1. David Nicholas O'Doherty is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty.
21 Facts About David O'Doherty
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David O'Doherty's stand-up has won many international awards, including the if.
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David O'Doherty attended Trinity College Dublin, where his comedy career began.
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David O'Doherty's grandfather was Kevin O'Doherty, an Irish hurdles champion, and his great-grandfather was Seamus O'Doherty, a head of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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David O'Doherty is the youngest of three children and has an older brother and sister who are seven and eight years older than him, respectively.
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David O'Doherty studied philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, where he was a member of the Jazz Society and a fake Breakdancing Society.
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David O'Doherty worked in a bicycle shop and in telemarketing and temping before he made his first stage appearance at Dublin's Comedy Cellar in 1998.
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David O'Doherty has performed at festivals across the world in locations that include Adelaide, Melbourne, Montreal, New York City and Wellington NZ, Moscow and Iceland.
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David O'Doherty has been decorated with numerous awards for his achievements in comedy.
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David O'Doherty was nominated for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2006 and in 2014 received the award for Best International Comedian at the Sydney Comedy Festival.
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In May 2007, O'Doherty's first TV series, The Modest Adventures of David O'Doherty, began airing on RTE Two.
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David O'Doherty sneaks his crew into Dublin Zoo dressed in clothes of an 1800s style.
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David O'Doherty has written widely for newspapers and magazines and has two plays, two books and a radio series to his name.
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David O'Doherty's debut book was a children's book entitled Ronan Long Gets It Wrong, written in 2001.
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David O'Doherty has written a series for RTE Radio about bee detectives with his brother Mark, entitled The Bees of Manulla.
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David O'Doherty released a book detailing 100 false facts about pandas called 100 Facts About Pandas.
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David O'Doherty followed this up with 100 Facts About Sharks which is 100 false facts about sharks.
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David O'Doherty is an avid cyclist and owns, as of 2025,18 bicycles.
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David O'Doherty has stated publicly that he has never once eaten a turnip, and anyone who states otherwise will face legal ramifications.
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In 2008, David O'Doherty starred alongside comedian Dylan Moran, Keith Allen and Neil Jordan in A Film with Me in It, a cinematic release written by and starring his brother Mark Doherty.
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O'Doherty has released five live audio albums, Giggle Me Timbers, recorded in front of 35 people in his studio apartment and Let's David O'Doherty, We Are Not The Champions and You Only Live recorded at Whelan's in Dublin.