Editing David O'Doherty (section)

{{Short description|Irish comedian}}
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| name              = David O'Doherty
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| caption           = O'Doherty performing at [[Bumbershoot]] in 2010
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| birth_name        = David Nicholas Doherty<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/irish-comedians-have-the-last-laugh-20090416-a90i.html | title=Irish comedians have the last laugh }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/comedy-sanity-claws-h262wcwczg3 | title=Comedy: Sanity claws }}</ref>
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1975|12|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| education         = [[Trinity College Dublin]]
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| medium            = Stand up, television
| nationality       = Irish
| active            = 1999–present
| genre             = [[Musical comedy]], [[Surreal humour]]
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| website           = {{url|davidodoherty.com/}}
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'''David Nicholas O'Doherty''' ({{IPAc-en|oʊ|ˈ|d|ɒ|h|ər|t|i}}; born 18 December 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidodoherty.com/ |title=Providing comedy solutions since late 1975 |publisher=Davidodoherty.com |access-date=21 August 2013}}</ref> is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist [[Jim Doherty (musician)|Jim Doherty]]. His stand-up has won many international awards, including the [[if.comedy award]] in 2008<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7579339.stm|title=O'Doherty wins main Fringe award|date=23 August 2008|access-date=12 September 2008|publisher=BBC | first=Kevin | last=Young}}</ref> and Best International Comedian at the 2014 [[Sydney Comedy Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/news-blog/sydney-comedy-festival-2014-award-winners.html|title=Winners of the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival Awards|access-date=16 May 2016|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602085552/http://www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/news-blog/sydney-comedy-festival-2014-award-winners.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trinitynews.ie/faqs-for-d-od-frequently-asked-questions-for-david-odoherty/|title=FAQs for D.O'D (frequently asked questions for David O'Doherty)|work=Trinity News – Ireland's Oldest Student Paper|date=20 February 2012 |access-date=16 May 2016}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/danger-is-everywhere.html |title=Danger, Danger READ All About It! |access-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222123745/http://dublincityofliterature.ie/danger-is-everywhere.html |archive-date=22 February 2015 }}</ref> In 2015 it was published in 10 languages around the world.

He regards himself as "a failed jazz musician, scrambling about for something else to do with his life".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/comedy/4865933.print/|title=David O'Doherty, Hyena Lounge Comedy Club, City Screen, York, January 24|access-date=16 May 2016}}</ref>