List of public art in Limerick

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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.

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The Dockers Monument in Limerick Limerick statues - 1 (1).jpg
The Dockers Monument in Limerick

Public art in city centre

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Limerick (Co. Limerick), O'Connell Monument.jpg O'Connell Monument The Crescent 1857 John Hogan The first public outdoor statue of Daniel O'Connell to be erected. [1]
Sarsfield Memorial 1.JPG Sarsfield MemorialCathedral Place1881 John Lawlor [2]
John O'Grady Monument, Limerick City.jpg John O'Grady Monument Ballysimon Road1940s? [3]
Limerick (Co. Limerick), 1916 Memorial (1).jpg 1916 Memorial Sarsfield Bridge1954 Albert Power [4]
Tait Clock Tower, Limerick - geograph.org.uk - 411632.jpg Tait ClockBaker Place1867William Edward Corbett [5]
Mairnealaigh.jpg Merchant Seamen's MemorialRussell Quay1986Capt. E. K. Donnelly
Limerick statues - Richard Harris.jpg Richard Harris Bedford Row 2007Jim Connolly [6]
Limerick statues - Frank McCourt.jpg Frank McCourt Hartstonge Street Upper2011Séamus Connolly [7]
Limerick statues - 11.jpg Players O'Connell Street 1992Robin Buick
Limerick statues singer from quimper.jpg Singer from QuimperQuimper Square1992 Rowan Gillespie Depicts a Breton singer from Quimper, a city twinned with Limerick. [8]
The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick City, Ireland.jpg The Broken HeartLower Mallow Street1997Maria Pizzuti [9]
Manchester Martyrs Memorial at Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery, Limerick City.jpg Manchester Martyrs MemorialMount St. Lawrence Cemetery [10]
Terry Wogan - Limerick City (35927782795).jpg Terry Wogan Sarsfield Bridge2017Rory Breslin [11]
Limerick statues - 12.jpg Limerick Dockers MonumentSpokane Walk2010Mike Duhan
To the People of LimerickSouthern Ring Road2006Kevin McMahon
Statue of St Michael, Limerick.jpg Statue of Saint MichaelAtop St Michael's Church, Denmark Street Upper

52°39′49″N8°37′26″W / 52.6637313°N 8.62393321°W / 52.6637313; -8.62393321 		1779–81Unknown Gilt statue of Saint Michael slaying the dragon. [12]

People's Park and Pery Square

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
The Rice Monument at the People's Park, Limerick City.jpg Rice Monument People's Park, Pery Square 1829 Thomas Kirk [13]
The Peoples Park Limerick.JPG Drinking fountainPeople's Park1877John Smith & Co
Children's Remembrance MemorialPeople's park2002
War Memorial at Pery Square in Limerick City.jpg World War I & II MemorialPery Square1950
Military Memorial, Irish Defence ForcesPery Square

King's Island

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
The Bard Of Thomond.jpeg Michael Hogan King John's Castle Plaza2005Jim ConnollyKnown as "The Bard of Thomond"

Great-great grandfather of Mike and Noel Hogan (The Cranberries). [14]

Limerick statues - 2.jpg Michael Hogan PlaqueBishops' Palace1990Eddie Murphy
Limerick statues - 7.jpg Oarsman Athlunkard Street 1927
Limerick statues - Geese.jpg Fountain of Heritage (Wild Geese)Riverside Walk, City Hall1991William Turner
Limerick statues - 6.jpg Anti-War MemorialGeorge's Quay1987Vincent Brown
Limerick statues wave form.jpg Wave FormMerchant's Quay1987Jim Flavin
Limerick statues - 3.jpg VolteMerchant's Quay1990 Vivienne Roche

Thomondgate and west city

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Treaty Stone - geograph.org.uk - 302971.jpg Treaty Stone Thomond Bridge1865 (mounted on plinth)N/AReputed to be the stone on which the Treaty of Limerick was signed. Originally used as a step to mount horses. [15]
The Mayor's StoneOld Cratloe Road1991Eddie Murphy
Aesop's FablesDunalaun Estate, New Road1993Tom Fitzgerald
The River of LifeShannon CloseNoel Hoare
PersonaMayorstone Garda Station2000 Michael Quane

University of Limerick

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Equatorial sun dial, presented to NIHE Limerick in 1986 (9307630682).jpg Equatorial Sun Dial University of Limerick 1986Ken Thompson
UniversityOfLimerick AntonyGormley.jpeg Together and ApartUniversity of Limerick2001 Antony Gormley [16]
Tom Fitzgerald "Tree of Life" -University Of Limerick- REF-105299 (18112774273).jpg Tree of LifeUniversity of LimerickTom Fitzgerald [17]
SwimmersUniversity of Limerick Louise Walsh [18]
Salmon FallUniversity of Limerick Michael Warren [18]
Silver PencilsUniversity of LimerickPeter Logan [18]
Crann SoilseUniversity of Limerick Sean Scully [18]
Alexandra Wejchert "Geometric Forms" -University Of Limerick Campus- REF REF-105169 (18703286031).jpg Geometric FormsSchuman Building, University of Limerick Alexandra Wejchert [18]

Past public art

ImageTitle / subjectLocation and
coordinates		DateArtist / designerTypeDesignationNotes
Viscount FitzGibbon who fell at the "Charge of the Light Brigade" in bronze (34006516403).jpg Viscount FitzGibbon Sarsfield Bridge1857 Patrick MacDowell Blown up in 1930. [19] Plinth reused for 1916 memorial.

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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. 1 2 3 4 5 "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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