John Behan (sculptor)

[1] He also participated in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art and shows at the Royal Hibernian Academy.

[1] Notable Behan sculptures include Arrival, commissioned by the Irish government and presented to the United Nations in 2000,[1] and Wings of the World in Shenzhen, China, 1991.

In the mid-1990s, Behan was commissioned by the Irish government to create a National Famine Memorial that would encompass the magnitude of the suffering and loss endured by the people of Ireland during the Famine period.

[2] The memorial, located in Murrisk, County Mayo, was unveiled by Mary Robinson on 20 July 1997.

[3][1] The Liberty Tree sculpture in Carlow, designed by John Behan, commemorates the 1798 Rising of the United Irishmen.