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.

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Notes
More images	O'Connell Monument	The Crescent	1857	John Hogan		The first public outdoor statue of Daniel O'Connell to be erected.^[1]
More images	Sarsfield Memorial	Cathedral Place	1881	John Lawlor		^[2]
	John O'Grady Monument	Ballysimon Road	1940s?			^[3]
More images	1916 Memorial	Sarsfield Bridge	1954	Albert Power		^[4]
More images	Tait Clock	Baker Place	1867	William Edward Corbett		^[5]
More images	Merchant Seamen's Memorial	Russell Quay	1986	Capt. E. K. Donnelly
More images	Richard Harris	Bedford Row	2007	Jim Connolly		^[6]
	Frank McCourt	Hartstonge Street Upper	2011	Séamus Connolly		^[7]
More images	Players	O'Connell Street	1992	Robin Buick
More images	Singer from Quimper	Quimper Square	1992	Rowan Gillespie	Depicts a Breton singer from Quimper, a city twinned with Limerick.	^[8]
More images	The Broken Heart	Lower Mallow Street	1997	Maria Pizzuti		^[9]
	Manchester Martyrs Memorial	Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery				^[10]
More images	Terry Wogan	Sarsfield Bridge	2017	Rory Breslin		^[11]
More images	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]

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
More images	Rice Monument	People's Park, Pery Square	1829	Thomas Kirk	^[14]
More images	Richard Russell Drinking fountain	People's Park	1877	John Smith & Co
	Children's Remembrance Memorial	People's park	2002
More images	World War I & II Memorial	Pery Square	1950
	Military Memorial, Irish Defence Forces	Pery Square

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
More images	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
More images	Fountain of Heritage (Wild Geese)	Riverside Walk, City Hall	1991	William Turner
More images	Anti-War Memorial	George's Quay	1987	Vincent Brown
	Wave Form	Merchant's Quay	1987	Jim Flavin
	Volte	Merchant's Quay	1990	Vivienne Roche

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
More images	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

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Notes
	Equatorial Sun Dial	University of Limerick	1986	Ken Thompson
More images	Together and Apart	University of Limerick	2001	Antony Gormley	^[17]
More images	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]
More images	Geometric Forms	Schuman Building, University of Limerick		Alexandra Wejchert	^[19]

List of public art in Limerick

Public art in city centre

People's Park and Pery Square

King's Island

Thomondgate and west city

University of Limerick

Past public art

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