| Biography | |
| 1950 | Born in Gorey, Co Wexford |
| 1969-70 | Foundation Course, Bath Academy of Art |
| 1970-71 | Trinity College, Dublin |
| 1971-75 | Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan. Lives and works near Gorey, Co Wexford, with his wife María and their children, Cristina and George. |
| Distinctions | |
| 2008 | Elected a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy |
| 2001 | Tulach a' tSolais nominated for Mies van der Rohe Architecture Prize |
| 1998 | Decoration of Cultural Merit, Ecuador |
| 1993 | Sculpture on postage stamp issued by Principality of Andorra |
| 1991 | Medalla al Merito Artistico, Madrid |
| 1989 | Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum Award, Japan |
| 1984 | Nominated for the Wolf Foundation Prize in Arts (Sculpture), Israel |
| 1981 | Elected a member of Aosdána |
| 1980/83 | Mont Kavanagh Award for Environmental Art, Dublin |