List of public art in Galway city

This is a list of public art on permanent display in Galway City 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.

Public art in city centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	Galway hookers Monument	Eyre Square	1984	Éamonn O'Doherty			[1]
	Browne Doorway	Eyre Square	1627				[2]
	Pádraic Ó Conaire (Bronze replica)	Eyre Square	2017	Maurice Quillinan, based on 1935 original by Albert Power			[3] Limestone original now in Galway City Museum (see below)
	Liam Mellows Monument	Eyre Square	1957	Domhnall Ó Murchadha			[4]
	Kennedy Memorial	Eyre Square	1965	Albert O'Toole
	Lynch Coat of Arms, Lynch's Castle	Shop Street	Medieval	Unknown
	Christopher Columbus Monument	Spanish Arch Parade	1992	Mick Wilkins			[5]
	Oscar Wilde & Eduard Vilde	William Street	2004	Replica of original by T. Kirsipuu [6]			Original of this sculpture is located in Tartu. [7]
	Final Journey	Forster Street	2009	Mick Wilkins			Magdalen women memorial [8]
	Galway Girl	Quay Street 53°16′16″N9°03′15″W / 53.2711°N 9.0541°W / 53.2711; -9.0541	2022				[9]

The Claddagh and Salthill

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Claddagh Memorial Sculpture	Claddagh Quay	2003	Mick Wilkins			[10]
	Thomas Nicholas Burke	Nimmo's Pier, Claddagh	1948	John Francis Kavanagh [11]			[12]
	Naomh Máirtín de Porres	St. Mary's Priory, Claddagh Quay	1989	James McKenna			[13]
More images	Claddagh Icon	Father Griffin Road/ Fairhill Road Upper 53°16′10″N9°03′26″W / 53.2694°N 9.0572°W / 53.2694; -9.0572	2009	John Coll			[14]
	Galway Famine Ship Memorial	Celia Griffin Memorial Park, Salthill	2012				[15]

University of Galway

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Cathal Ó Fríl Monument	University of Galway
	Ceiliúradh	University of Galway		John Coll
	Equality Emerging	University of Galway	2001	John Behan			[16]
	Twin Spires	University of Galway		John Behan

Past public art

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	From Here To	Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology library, Ballybane	2007	Grace Weir			Individual counters affixed to the interior walls of the library showed the distances of each of the planets to the library, as they moved continually in real time. [17]
	Lord Dunkellin	Eyre Square	1873	John Henry Foley			Destroyed in 1922 [18]
	Pádraic Ó Conaire	Eyre Square	1935	Albert Power			Limestone original vandalised in 1999. Now in Galway City Museum [19]

See also

• Ireland portal

• List of public art in Belfast
• List of public art in Cork city
• List of public art in Dublin
• List of public art in Limerick

References

1. White, Lawrence William (June 2017). "O'Doherty, Eamonn". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.009928.v1.
2. "The Browne Doorway, Eyre Square, Galway, County Galway". Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
3. "Replica of Padraic Ó Conaire statue unveiled". RTE news. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
4. "Liam Mellows Monument, Eyre Square, Galway, County Galway". Buildings of Ireland:National Inventory of Architectural heritage. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
5. "Galway - Gaillimh - Monument for Columbus visit to Galway". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
6. "Sculpture Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde". www.visitestonia.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
7. "Estonian Gift of Sculpture for Galway City". galway.net. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
8. "Final Journey - Magdalen Women Memorial". Statues Hither and Thither. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
9. Sassone, Erika (11 March 2022) [10 March 2022]. "Popular Irish pub's new statue leaving locals baffled as everyone saying same thing". Galway Beo. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
10. "Galway - Gaillimh - Claddagh Memorial Sculpture". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
11. "Thomas Burke - Tomás de Búrca". Vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
12. "Galway: Statue of Thomas Burke - Claddagh - TripAdvisor". tripadvisor.ie. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
13. "Naomh Máirtín de Porres". Statues Hither and Thither. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
14. "Claddagh Icon". Statues Hither and Thither. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
15. https://www.geograph.ie/photo/3485234
16. "About | Michelines Three Conditions". michelinesthreeconditions.wordpress.com. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
17. "From Here To. 2007 installation; computer, digital counters, aluminium panels". GraceWeir.com . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
18. "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
19. "Galway City Museum - Man & Statue". galwaycitymuseum.ie. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.