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.

File:Limerick statues - 1 (1).jpg

Public art in city centre

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|image = Limerick (Co. Limerick), O'Connell Monument.jpg

|subject = O'Connell Monument

|location = The Crescent

|date = 1857

|artist = John Hogan

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|type= =

|notes = The first public outdoor statue of Daniel O'Connell to be erected.{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LI®no=21517118 |title=O'Connell Monument, The Crescent, Limerick |publisher=Buildings of Ireland |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|image = Sarsfield Memorial 1.JPG

|subject = Sarsfield Memorial

|location = Cathedral Place

|date = 1881

|artist = John Lawlor

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|notes = {{cite web|url=https://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Limerick-Sarsfield-Statue.php |title=Limerick Sarsfield Statue |publisher=Library Ireland |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|image = John O'Grady Monument, Limerick City.jpg

|subject = John O'Grady Monument

|location = Ballysimon Road

|date = 1940s?

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/monuments%20(ogra)%2003.pdf |title=Weight thrower gave it his best shot... |publisher=Limerick Leader |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|image = Limerick (Co. Limerick), 1916 Memorial (1).jpg

|subject = 1916 Memorial

|location = Sarsfield Bridge

|date = 1954

|artist = Albert Power

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LI®no=21512012 |title=Limerick 1916 Memorial |publisher=Buildings of Ireland |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|image = Tait Clock Tower, Limerick - geograph.org.uk - 411632.jpg

|subject = Tait Clock

|location = Baker Place

|date = 1867

|artist = William Edward Corbett

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LI®no=21517289 |title=Tait Memorial Clock, Baker Place, Davis Street, Limerick |publisher=Buildings of Ireland |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|image = Mairnealaigh.jpg

|subject = Merchant Seamen's Memorial

|location = Russell Quay

|date = 1986

|artist = Capt. E. K. Donnelly

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|image = limerick statues - Richard Harris.jpg

|subject = Richard Harris

|location = Bedford Row

|date = 2007

|artist = Jim Connolly

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/harris%20075.pdf |title=Harris statue is true to life says sculptor |publisher=Limerick Chronicle |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|image = Limerick statues - Frank McCourt.jpg

|subject = Frank McCourt

|location = Hartstonge Street Upper

|date = 2011

|artist = Séamus Connolly

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://vanderkrogt.net/statues/object.php?webpage=ST&record=ie255 |title=Frank McCourt |publisher=Statues Hither and Thither |accessdate=9 November 2018}}

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|image = Limerick statues - 11.jpg

|subject = Players

|location = O'Connell Street

|date = 1992

|artist = Robin Buick

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|image = limerick statues singer from quimper.jpg

|subject = Singer from Quimper

|location = Quimper Square

|date = 1992

|artist = Rowan Gillespie

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|type= = Depicts a Breton singer from Quimper, a city twinned with Limerick.

|notes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.excellentstreetimages.com/limerick-street-photography/my-return-to-limerick-2021/public-art-september-2021/the-singer-from-quimper/index.php|title=ROWAN GILLESPIE'S SINGER FROM QUIMPER|website=WILLIAM'S GUIDE TO THE CITY OF LIMERICK}}

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|image = The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick City, Ireland.jpg

|subject = The Broken Heart

|location = Lower Mallow Street

|date = 1997

|artist = Maria Pizzuti

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|notes = {{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/14224828827|title=The Broken Heart (1997), Maria Pizzuti's Famine Memorial Sculpture in Limerick|publisher=|accessdate=26 April 2017}}

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|image = Manchester Martyrs Memorial at Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery, Limerick City.jpg

|subject = Manchester Martyrs Memorial

|location = Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery

|date =

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LI®no=21522005 |title=Manchester Martyrs Memorial, Mount Saint Lawrence's Cemetery, Old Cork Road/Mount Street Lower, Limerick |publisher=Buildings of Ireland |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|image = Terry Wogan - Limerick City (35927782795).jpg

|subject = Terry Wogan

|location = Sarsfield Bridge

|date = 2017

|artist = Rory Breslin

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/terry-wogan-statue-2-3462305-Jun2017/|work=TheJournal.ie|title=Statue of the late Terry Wogan|date=24 June 2017}}

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|image = Limerick statues - 12.jpg

|subject = Limerick Dockers Monument

|location = Spokane Walk

|date = 2010

|artist = Mike Duhan

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|subject = To the People of Limerick

|location = Southern Ring Road

|date = 2006

|artist = Kevin McMahon

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|image = Statue of St Michael, Limerick.jpg

|subject = Statue of Saint Michael

|location = Atop St Michael's Church, Denmark Street Upper

|date = 1779–81

|artist = Unknown

|type = Gilt statue of Saint Michael slaying the dragon.

|coordinates = {{Coord|52.6637313|-8.62393321|display=inline}}

|notes = {{Cite web|url=https://statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?webpage=ST&record=ie259|title=Limerick - Luimneach - Saint Michael|website=statues.vanderkrogt.net}}

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|image = Horse Outside art Hunt Museum.jpg

|subject = Horse outside

|location = Hunt Museum

|date = 2014

|artist = Angela Connolly

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|notes = {{Cite web|url=https://excellentstreetimages.com/2016HeadlessPhotoBlogWordPress/the-urban-horse-project-by-angela-connolly/ |title=Horse outside}}

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=People's Park and Pery Square=

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|image = The Rice Monument at the People's Park, Limerick City.jpg

|subject = Rice Monument

|location = People's Park, Pery Square

|date = 1829

|artist = Thomas Kirk

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LI®no=21517287 |title=Rice's Memorial, People's Park, Pery Square, Limerick |publisher=Buildings of Ireland |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|image = The Peoples Park Limerick.JPG

|subject = Drinking fountain

|location = People's Park

|date = 1877

|artist = John Smith & Co

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|subject = Children's Remembrance Memorial

|location = People's park

|date = 2002

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|image = War Memorial at Pery Square in Limerick City.jpg

|subject = World War I & II Memorial

|location = Pery Square

|date = 1950

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|subject = Military Memorial, Irish Defence Forces

|location = Pery Square

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=King's Island=

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|image = The Bard Of Thomond.jpeg

|subject = Michael Hogan

|location = King John's Castle Plaza

|date = 2005

|artist = Jim Connolly

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|notes = Known as "The Bard of Thomond"

Great-great grandfather of Mike and Noel Hogan (The Cranberries).{{cite news |author= |title=Bard's book to be reissued |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bard-s-book-to-be-reissued-1.171353|url-status=live|work=Irish Times |date=8 April 1999|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200812151947/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bard-s-book-to-be-reissued-1.171353 |archivedate=12 August 2020 |accessdate=12 August 2020 }}

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|image = Limerick statues - 2.jpg

|subject = Michael Hogan Plaque

|location = Bishops' Palace

|date = 1990

|artist = Eddie Murphy

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|image = Limerick statues - 7.jpg

|subject = Oarsman

|location = Athlunkard Street

|date = 1927

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|image = Limerick statues - Geese.jpg

|subject = Fountain of Heritage (Wild Geese)

|location = Riverside Walk, City Hall

|date = 1991

|artist = William Turner

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|image = Limerick statues - 6.jpg

|subject = Anti-War Memorial

|location = George's Quay

|date = 1987

|artist = Vincent Brown

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|image = Limerick statues wave form.jpg

|subject = Wave Form

|location = Merchant's Quay

|date = 1987

|artist = Jim Flavin

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|image = Limerick statues - 3.jpg

|subject = Volte

|location = Merchant's Quay

|date = 1990

|artist = Vivienne Roche

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=Thomondgate and west city=

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|image = Treaty Stone - geograph.org.uk - 302971.jpg

|subject = Treaty Stone

|location = Thomond Bridge

|date = 1865 (mounted on plinth)

|artist = N/A

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|notes = Reputed to be the stone on which the Treaty of Limerick was signed. Originally used as a step to mount horses.{{cite web|url=http://limerickslife.com/treaty-stone/ |title=A Chunk of the Treaty Stone |publisher=Limerick's Life |accessdate=16 November 2018}}

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|subject = The Mayor's Stone

|location = Old Cratloe Road

|date = 1991

|artist = Eddie Murphy

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|subject = Aesop's Fables

|location = Dunalaun Estate, New Road

|date = 1993

|artist = Tom Fitzgerald

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|subject = The River of Life

|location = Shannon Close

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|artist = Noel Hoare

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|subject = Persona

|location = Mayorstone Garda Station

|date = 2000

|artist = Michael Quane

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University of Limerick

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|image = Equatorial sun dial, presented to NIHE Limerick in 1986 (9307630682).jpg

|subject = Equatorial Sun Dial

|location = University of Limerick

|date = 1986

|artist = Ken Thompson

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|image = UniversityOfLimerick AntonyGormley.jpeg

|subject = Together and Apart

|location = University of Limerick

|date = 2001

|artist = Antony Gormley

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://www.publicart.ie/main/directory/directory/view/together-and-apart/2ddfa923eb90da8aa646961593e2772b/|title=Antony Gormley – Together and Apart – Public art directory – Public Art|publisher=Publicart.ie|accessdate=26 April 2017}}

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|image = Tom Fitzgerald “Tree of Life” -University Of Limerick- REF-105299 (18112774273).jpg

|subject = Tree of Life

|location = University of Limerick

|date =

|artist = Tom Fitzgerald

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|notes = https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/18112774273/

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|subject = Swimmers

|location = University of Limerick

|date =

|artist = Louise Walsh

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|notes = {{cite web|url=http://ulsites.ul.ie/visualarts/outdoor-sculptures|title=Outdoor Sculptures – University of Limerick|publisher=University of Limerick|accessdate=26 April 2017}}

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|subject = Salmon Fall

|location = University of Limerick

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|artist = Michael Warren

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|subject = Silver Pencils

|location = University of Limerick

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|artist = Peter Logan

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|subject = Crann Soilse

|location = University of Limerick

|date =

|artist = Sean Scully

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|image = Alexandra Wejchert “Geometric Forms” -University Of Limerick Campus- REF REF-105169 (18703286031).jpg

|subject = Geometric Forms

|location = Schuman Building, University of Limerick

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|artist = Alexandra Wejchert

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Past public art

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|image = Viscount FitzGibbon who fell at the "Charge of the Light Brigade" in bronze (34006516403).jpg

|subject = Viscount FitzGibbon

|location = Sarsfield Bridge

|date = 1857

|artist = Patrick MacDowell

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|notes = Blown up in 1930.{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LI®no=21512012 |title=Limerick 1916 Memorial |publisher=Buildings of Ireland |accessdate=6 November 2018}} Plinth reused for 1916 memorial.

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See also

References

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Bibliography

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