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 mosaics.

The Dockers Monument in Limerick

Public art in city centre

Image Title / subject Location andcoordinates DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
More imagesO'Connell Monument The Crescent1857John HoganThe first public outdoor statue of Daniel O'Connell to be erected.[1]
More imagesSarsfield Memorial Cathedral Place1881John Lawlor[2]
John O'Grady MonumentBallysimon Road1940s?[3]
More images1916 MemorialSarsfield Bridge1954Albert Power[4]
More imagesTait Clock Baker Place1867William Edward Corbett [5]
More imagesMerchant Seamen's Memorial Russell Quay1986Capt. E. K. Donnelly
More imagesRichard HarrisBedford Row2007Jim Connolly [6]
Frank McCourtHartstonge Street Upper2011Séamus Connolly [7]
More imagesPlayers O'Connell Street1992Robin Buick
More imagesSinger from Quimper Quimper Square1992Rowan GillespieDepicts a Breton singer from Quimper, a city twinned with Limerick. [8]
More imagesThe Broken Heart Lower Mallow Street1997Maria Pizzuti [9]
Manchester Martyrs Memorial Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery[10]
More imagesTerry WoganSarsfield Bridge2017Rory Breslin [11]
More imagesLimerick Dockers Monument Spokane Walk2010Mike Duhan
To the People of Limerick Southern Ring Road2006Kevin McMahon
Statue of Saint Michael Atop St Michael's Church, Denmark Street Upper52°39′49″N8°37′26″W / 52.6637313°N 8.62393321°W / 52.6637313; -8.623933211779–81Unknown Gilt statue of Saint Michael slaying the dragon. [12]
Horse outside Hunt Museum2014Angela Connolly [13]

People's Park and Pery Square

Image Title / subject Location andcoordinates DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
More imagesRice Monument People's Park, Pery Square1829Thomas Kirk[14]
More imagesRichard Russell Drinking fountain People's Park1877John Smith & Co
Children's Remembrance Memorial People's park2002
More imagesWorld War I & II Memorial Pery Square1950
Military Memorial, Irish Defence Forces Pery Square

King's Island

Image Title / subject Location andcoordinates DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
More imagesMichael HoganKing John's Castle Plaza2005Jim Connolly Known as "The Bard of Thomond"

Great-great grandfather of Mike and Noel Hogan (The Cranberries).[15]

Michael Hogan Plaque Bishops' Palace1990Eddie Murphy
Oarsman Athlunkard Street1927
More imagesFountain of Heritage (Wild Geese) Riverside Walk, City Hall1991William Turner
More imagesAnti-War Memorial George's Quay1987Vincent Brown
Wave Form Merchant's Quay1987Jim Flavin
Volte Merchant's Quay1990Vivienne Roche

Thomondgate and west city

Image Title / subject Location andcoordinates DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
More imagesTreaty StoneThomond Bridge1865 (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 Road1991Eddie Murphy
Aesop's Fables Dunalaun Estate, New Road1993Tom Fitzgerald
The River of Life Shannon CloseNoel Hoare
Persona Mayorstone Garda Station2000Michael Quane

University of Limerick

Image Title / subject Location andcoordinates DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
Equatorial Sun Dial University of Limerick1986Ken Thompson
More imagesTogether and Apart University of Limerick2001Antony Gormley[17]
More imagesTree of Life University of LimerickTom Fitzgerald [18]
Swimmers University of LimerickLouise Walsh[19]
Salmon Fall University of LimerickMichael Warren[19]
Silver Pencils University of LimerickPeter Logan [19]
Crann Soilse University of LimerickSean Scully[19]
More imagesGeometric Forms Schuman Building, University of LimerickAlexandra Wejchert[19]

Past public art

Image Title / subject Location andcoordinates DateArtist / designerTypeDesignation Notes
Viscount FitzGibbonSarsfield Bridge1857Patrick MacDowellBlown up in 1930.[20] 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. ^"ROWAN GILLESPIE'S SINGER FROM QUIMPER". WILLIAM'S GUIDE TO THE CITY OF LIMERICK.
  9. ^"The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  10. ^"Manchester Martyrs Memorial, Mount Saint Lawrence's Cemetery, Old Cork Road/Mount Street Lower, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  11. ^"Statue of the late Terry Wogan". TheJournal.ie. 24 June 2017.
  12. ^"Limerick - Luimneach - Saint Michael". statues.vanderkrogt.net.
  13. ^"Horse outside".
  14. ^"Rice's Memorial, People's Park, Pery Square, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  15. ^"Bard's book to be reissued". Irish Times. 8 April 1999. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  16. ^"A Chunk of the Treaty Stone". Limerick's Life. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  17. ^"Antony Gormley – Together and Apart – Public art directory – Public Art". Publicart.ie. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  18. ^"Tom Fitzgerald "Tree of Life" [University Of Limerick] REF… | Flickr". www.flickr.com. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  19. ^ abcde"Outdoor Sculptures – University of Limerick". University of Limerick. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  20. ^"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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