List of public art in Limerick

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 mosiacs.

Public art in city centre

Name Image Location Artist Year Nickname Source
O'Connell Monument The Crescent John Hogan 1857
Treaty Stone Thomand Bridge 1865 (mounted on plinth)
Sarsfield Memorial Cathedral Place John Lawlor 1881
John O'Grady Monument Ballysimon Road c. 1940
1916 Memorial Sarsfield Bridge Albert Power 1954
Rice Monument People's Park, Pery Square Thomas Kirk 1829
Tait Clock Baker Place William Edward Corbett 1867
War Memorial Pery Square 1950
Michael Hogan King John's Castle Plaza Jim Connolly 2005
Merchant Seamen's Memorial Russell Quay Capt. E.K. Donnelly 1986
Richard Harris Bedford Row Jim Connolly 2007
Players O'Connell Street Robin Buick 1992
Singer from Quimper Quimper Square Rowan Gillespie 1992
To the People of Limerick Southern Ring Road Kevin McMahon 2006
The Broken Heart Lower Mallow Road Maria Pizzuti 1997 [1]

University of Limerick

Name Image Location Artist Year Nickname Source
Equatorial Sun Dial University of Limerick Ken Thompson 1986
Together and Apart University of Limerick Antony Gormley 2001 [2]
Swimmers University of Limerick Louise Walsh [3]
Salmon Fall University of Limerick Michael Warren [3]
Silver Pencils University of Limerick Peter Logan [3]
Crann Soilse University of Limerick Sean Scully [3]
Geometric Forms University of Limerick Alexandra Wejchert [3]

Past public art

Name Image Location Artist Year Nickname Source
Viscount Fitzgibbon Sarsfield Bridge (replaced by 1916 memorial) MacDowell 1857

References

  1. ↑ "The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Antony Gormley – Together and Apart – Public art directory – Public Art". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Outdoor Sculptures – University of Limerick". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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