Munster in 30 Artworks, No 19: A Fishy Tale, by Carmel Doherty, in Ennis

The piece was inspired by the way her father would tie a salmon, and forms part of the sculpture trail she helped establish in her hometown 

A Fishy Tale, by Carmel Doherty, in Ennis, Co Clare.

Carmel Doherty’s limestone sculpture, A Fishy Tale, stands at the centre of a water feature at the Maid of Éireann Roundabout in Ennis, Co Clare. The piece dates to 1997, when Doherty spearheaded the first of two sculpture trails in her native town.

“A Fishy Tale is dedicated to my father, Michael, who fished for salmon on the River Fergus all his life,” says Doherty. “Its shape reflects on how he’d tie a salmon, head to tail.”