List of public art in Limerick

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This is a list of public art on permanent display in Limerick, 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.

The Dockers Monument in Limerick

Public art in city centre[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Limerick (Co. Limerick), O'Connell Monument.jpg O'Connell Monument The Crescent 1857 John Hogan The first public outdoor statue of Daniel O'Connell to be erected.[1]
Sarsfield Memorial 1.JPG Sarsfield Memorial Cathedral Place 1881 John Lawlor [2]
John O'Grady Monument, Limerick City.jpg John O'Grady Monument Ballysimon Road 1940s? [3]
Limerick (Co. Limerick), 1916 Memorial (1).jpg 1916 Memorial Sarsfield Bridge 1954 Albert Power [4]
Tait Clock Tower, Limerick - geograph.org.uk - 411632.jpg Tait Clock Baker Place 1867 William Edward Corbett [5]
Mairnealaigh.jpg Merchant Seamen's Memorial Russell Quay 1986 Capt. E. K. Donnelly
Limerick statues - Richard Harris.jpg Richard Harris Bedford Row 2007 Jim Connolly [6]
Limerick statues - Frank McCourt.jpg Frank McCourt Hartstonge Street Upper 2011 Séamus Connolly [7]
Limerick statues - 11.jpg Players O'Connell Street 1992 Robin Buick
Limerick statues singer from quimper.jpg Singer from Quimper Quimper Square 1992 Rowan Gillespie
The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick City, Ireland.jpg The Broken Heart Lower Mallow Street 1997 Maria Pizzuti [8]
Manchester Martyrs Memorial at Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery, Limerick City.jpg Manchester Martyrs Memorial Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery [9]
Terry Wogan - Limerick City (35927782795).jpg Terry Wogan Sarsfield Bridge 2017 Rory Breslin [10]
Limerick statues - 12.jpg Limerick Dockers Monument Spokane Walk 2010 Mike Duhan
To the People of Limerick Southern Ring Road 2006 Kevin McMahon

People's Park and Pery Square[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
The Rice Monument at the People's Park, Limerick City.jpg Rice Monument People's Park, Pery Square 1829 Thomas Kirk [11]
The Peoples Park Limerick.JPG Drinking fountain People's Park 1877 John Smith & Co
Children's Remembrance Memorial People's park 2002
War Memorial at Pery Square in Limerick City.jpg World War I & II Memorial Pery Square 1950
Military Memorial, Irish Defence Forces Pery Square

King's Island[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
The Bard Of Thomond.jpeg Michael Hogan King John's Castle Plaza 2005 Jim Connolly Known as "The Bard of Thomond"

Great-great grandfather of Mike and Noel Hogan (The Cranberries).[12]

Limerick statues - 2.jpg Michael Hogan Plaque Bishops' Palace 1990 Eddie Murphy
Limerick statues - 7.jpg Oarsman Athlunkard Street 1927
Limerick statues - Geese.jpg Fountain of Heritage (Wild Geese) Riverside Walk, City Hall 1991 William Turner
Limerick statues - 6.jpg Anti-War Memorial George's Quay 1987 Vincent Brown
Limerick statues wave form.jpg Wave Form Merchant's Quay 1987 Jim Flavin
Limerick statues - 3.jpg Volte Merchant's Quay 1990 Vivienne Roche

Thomondgate and west city[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Treaty Stone - geograph.org.uk - 302971.jpg Treaty Stone Thomond Bridge 1865 (mounted on plinth) N/A Reputed to be the stone on which the Treaty of Limerick was signed. Originally used as a step to mount horses.[13]
The Mayor's Stone Old Cratloe Road 1991 Eddie Murphy
Aesop's Fables Dunalaun Estate, New Road 1993 Tom Fitzgerald
The River of Life Shannon Close Noel Hoare
Persona Mayorstone Garda Station 2000 Michael Quane

University of Limerick[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Equatorial sun dial, presented to NIHE Limerick in 1986 (9307630682).jpg Equatorial Sun Dial University of Limerick 1986 Ken Thompson
UniversityOfLimerick AntonyGormley.jpeg Together and Apart University of Limerick 2001 Antony Gormley [14]
Swimmers University of Limerick Louise Walsh [15]
Salmon Fall University of Limerick Michael Warren [15]
Silver Pencils University of Limerick Peter Logan [15]
Crann Soilse University of Limerick Sean Scully [15]
Geometric Forms Schuman Building, University of Limerick Alexandra Wejchert [15]

Past public art[]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Viscount FitzGibbon who fell at the "Charge of the Light Brigade" in bronze (34006516403).jpg Viscount FitzGibbon Sarsfield Bridge 1857 Patrick MacDowell Blown up in 1930.[16] Plinth reused for 1916 memorial.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "O'Connell Monument, The Crescent, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Limerick Sarsfield Statue". Library Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Weight thrower gave it his best shot..." (PDF). Limerick Leader. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Limerick 1916 Memorial". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Tait Memorial Clock, Baker Place, Davis Street, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Harris statue is true to life says sculptor" (PDF). Limerick Chronicle. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Frank McCourt". Statues Hither and Thither. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  8. ^ "The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Manchester Martyrs Memorial, Mount Saint Lawrence's Cemetery, Old Cork Road/Mount Street Lower, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Statue of the late Terry Wogan". TheJournal.ie. 24 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Rice's Memorial, People's Park, Pery Square, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Bard's book to be reissued". Irish Times. 8 April 1999. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  13. ^ "A Chunk of the Treaty Stone". Limerick's Life. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Antony Gormley – Together and Apart – Public art directory – Public Art". Publicart.ie. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Outdoor Sculptures – University of Limerick". University of Limerick. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  16. ^ "Limerick 1916 Memorial". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

Bibliography[]

"Street Art and Artefacts Limerick City: Inventory by Category" (PDF). Limerick Civic Trust. Retrieved 7 November 2018.

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