Rory O'Tunny (''fl. c.'' 1520 – 1542; , ; other spellings include ''Ruoricus, Otyuny, Otwyne, Otuyne, Otyyne'') was an

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Born into a family of sculptors, said to have originated in

Callan, County Kilkenny Callan () is a town and civil parish in County Kilkenny in Ireland. Situated 16 km (10 mi) south of Kilkenny on the N76 road to Clonmel, it is near the border with County Tipperary. It is the second largest town in the county, and had ...

, O'Tunney was primarily a sculptor of

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s. Among his more prominent works are three tombs in Kilcooly Abbey, the resting place of Sir John Grace and his wife, Honora Brenach, at Grace's Chapel,

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, County Kilkenny, and the tombs of Robert Walsh and his wife, Katherine Poer, at

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. He also carved the Trinity Stone once housed in St. Mary's Church, Callan.Strickland, Henry G. A Dictionary of Irish Artists. Maunsel & Company, Limited, Dublin and London. 1913.

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RTÉ Report on the O'Tunny sculptures http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0823/nationwide_av.html?2807072,null,228 Year of death missing Irish sculptors Year of birth uncertain Artists from County Kilkenny 16th-century sculptors Irish male sculptors People from Callan, County Kilkenny {{Ireland-sculptor-stub