Family seeks permanent home for Corkman's sculpture 15 years in the making

'The Death of Ferdia' is the final work of Herbert Kearney, a prolific sculptor, painter, and poet, who spent three decades traveling the world after graduating from art school in Cork

Sculptor Herbert Kearney pictured in 2007. Picture: Marco Bakker

In a backyard in Douglas, an eight-foot-tall sculpture retells a tragic Irish myth of brother against brother. 

Fifteen years in the making, “The Death of Ferdia” is the final work of native son Herbert Kearney, a prolific sculptor, painter, and poet, who spent three footloose decades traveling the world after graduating from art school in Cork.