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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 mosiacs.

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
Treaty Stone Thomond Bridge 1865 (mounted on plinth)
Sarsfield Memorial Cathedral Place 1881 John Lawlor
John O'Grady Monument Ballysimon Road c. 1940
1916 Memorial Sarsfield Bridge 1954 Albert Power
Rice Monument People's Park, Pery Square 1829 Thomas Kirk
Tait Clock Baker Place 1867 William Edward Corbett
World War I & II Memorial Pery Square 1950
Michael Hogan King John's Castle Plaza 2005 Jim Connolly
Merchant Seamen's Memorial Russell Quay 1986 Capt. E. K. Donnelly
Richard Harris Bedford Row 2007 Jim Connolly
Players O'Connell Street 1992 Robin Buick
Singer from Quimper Quimper Square 1992 Rowan Gillespie
To the People of Limerick Southern Ring Road 2006 Kevin McMahon
The Broken Heart Lower Mallow Road 1997 Maria Pizzuti [1]
Manchester Martyrs Memorial Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery
Terry Wogan Sarsfield Bridge 2017 Rory Breslin [2]
Limerick Dockers Monument Spokane Walk 2010 Mike Duhan

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 [3]
Swimmers University of Limerick Louise Walsh [4]
Salmon Fall University of Limerick Michael Warren [4]
Silver Pencils University of Limerick Peter Logan [4]
Crann Soilse University of Limerick Sean Scully [4]
Geometric Forms Schuman Building, University of Limerick Alexandra Wejchert [4]

Past public art

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Viscount Fitzgibbon Sarsfield Bridge 1857 MacDowell Replaced by 1916 memorial

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Statue of the late Terry Wogan". TheJournal.ie. 24 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Antony Gormley – Together and Apart – Public art directory – Public Art". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Outdoor Sculptures – University of Limerick". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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