List of public art in Cork city

This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Cork city, 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.

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
More images	Father Theobald Mathew	St Patrick's Street	1864	John Henry Foley	"The Statue"^[1]
More images	The Echo boy	St Patrick's Street	1991	Barry Moloney	^[2]
	Examiner Office	St. Patrick's Street	2009	Eithne Ring & Liam Lavery
More images	National Monument	Grand Parade, Cork	1906	D. J. Coakley	^[3]
More images	Berwick Fountain	Grand Parade, Cork	1860	Sir John Benson	^[4]
	Michael Collins	Grand Parade	2023	Kevin Holland	^[5]
	Scenius 1	Peace Park, Grand Parade	2024	Tommy Lysaght (with Cork Simon Community and Headway Ireland)	^[6]
	'Lest We Forget' War Memorial	South Mall, Cork	1925		^[7]
	Michael Collins	Imperial Hotel, South Mall, Cork	2023
	City	South Mall, Cork	1985	Patrick O'Sullivan	^[8]
	Cork City Battalion Irish Volunteers Memorial	South Mall, Cork	2016	Mick Wilkins	^[9]^[10]
	Denny Lane plaque	South Mall, Cork			Denny Lane (1818 - 1895) was the author of the poem "Carrigdhoun"
	Fountain, English Market	English Market	1800s	W. R. Harris (firm)	^[11]
	The Onion Seller	Bishop Lucey Park	1985	Séamus Murphy	^[12] Presented by Sunbeam Wolsey PLC
	Swan Fountain	Bishop Lucey Park	1985	John Behan	^[13]
More images	The Onion Seller	The Coal Quay (Corn Market Street)	1995	Séamus Murphy	^[14] Presented by Ray Doherty (Franchisee McDonald's)
	Rory Gallagher	Rory Gallagher Place (formerly St. Paul's Square)	1997	Geraldine Creedon	^[15]
	George Boole Plaque	Bachelors Quay

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
	Cork 800 Memorial	Cork City Hall	1985
	Tomás Mac Curtain	Cork City Hall
	Terence MacSwiney	Cork City Hall
More images	Two Working Men	Cork County Hall	1969	Oisín Kelly	"Cha and Miah"
	Christ the King	Turners Cross	1931	John Storrs	^[16]
	McCarthy Monument	Blackrock Road	1870	William Atkins	^[17]
	Resurrection Angel	Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral	1879	William Burges	"The Goldy Angel"
	Doorway Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral	Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
	"Saurian"	Lee Fields	1985	Jim Buckley	This red dragon-like sculpture, which is 15 feet tall and 30 feet long, is one of several works completed as part of the Cork 800 Sculpture Symposium.^[18]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
	Salmon Weathervane	Church of St Anne, Shandon
	William Delany (bishop)	Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne			^[19]
	Lost Industries	Leitrim Street, Blackpool		Denis O'Connor
More images	Delaney Brothers monument	Dublin Hill	1940 - 1950		^[20]
	Thomas Kent	Cork Kent railway station		James MacCarthy
	Saint George	Penrose House, Penrose Quay	1832	Unknown	Penrose House was the location of the St. George Steam Packet Company.
	Callaghan's Gate	Lower Glanmire Road			Entrance gateway to Lotabeg House ^[21]
	Ship at Sail	Tivoli Dual Carriageway	1996	Kevin Holland	^[22]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
	Michael Collins	Fitzgerald's Park		Séamus Murphy	^[23]
	Tom Barry	Fitzgerald's Park		Séamus Murphy	^[24]
	Éamon De Valera	Fitzgerald's Park		Séamus Murphy
	General Daniel Florence O'Leary	Fitzgerald's Park	2010
	Adam and Eve	Fitzgerald's Park		Edward Delaney	^[25]
	Apple Woman	Fitzgerald's Park	1968	Marshall Hutson	^[26]
	Dreamline	Fitzgerald's Park	1932	Séamus Murphy	Sculpture has been restored and brought inside Cork Public Museum to protect it from the elements ^[27]
	Boy with Boat	Fitzgerald's Park		Joseph Higgins	^[28]
	Reflection	Fitzgerald's Park		James Horan	^[29]
	Girl Dancer	Fitzgerald's Park		Oisín Kelly	^[30]
	Girl with Seashells	Fitzgerald's Park
More images	Father Mathew Memorial Fountain	Fitzgerald's Park
	Abstract Sculpture	Fitzgerald's Park	1974	Sergio Cuevas
	Cois na Laoi	Fitzgerald's Park	1994	Betty Gold
	Titanic Memorial	Fitzgerald's Park	2012		Erected by the Cork Titanic Society

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
	The Growth Dome	University College Cork		Eilis O'Connell
	Fantailed on the Falls	University College Cork	1995	Conor Fallon
	Female Nude	University College Cork
	Horse's Head	University College Cork	1986	Michael Quane
	Figure Talking to a Quadruped	University College Cork	1995	Michael Quane	^[31]
More images	George Boole	University College Cork	2016	Paul Ferriter	^[32]
	Republican Prisoners Memorial	University College Cork			Located on the wall of the old Cork County Gaol, which has been incorporated into the perimeter wall of UCC.
	IRA Memorial	University College Cork	1948		Memorial to 13 IRA prisoners executed in 1920 and 1921 during the War of Independence.
	Saint Finbar	University College Cork	1915	John Sisk & Sons	Statue of Saint Finbar in the tympanum of the Honan Chapel. ^[33]

List of public art in Cork city

Public art in city centre

Southside

Northside

Fitzgerald's Park

University College Cork

Past public art

See also

References

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Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
George II	Grand Parade, Cork	1762-1862	John Nost	Damaged in 1862 and subsequently removed. Nicknames were "George-a-horseback", "The Yellow Horse"^[34]
Boy and girl	Green Coat Hospital School	1716		Now in St Anne's Church, Shandon. "Bob and Joan"^[35]
Dunscombe Testimonial Fountain	Shandon Street			^[36]