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===Awards and nominations for stand-up comedy=== O'Doherty has been decorated with numerous awards for his achievements in comedy. In 1999, he won the [[Channel 4]] [[So You Think You're Funny]] Comedy Competition at the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] and was also a finalist in the [[BBC New Comedy Awards]] in the same year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/edinburgh/article4602506.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616123303/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/edinburgh/article4602506.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2011|title=David O'Doherty wins top award for his 'delightful' Edinburgh show|date=25 August 2008|access-date=12 September 2008|newspaper=[[The Times]] | location=London | first=David | last=Lister}}</ref> He eventually won the [[If.comedy award|if.comedy Award]] (formerly the Perrier Award) in 2008 for ''Let's Comedy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2008/08/24/7289/david_does_it%21|title=David does it!|date=24 August 2008|access-date=12 September 2008|publisher=[[Chortle]]}}</ref> He was also nominated for the Barry Award at the [[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]] in 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/modestadventures/about.html |title=Some facts about David O'Doherty |publisher=RTÉ |access-date=21 August 2013}}</ref> and in 2014 received the award for Best International Comedian at the 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> {{awards table}} |- | 1999 || [[Edinburgh Fringe]] || [[Channel 4]] [[So You Think You're Funny]] Comedy Competition winner || {{won}} |- | 1999 || || [[BBC New Comedy Awards]] || {{nom|2nd}} |- | 2000 || || Perrier Best Newcomer Award || {{nom}} |- | 2003 || || ''[[Hot Press]]'' Irish Comedian of the Year || {{won}} |- | 2006 || ''David O'Doherty is My Name'' || [[If.comedy award]] || {{nom}} |- | 2006 || ''David O'Doherty is My Name'' || [[Barry Award (for comedy)|Barry Award]] at the [[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]] || {{nom}} |- | 2008 || ''Let's Comedy'' || [[If.comedy award]] || {{won}} |- | 2014 || ''David O’Doherty Will Try To Fix Everything'' || Best International Comedian Sydney Comedy Festival Awards || {{won}} {{end}}
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