List of public art in Belfast
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This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The list applies only to works of public art accessible in a public space; it does not include artwork on display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics. The murals of Belfast are discussed separately in Murals in Northern Ireland.
City centre
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast | Queen's Square | 1870 | W. J. Barre | Clock tower | Stone | Q2638495 | [1] | |
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Thanksgiving Square Beacon | Thanksgiving Square (Belfast) | 2007 | Andy Scott | Abstract sculpture | Metal | Q4876007 | [2] | |
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The Masts | Donegall Place | 2011 | 8 masts | Copper | The eight copper clad lighting masts are named after White Star Line ships built at Harland and Wolff:- Titanic, Olympic, Oceanic, Britannic, Laurentic, Celtic, Nomadic, Traffic.[3] | |||
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James Larkin | Donegall Street Place | 2006 | Anto Brennan | sculpture | Bronze | [4] | ||
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The Big Fish | Donegall Quay | 1999 | John Kindness | Ceramic sculpture | Stone | Q4091869 | [5] | |
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"No Pasaran", Spanish Civil War memorial | Writers Square, Donegall Street | 2007 | Anto Brennan | Bust on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [6] | ||
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Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker | Great Victoria Street | 1992 | Louise Walsh | Sculpture group | Bronze | Q6906904 | ||
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Spirit of Belfast | Arthur Square | 2009 | Dan George | Abstract sculpture | Steel | Q7577956 | [7] | |
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Sheep on the Road | Waterfront Hall, Lanyon Place | 1990 | Deborah Brown | Sculpture group | Bronze | Q7492438 | Originally at Riddell Hall. Relocated to Waterfront Hall in 1999 | |
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The Ulster Brewer | Lanyon place | 1997 | Ross Wilson | statue | bronze | Also known as 'The Barrel Man' [8] | ||
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The Speaker | Customs House Square | Gareth Knowles | Statue | Bronze | ||||
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Henry Cooke | Wellington Place | 1876 | Samuel Ferris Lynn | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [9] | ||
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Renewal | Queen's Square | Ned Jackson Smyth | Abstract sculpture | Metal | [10] | |||
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Thomas Thompson memorial fountain | Bedford Street / Ormeau Avenue | 1885 | Young and McKenzie Architects | Fountain | Stone | [11] | ||
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The Buoys | York Street / Donegall Street | Pre 1979 | Unknown | 3 Buoys | Metal | Group of obsolete navigation buoys presented by the Commissioner of Irish Lights to Belfast City Council to highlight Belfast's maritime heritage. | ||
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Rinty Monaghan | Cathedral Gardens | 2015 | Alan (Beattie) Herriot | bronze | [12] | |||
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Anne Sculpture | St. Anne's Square | 2009 | Lucy Glendinning | |||||
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Alec the Goose | St George's Market | 2009 | Gordon Muir | Bronze | ||||
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Sammy the Seal | Donegall Quay | 2014 | The Paul Hogarth Company | Bronze | [13] |
Belfast City Hall
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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The Cenotaph, Belfast | Belfast City Hall | 1929 | Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas | Cenotaph | Stone | Q30323973 | [14] | |
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Queen Victoria | Belfast City Hall | 1903 | Sir Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal with supporting figures | Stone and bronze | Q17778520 | [15] | |
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Titanic Memorial | Belfast City Hall | 1920 | Sir Thomas Brock | Statue group on pedestal | Stone | Q7809806 | [16] | |
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Sir Edward James Harland | Belfast City Hall | 1903 | Sir Thomas Brock | Statue on pedestal | Q17778453 | [17] | ||
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The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava | Belfast City Hall | 1906 | Frederick W. Pomeroy | Statue on pedestal with canopy | Q17778397 | [18] | ||
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Sir James Horner Haslett | Belfast City Hall | 1909 | Frederick W. Pomeroy | Statue on pedestal | Q17778550 | [19] | ||
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Sir Daniel Dixon | Belfast City Hall | 1910 | Sir Hamo Thornycroft | Statue on pedestal | Q72151439 | [19] | ||
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The 1st Viscount Pirrie | Belfast City Hall | 1924 | Bertram Pergram | Bust on pedestal | Bronze | Originally erected in Belfast City Cemetery. Refurbished and re-erected on grounds of Belfast City Hall in 2006.[20] | ||
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R. J. McMordie | Belfast City Hall | 1919 | Frederick W. Pomeroy | Statue on pedestal | [19] | |||
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Boer War memorial | Belfast City Hall | 1905 | Sydney March | Statue group on pedestal with plaques | Stone and bronze | [21] | ||
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James Joseph Magennis | Belfast City Hall | 1999 | Elizabeth McLaughlin | [22] | ||||
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Korean War memorial | Belfast City Hall | 1951 | Originally erected in Korea on site of battlefield at Chaegunghyon. Re-erected in St. Patrick's Barracks in Ballymena in 1962. Re-erected and dedicated at Belfast City Hall in 2010[23] | |||||
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USAEF memorial | Belfast City Hall | 1943 | T. F. O. Rippingham | Originally sited at gateway to City Hall. Moved to present location in 1995 and rededicated by President Bill Clinton [24] | ||||
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Mary Ann McCracken | Belfast City Hall | 2024 | Ralf Sander & Naomi Sander | Bronze | Unveiled on International Women's Day 2024 [25] | |||
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Winifred Carney | Belfast City Hall | 2024 | Ralf Sander & Naomi Sander | Bronze | Unveiled on International Women's Day 2024 [25] |
South Belfast
South Belfast is defined as the area of the city south of the railway line from the A12 (Westlink) to the River Lagan. It includes Queen's University Belfast, the Ulster Museum and the Botanic Gardens.
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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The 1st Baron Kelvin | Botanic Gardens (Belfast) | 1913 | Albert Bruce-Joy | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [26][27] | ||
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New metal piece | Ulster Museum | 1978 | Barry Flanagan | Abstract sculpture | Metal | [28] | ||
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Belfast Wheel | King William Park | Sculpture | Bronze | Wheel is composed of 12 segments, each depicting an area of the city [29] | ||||
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Ella Pirrie | Belfast City Hospital | 2007 | Ross Wilson | Statue | Bronze | [30] | ||
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Mother - Daughter - Sister | Sandy Row | 2015 | Ross Wilson | Statue | Bronze | [31] | ||
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Sweet Water Arch | Stranmillis, Belfast 54.574907°N 5.931665°W |
2009 | Denis O'Connor | Sculpture | Stainless steel | 4m high | The Irish name for the area, "An Srúthan Milís", means "sweet stream".[32][33] | |
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Tate Avenue Sculptures | Tate Avenue | 2009 | David Dudgeon | Sculpture | Steel | [34] | ||
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Blackbird of Belfast Lough Sculptures | Ormeau Road | 2010 | Daniela Balmaverde | Sculpture | Pair of sculptures - one at junction of Dromara Street and Ormeau Road and the other in the grounds of Ormeau Road Library [35] |
The Queen's University of Belfast
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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War memorial | Queen's University Belfast | 1924 | Sir Thomas Brock | Statue group on pedestal with plaques | Bronze and stone | Q66459168 | [36] | |
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Sir William Whitla | Queen's University Belfast | 1942 | Gilbert Bayes | Bust in niche | Bronze | [37] | ||
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Reclining Figure | Queen's University Belfast | 1958 | Frederick Edward McWilliam | Sculpture | Bronze | [38] | ||
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Eco | McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast | 2008 | Marc Didou | Sculpture | [39] | |||
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George J. Mitchell | Queen's University, Belfast | 2023 | Colin Davidson | bust | bronze |
East Belfast
East Belfast is defined as the city east of the River Lagan. It includes the Titanic Quarter and the Stormont Estate.
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Titanica | Titanic Centre | 2012 | Rowan Gillespie | Sculpture on pedestal | Bronze | [40] | ||
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Titanic Kit | Titanic Quarter | 2009 | Tony Stallard | Sculpture | Bronze | Q48743282 | [41] | |
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Glass of Thrones Windows | Titanic Quarter | 2021 | Unknown | stained glass window | glass | Series of six stained glass windows commissioned by Tourism Ireland to celebrate characters and events from the Game of Thrones TV series [42] | ||
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Titanic Yardmen 401 | Newtownards Road | 2012 | Ross Wilson | Sculpture | [43] | |||
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The Searcher, C. S. Lewis | C.S. Lewis Square | 2016 | Ross Wilson | Statue group | Bronze | [44] | ||
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Narnia characters | C.S. Lewis Square | 2016 | Maurice Harron | Statue Group | Bronze | Statues of characters from C.S. Lewis's book 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' | ||
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The Longbridge Stone | Albertbridge Road and Castlereagh Street | 1831 | N/A | Stone | Said to be the last remnant of the Long Bridge which spanned the Lagan from Ballymacarret to Belfast | |||
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The Baron Carson | Stormont Estate | 1933 | Leonard Stanford Merrifield | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [45] | ||
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The Gleaner | Stormont Estate | John Knox | Sculpture on pedestal | Stone |
West Belfast
West Belfast is defined as the area of the city west of the A12 (westlink) and south of the Crumlin Road. It includes the Falls Road and the Shankill Road. West Belfast is famous for its murals, both Loyalist and Republican. These are discussed separately in the article Murals in Northern Ireland.
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Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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James Connolly | Falls Road | 2016 | Steve Feeny | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [46] | ||
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RISE | Broadway Roundabout, A12 | 2011 | Wolfgang Buttress | Abstract sculpture | Q7335884 | [47] | ||
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Clonard Martyrs Memorial | Bombay Street | 2000 | Celtic wheel cross | Stone | [48] | |||
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Garden of Remembrance | Falls Road | 2001 | [49] | |||||
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Bayardo Bomb Memorial | Shankill Road | 2008 | [50] | |||||
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William of Orange | Clifton Street | 1889 | Harry Hems | Equestrian statue | bronze | Equestrian statue on the roof of Clifton Street Orange Hall [51] | ||
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William Conor | Shankill Road | 2015 | statue | Bronze | [52] | |||
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The Millie | Crumlin Road | 2010 | Ross Wilson | Bronze | Statue to Belfast's female linen mill workers [53] | |||
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Mill Workers | Crumlin Road | Eric Jones | Stone |
North Belfast
North Belfast is defined as the area of the city north of the Crumlin Road, A12 (westlink) and M3 on the west bank of the Lagan.
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Belfast Seahorse | Dargan Road | 2013 | Ralf Sander | Statue | Stainless Steel | [54] | ||
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The Flying Angel | Prince's Dock Street | 2000 | Maurice Harron | Bronze and Stainless Steel | [55] | |||
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The Dividers | Clarendon Dock | 2002 | Vivien Burnside | Bronze and Stainless Steel | [56] |