List of public art in Limerick

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 52.6637313°N 8.62393321°W / 52.6637313; -8.62393321	1779–81	Unknown	Gilt statue of Saint Michael slaying the dragon.		[12]
	Horse outside	Hunt Museum	2014	Angela Connolly			[13]

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			[14]
	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).[15]
	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.[16]
	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			[17]
	Tree of Life	University of Limerick		Tom Fitzgerald			[18]
	Swimmers	University of Limerick		Louise Walsh			[19]
	Salmon Fall	University of Limerick		Michael Warren			[19]
	Silver Pencils	University of Limerick		Peter Logan			[19]
	Crann Soilse	University of Limerick		Sean Scully			[19]
	Geometric Forms	Schuman Building, University of Limerick		Alexandra Wejchert			[19]

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.[20] Plinth reused for 1916 memorial.

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 Galway city