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.
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Public art in city centre
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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O'Connell Monument | The Crescent | 1857 | John Hogan | The first public outdoor statue of Daniel O'Connell to be erected.[1] | |||
Sarsfield Memorial | Cathedral Place | 1881 | John Lawlor | [2] | |||
John O'Grady Monument | Ballysimon Road | 1940s? | [3] | ||||
1916 Memorial | Sarsfield Bridge | 1954 | Albert Power | [4] | |||
Tait Clock | Baker Place | 1867 | William Edward Corbett | [5] | |||
Merchant Seamen's Memorial | Russell Quay | 1986 | Capt. E. K. Donnelly | ||||
Richard Harris | Bedford Row | 2007 | Jim Connolly | [6] | |||
Frank McCourt | Hartstonge Street Upper | 2011 | Séamus Connolly | [7] | |||
Players | O'Connell Street | 1992 | Robin Buick | ||||
Singer from Quimper | Quimper Square | 1992 | Rowan Gillespie | Depicts a Breton singer from Quimper, a city twinned with Limerick. | [8] | ||
The Broken Heart | Lower Mallow Street | 1997 | Maria Pizzuti | [9] | |||
Manchester Martyrs Memorial | Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery | [10] | |||||
Terry Wogan | Sarsfield Bridge | 2017 | Rory Breslin | [11] | |||
Limerick Dockers Monument | Spokane Walk | 2010 | Mike Duhan | ||||
To the People of Limerick | Southern Ring Road | 2006 | Kevin McMahon | ||||
Statue of Saint Michael | Atop St Michael's Church, Denmark Street Upper 52°39′49″N 8°37′26″W / 52.6637313°N 8.62393321°W |
1779–81 | Unknown | Gilt statue of Saint Michael slaying the dragon. | [12] | ||
Horse outside | Hunt Museum | 2014 | Angela Connolly | [13] |
People's Park and Pery Square
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Rice Monument | People's Park, Pery Square | 1829 | Thomas Kirk | [14] | |||
Drinking fountain | People's Park | 1877 | John Smith & Co | ||||
Children's Remembrance Memorial | People's park | 2002 | |||||
World War I & II Memorial | Pery Square | 1950 | |||||
Military Memorial, Irish Defence Forces | Pery Square |
King's Island
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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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).[15] | |||
Michael Hogan Plaque | Bishops' Palace | 1990 | Eddie Murphy | ||||
Oarsman | Athlunkard Street | 1927 | |||||
Fountain of Heritage (Wild Geese) | Riverside Walk, City Hall | 1991 | William Turner | ||||
Anti-War Memorial | George's Quay | 1987 | Vincent Brown | ||||
Wave Form | Merchant's Quay | 1987 | Jim Flavin | ||||
Volte | Merchant's Quay | 1990 | Vivienne Roche |
Thomondgate and west city
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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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.[16] | |||
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
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Equatorial Sun Dial | University of Limerick | 1986 | Ken Thompson | ||||
Together and Apart | University of Limerick | 2001 | Antony Gormley | [17] | |||
Tree of Life | University of Limerick | Tom Fitzgerald | [18] | ||||
Swimmers | University of Limerick | Louise Walsh | [19] | ||||
Salmon Fall | University of Limerick | Michael Warren | [19] | ||||
Silver Pencils | University of Limerick | Peter Logan | [19] | ||||
Crann Soilse | University of Limerick | Sean Scully | [19] | ||||
Geometric Forms | Schuman Building, University of Limerick | Alexandra Wejchert | [19] |
Past public art
editImage | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Viscount FitzGibbon | Sarsfield Bridge | 1857 | Patrick MacDowell | Blown up in 1930.[20] Plinth reused for 1916 memorial. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "O'Connell Monument, The Crescent, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Limerick Sarsfield Statue". Library Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Weight thrower gave it his best shot..." (PDF). Limerick Leader. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Limerick 1916 Memorial". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Tait Memorial Clock, Baker Place, Davis Street, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Harris statue is true to life says sculptor" (PDF). Limerick Chronicle. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Frank McCourt". Statues Hither and Thither. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "ROWAN GILLESPIE'S SINGER FROM QUIMPER". WILLIAM'S GUIDE TO THE CITY OF LIMERICK.
- ^ "The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Manchester Martyrs Memorial, Mount Saint Lawrence's Cemetery, Old Cork Road/Mount Street Lower, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Statue of the late Terry Wogan". TheJournal.ie. 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Limerick - Luimneach - Saint Michael". statues.vanderkrogt.net.
- ^ "Horse outside".
- ^ "Rice's Memorial, People's Park, Pery Square, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Bard's book to be reissued". Irish Times. 8 April 1999. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "A Chunk of the Treaty Stone". Limerick's Life. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Antony Gormley – Together and Apart – Public art directory – Public Art". Publicart.ie. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/18112774273/
- ^ a b c d e "Outdoor Sculptures – University of Limerick". University of Limerick. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Limerick 1916 Memorial". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
Bibliography
edit"Street Art and Artefacts Limerick City: Inventory by Category" (PDF). Limerick Civic Trust. Retrieved 7 November 2018.