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
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 / 52.6637313; -8.62393321 		1779–81 Unknown Gilt statue of Saint Michael slaying the dragon. [12]

People's Park and Pery Square

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Rice Monument People's Park, Pery Square 1829 Thomas Kirk [13]
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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
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).[14]

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

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
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.[15]
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 University of Limerick 1986 Ken Thompson
Together and Apart University of Limerick 2001 Antony Gormley [16]
Tree of Life University of Limerick Tom Fitzgerald [17]
Swimmers University of Limerick Louise Walsh [18]
Salmon Fall University of Limerick Michael Warren [18]
Silver Pencils University of Limerick Peter Logan [18]
Crann Soilse University of Limerick Sean Scully [18]
Geometric Forms Schuman Building, University of Limerick Alexandra Wejchert [18]

Past public art

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Viscount FitzGibbon Sarsfield Bridge 1857 Patrick MacDowell Blown up in 1930.[19] 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. ^ "Rice's Memorial, People's Park, Pery Square, Limerick". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Bard's book to be reissued". Irish Times. 8 April 1999. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  15. ^ "A Chunk of the Treaty Stone". Limerick's Life. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Antony Gormley – Together and Apart – Public art directory – Public Art". Publicart.ie. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  17. ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/18112774273/
  18. ^ a b c d e "Outdoor Sculptures – University of Limerick". University of Limerick. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  19. ^ "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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