Obituary taken from the Advocate – December 24 1936.
"T HE ADVOCATE" deeply regrets to record the death of his Lordship the Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Most Rev. Thomas O'Doherty, D.D., and Administrator-Apostolic of Kilfenora, who passed to his eternal reward on Tuesday of last week, December 15, after a short illness. The sad new was conveyed in a cable message from his Lordship's secretary, Rev. Fr. O'Dea, B.A. Bishop O'Doherty had first-hand knowledge of Australia, and its people had in him a staunch friend and admirer. Those who met him when he visited this land to take part in the Sydney Eucharistic Congress will be grieved -to learn of his death at the age of 59, and will remember him in their prayers. Born at Lisacul, Loughglynn, County Roscommon, in 1877, he was educated at Summerhill College, Sligo, and pursued his higher studies at Maynooth. In 1902 he was ordained to the priesthood, and for the next eight years was a professor at Summerhill College. In 1910 he was appointed Dean of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, the president at that time being the present Archbishop of Melbourne. From 1913 to 1919 he was Canon Theologian of Elphin. In the latter year he was elevated to the Episcopacy as Bishop of Clonfert. Four years later he was translated to the See of Galway—a modern diocese, erected in 1831 in place of the old, exempt wardenship. That his Lordship was a fluent speaker and writer of Gaelic was not the least of his qualifications for being Bishop in this proud part of the Gaeltacht. Kilmacduagh diocese is conterminous with the ancient territory of Hy Fiachra Aidhne, in County Galway, while Kilfenora diocese, the smallest in Ireland by the way, comprises the baronies of Corcomroe and Burren in County Clare. Galway and Kilmacduagh is a suffragain diocese in the Province of Tuam, the Archbishop of which, Most Rev. Thomas Gilmartin, D.D., Bishop O'Doherty accompanied to Australia in 1928.

We may, not without melancholy interest, recall words Bishop O'Doherty spoke to a representative of "The Advocate " when his Lordship was in Melbourne eight years ago. He said: "I am greatly impressed with Melbourne, which is a magnificent city, showing signs of progress and activity on every side. I will have lasting impressions of my visit to Australia. I was dazzled by the magnificent display given by the children in the Exhibition Building. I have seen nothing to equal it in any part of tfre world. I was present at , the opening of the new wing at Corpus Ohristi College, Werribee, and was struck by the fine site, pleasing surroundings, and completeness of ths college. The authorities are rightly building not only for the present, but also for the future, and the college is a distinct credit to Australia. There is every promise for the future of the Church in all Australia. I will have much to tell my people, on my return, of the places I have visited and the great demonstration I have witnessed in this sunny land, and it will give me especial pleasure to state that the sons and daughters of Ireland have been strong contributing factors in the building up of the Australian Commonwealth."