List of public art in Galway city

This is a list of public art on permanent display in Galway City 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 mosiacs.

Public art in city centre

Name Image Location Artist Year Nickname Source
Galway Hookers Monument Eyre Square Eamonn O'Doherty 1984
Browne Doorway Eyre Square 1627 [1]
Kennedy Memorial Eyre Square Albert O'Toole 1965
Lynch Coat of Arms, Lynch's Castle Shop Street Unknown Medieval
Christopher Columbus Monument Spanish Arch Parade Mick Wilkins 1992 [2]
Claddagh Memorial Sculpture Claddagh Quay Mick Wilkins 2003 [3]
Thomas Nicholas Burke Nimmo's Pier, Claddagh [4]
Oscar Wilde & Eduard Vilde William Street 2004 [5]

Past public art

Name Image Location Artist Year Nickname Source
Lord Dunkellin Eyre Square 1873
Pádraic Ó Conaire Eyre Square (now in Galway City Museum) Albert Power 1935 [6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30314026
  2. ↑ http://www.vanderkrogt.net/statues/object.php?webpage=CO&record=ie001
  3. ↑ http://www.vanderkrogt.net/statues/object.php?webpage=ST&record=ie277
  4. ↑ https://www.tripadvisor.ie/Travel-g186609-c145820/Galway:Ireland:Statue.Of.Thomas.Burke.Claddagh.html
  5. ↑ http://www.galway.net/galwayguide/news/2004/04/ast20040421/
  6. ↑ http://www.galwaycitymuseum.ie/listen-and-learn/man-statue/
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