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Awards & Public Art Commissions

  • 2010 Arts Council Award to attend International Sculpture Conference, London.
  • 2010 Kildare County Council Artist Award.
  • 2009 The Medusa Tree Commission VISUAL, the Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Ireland
  • 2008 Commission, Tallaght Cross, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2006 Commission, Inst. Technology, Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland
  • 2006 Commission, Innis Oirr, The Aran Islands, Co.Galway, Ireland
  • 2005 Comm. National Maritime College, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, Ireland
  • 2004 Commission, Dromahair/Leitrim, Ireland
  • 2004 Elected as a member of Aosdana
  • 2001 Commission, The Pyramid, Lough Boora, Co. Offaly, Ireland
  • 2001 Commission, Kildavin, Co. Carlow, Ireland
  • 2000 Commission, John Roberts Square, St, Waterford, Ireland
  • 2000 Commission, Millennium Fountain, Boyle, Co.Roscommon, Ireland
  • 1999 Commission, Market Square, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland
  • 1998 Commission, Famine Stone, Eigse, Carlow, Ireland
  • 1997 Commission, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
  • 1997 Commission, Dunlaoighre, Co. Dublin, Ireland
  • 1996 Commission, Kilkenny City, Ireland
  • 1995 Commission, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Ireland
  • 1994 Commission, Mallow Road, Cork, Ireland
  • 1993 Arts Council Travel Award, India
  • 1992 Commission, Dublin Corporation, Clanbrassil St., Dublin, Ireland
  • 1991 Commission, Regional Technical College, Athlone, Ireland
  • 1990+95 First Prize Sculpture, Iontas Exhibition, Sligo, Ireland
  • 1989 Commission, Dublin Castle, Ireland
  • 1986 Arts Council Travel Award, Scotland
  • 1986 Award Winner, Mobil Young Sculpture Symposia, Scotland
  • 1983+81 Award to Execute Work for Independent Artists Exhibit.
  • 1980 Student Prize, Claremorris Art Exhibition, Ireland

Key Solo Exhibitions

Key Group Exhibitions

  • 2012 Udden Skulptur, Sweden
  • 2011 Group Show, Bohuslan’s Stone Stipend recipients, Hunnebostrand, Sweden
  • 1995 Sculpture Biennale, Caldas Da Rainha, Portugal
  • 1993 Sculpture Exhibition, Gulbarga, India
  • 1992 Stone Sculpture Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
  • 1990 Hara Mura Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Japan

Collections

The following organisations have collections of MacDonagh’s Public Art Sculpture work

Ireland:

  • Waterford Co. Council
  • Carlow Co. Council
  • Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown Co. Council
  • Kilkenny Co. Council
  • Cork Co. Council
  • Mountmellick Library, Co. Laois
  • Museum Park, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
  • Harbour Board, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • VEC Co. Sligo
  • Letterfrack Centre, Co. Galway
  • Dublin City Corporation, Co. Dublin
  • Limerick City Corporation, Co. Limerick
  • St. Patrick’s Training College, Dublin
  • OPW Dublin Castle
  • Marley Park, Dublin
  • Cork County Council

International:

  • Sendai : Peoples Park, Japan
  • Tawara : Newtown, Osaka, Japan
  • Regional : Technical College, Athlone
  • Merzig, : Stones on the Border, Germany
  • Gulbarga, : India.