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.
Image | 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] | |||
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John O'Grady Monument | Ballysimon Road | 1940s? | [3] | |||
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1916 Memorial | Sarsfield Bridge | 1954 | Albert Power | [4] | ||
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Tait Clock | Baker Place | 1867 | William Edward Corbett | [5] | ||
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Merchant Seamen's Memorial | Russell Quay | 1986 | Capt. E. K. Donnelly | |||
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Richard Harris | Bedford Row | 2007 | Jim Connolly | [6] | ||
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Frank McCourt | Hartstonge Street Upper | 2011 | Séamus Connolly | [7] | ||
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Players | O'Connell Street | 1992 | Robin Buick | |||
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Singer from Quimper | Quimper Square | 1992 | Rowan Gillespie | |||
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The Broken Heart | Lower Mallow Street | 1997 | Maria Pizzuti | [8] | ||
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Manchester Martyrs Memorial | Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery | [9] | ||||
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Terry Wogan | Sarsfield Bridge | 2017 | Rory Breslin | [10] | ||
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Limerick Dockers Monument | Spokane Walk | 2010 | Mike Duhan | |||
To the People of Limerick | Southern Ring Road | 2006 | Kevin McMahon |
Image | 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 | [11] | ||
Drinking fountain | People's Park | 1877 | John Smith & Co | ||||
Children's Remembrance Memorial | People's park | 2002 | |||||
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World War I & II Memorial | Pery Square | 1950 | ||||
Military Memorial, Irish Defence Forces | Pery Square |
Image | 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).[12] | ||
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Michael Hogan Plaque | Bishops' Palace | 1990 | Eddie Murphy | |||
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Oarsman | Athlunkard Street | 1927 | ||||
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Fountain of Heritage (Wild Geese) | Riverside Walk, City Hall | 1991 | William Turner | |||
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Anti-War Memorial | George's Quay | 1987 | Vincent Brown | |||
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Wave Form | Merchant's Quay | 1987 | Jim Flavin | |||
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Volte | Merchant's Quay | 1990 | Vivienne Roche |
Image | 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.[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 |
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Equatorial Sun Dial | University of Limerick | 1986 | Ken Thompson | |||
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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] |
Image | 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.[16] Plinth reused for 1916 memorial. |
"Street Art and Artefacts Limerick City: Inventory by Category" (PDF). Limerick Civic Trust. Retrieved 7 November 2018.