was the first of his mother's progeny. His father, who had been living in London, opted to stay with his mother in Ireland and to marry her. He became a communist but, after spending time in Romania, he ceased to be. O'Doherty was an only child until the age of fifteen when his twin brother and sister were born. Though he is on good terms with them, he credits their arrival with causing him to come to the decision that he would never have children of his own. O'Doherty's parents both died prematurely, an event he associates with the trauma they endured. His Nana (maternal grand ...
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Cahir O'Doherty
Sir Cahir O'Doherty ( ga, Cathaoir Ó Dochartaigh or ga, label=none, Caṫaoir Ó Doċartaiġ; 1587–5 July 1608) was the last Gaelic Chief of the Name of Clan O'Doherty and Lord of Inishowen, in what is now County Donegal. O'Doherty was a noted loyalist during Tyrone's Rebellion and became known as the Queen's O'Doherty for his service on the Crown's side during the fighting. After the war O'Doherty had ambitions to become a courtier and applied for a position in the household of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, but he increasingly came into dispute with Irish-based officials such as the Viceroy Sir Arthur Chichester and the Governor of Derry Sir George Paulet. In 1608 he launched a rebellion, seizing Derry from Paulet and burning it to the ground. O'Doherty was subsequently killed in a battle at Kilmacrennan, and the rebellion swiftly collapsed. Early life Cahir was the son of Sir John O'Doherty, the head of the O'Dohertys and effective ruler of Inishowen. One of Ca ...
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Claudia O'Doherty
Claudia O'Doherty (born 29 November 1983) is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian. She won the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award for her debut show ''Monsters of the Deep 3D''. O'Doherty co-wrote the books ''100 Facts About Pandas'' and ''100 Facts About Sharks'' with David O'Doherty and Mike Ahern. She was a main cast member in the Netflix TV series ''Love''. Career O'Doherty has appeared several times on the podcast ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'', usually playing an exaggerated version of a character also named Claudia O'Doherty. She appeared with "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jimmy Pardo, Nick Kroll, Stars, and Peaches, among others. She also acted on one episode of the ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' TV series. In 2012, her stand-up show ''The Telescope'' was nominated for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. O'Doherty has appeared on the television show ''Problems'', and in Judd Apatow's film '' Trainwreck'', opposite Bill Hader an ...
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O'Doherty Family
The O’Doherty family ( ga, Clann Ua DochartaigNorthern Uí Néill) is an Irish clan based in County Donegal in the north of the island of Ireland. Like clans in other cultures, Irish clans such as the O’Dohertys are divided into many septs and regional families. In the modern day, there are over 250 variations in spelling of the name Ó Dochartaigh, of which Doherty (with or without the "Ó") is the most common anglicisation. Naming conventions Origins The O’Dohertys are named after Dochartach (fl. 10th century), a member of the Cenél Conaill dynasty which in medieval Irish genealogy traced itself to Niall of the Nine Hostages (see Uí Néill). Their coat of arms is a gules rampant stag in an argent field, vert chief with three stars. The clan motto is ''Ár nDuthchas'' (English: Our heritage). In Munster O'Doherty is often a different surname, Ó Dubhartaigh, which has sometimes been anglicized as Doorty in Co. Clare. The O’Doherty clan and family name is on ...
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Kevin Izod O'Doherty
Kevin Izod O'Doherty (7 September 1823 – 15 July 1905) was an Irish Australian politician who, as a Young Irelander, had been transported to Tasmania in 1849. He was first elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1867. In the 1885 he returned to Europe briefly serving as an Irish Home Rule MP at Westminster before returning in 1886 as a private citizen to Brisbane. Biography O'Doherty was born in Dublin on 7 September 1823, although other sources including the Dictionary of Australasian Biography indicate he was born in June 1824. Charles Gavan Duffy, in his ''My Life in Two Hemispheres'', states that O'Doherty was still under age when he was arrested in July 1848; however, Gavan Duffy was writing 50 years later. O'Doherty received a good education and studied medicine, but before he was qualified, joined the Young Ireland party and in June 1848, together with Thomas Antisell and Richard D'Alton Williams, established ''The Irish Tribune''. Only five editions were is ...
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Brian O'Doherty
Brian O'Doherty (4 May 1928 – 7 November 2022) was an Irish-American art critic, writer, visual artist, and academic. He lived in New York City for over 50 years, serving as an art critic for ''The New York Times'' and NBC, as well as an editor for ''Art in America''. He used a number of alter egos, including Patrick Ireland. Early life and education O'Doherty was born at Ballaghaderreen in County Roscommon in 1928, and grew up in Dublin.Ciarán Benson (2011)No sad imperialist of the aesthetic self ''The Dublin Review of Books'' 17 (Spring 2011). Archived 3 June 2014. He studied medicine at University College Dublin, and did post-graduate work at Cambridge University and at the Harvard School of Public Health. .n.(1 June 1997)Brian O'Doherty: University Professor of Fine Arts and Media Southampton College of Long Island University Long Island University. Accessed January 2014. In 1957, O'Doherty spent a year working in a cancer hospital before devoting himself full-time to the ...
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Mary Eva O'Doherty
Mary Eva Kelly (later O'Doherty) (1826–1910) was an Irish-Australian poet and writer who was widely known as "Eva" of "the Nation". Biography Born in Headford, County Galway, Ireland, Kelly was educated privately with other members of her family. Her first poems were translations, including one of Alphonse de Lamartine's ''Dying Christian''. Kelly became famous for her contributions to ''The Nation'', the first being "The Banshee". Initially using her own name, she adopted the non-de-plume ''Eva'' starting with her "Lament for Davis". She also contributed prose, essays and ballads. She was one of the three most famous women writers for ''The Nation'', who were known as "the Three Graces". During the period that Kelly wrote for the ''Nation'', she interacted with Olivia Knight, who was known as "Thomasine of the ''Nation''". In 1848, Kelly met Kevin Izod O'Doherty who was in prison for his radical politics. She married him in 1855 at Kingstown. He practised in Dublin suc ...
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Peter O'Doherty
Peter O'Doherty (born 23 March 1958) is a New Zealand-born Australian musician and visual artist. He is a founder of Australian pop band, Dog Trumpet, in 1991 on guitar and vocals, alongside his older brother, Chris O'Doherty ( Reg Mombassa) on guitar, keyboards, harmonica and vocals. They were also members of new wave group, Mental as Anything, which O'Doherty joined in August 1977 on bass guitar and vocals, until they both left in 2000. As a visual artist, O'Doherty specialised in still life and everyday suburban scenes. He is married to Susan, who is also a visual artist. Early life to Mental as Anything Peter O'Doherty was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 23 March 1958; with his family he emigrated to Sydney in 1969. His father, James, and mother were landscape painters. His older brother, Chris ( Reg Mombassa, born 1951), attended art school where he formed a new wave group, Mental As Anything, in early 1976 with his fellow students. O'Doherty attended high school on Syd ...
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