List of public art in Galway city

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This is a list of public art on permanent display in Galway City Ireland. The list applies only to public art accessible in a public space; it does not include artwork in display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics.

Public art in city centre[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Galway hookers Monument	Eyre Square	1984	Éamonn O'Doherty
	Browne Doorway	Eyre Square	1627				[1]
	Pádraic Ó Conaire (Bronze replica)	Eyre Square	2017	Maurice Quillinan, based on 1935 original by Albert Power			[2] Limestone original now in Galway City Museum (see below)
	Liam Mellows Monument	Eyre Square	1957	Domhnall Ó Murchadha			[3]
	Kennedy Memorial	Eyre Square	1965	Albert O'Toole
	Lynch Coat of Arms, Lynch's Castle	Shop Street	Medieval	Unknown
	Christopher Columbus Monument	Spanish Arch Parade	1992	Mick Wilkins			[4]
	Oscar Wilde & Eduard Vilde	William Street	2004	Replica of original by T. Kirsipuu [5]			Original of this sculpture is located in Tartu.[6]
	Final Journey	Forster Street	2009	Mick Wilkins			Magdalen women memorial [7]

The Claddagh[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Claddagh Memorial Sculpture	Claddagh Quay	2003	Mick Wilkins			[8]
	Thomas Nicholas Burke	Nimmo's Pier, Claddagh	1948	John Francis Kavanagh[9]			[10]
	Naomh Máirtín de Porres	St. Mary's Priory, Claddagh Quay	1989	James McKenna			[11]
	Claddagh Icon	Father Griffin Road/ Fairhill Road Upper	2009	John Coll			[12]

NUI Galway[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Cathal Ó Fríl Monument	University College Galway
	Ceiliúradh	University College Galway		John Coll
	Equality Emerging	University College Galway	2001	John Behan			[13]
	Twin Spires	University College Galway		John Behan

Past public art[]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Lord Dunkellin	Eyre Square	1873	John Henry Foley			Destroyed in 1922 [14]
	Pádraic Ó Conaire	Eyre Square	1935	Albert Power			Limestone original vandalised in 1999. Now in Galway City Museum[15]

See also[]

• List of public art in Belfast
• List of public art in Cork city
• List of public art in Dublin
• List of public art in Limerick

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