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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 mosaics.

Public art in city centre

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes

More images 		Galway hookers Monument Eyre Square 1984 Éamonn O'Doherty [1]
Browne Doorway Eyre Square 1627 [2]
Pádraic Ó Conaire (Bronze replica) Eyre Square 2017 Maurice Quillinan, based on 1935 original by Albert Power [3] Limestone original now in Galway City Museum (see below)
Liam Mellows Monument Eyre Square 1957 Domhnall Ó Murchadha [4]
Kennedy Memorial Eyre Square 1965 Albert O'Toole
Lynch Coat of Arms, Lynch's Castle Shop Street Medieval Unknown
Christopher Columbus Monument Spanish Arch Parade 1992 Mick Wilkins [5]
Oscar Wilde & Eduard Vilde William Street 2004 Replica of original by T. Kirsipuu [6] Original of this sculpture is located in Tartu.[7]
Final Journey Forster Street 2009 Mick Wilkins Magdalen women memorial [8]
Galway Girl Quay Street

53°16′16″N 9°03′15″W / 53.2711°N 9.0541°W / 53.2711; -9.0541 		2022 [9]


The Claddagh and Salthill

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Claddagh Memorial Sculpture Claddagh Quay 2003 Mick Wilkins [10]
Thomas Nicholas Burke Nimmo's Pier, Claddagh 1948 John Francis Kavanagh[11] [12]
Naomh Máirtín de Porres St. Mary's Priory, Claddagh Quay 1989 James McKenna [13]

More images 		Claddagh Icon Father Griffin Road/ Fairhill Road Upper

53°16′10″N 9°03′26″W / 53.2694°N 9.0572°W / 53.2694; -9.0572 		2009 John Coll [14]
Galway Famine Ship Memorial Celia Griffin Memorial Park, Salthill 2012 [15]


University of Galway

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
Cathal Ó Fríl Monument University of Galway
Ceiliúradh University of Galway John Coll
Equality Emerging University of Galway 2001 John Behan [16]
Twin Spires University of Galway John Behan


Past public art

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes
From Here To Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology library, Ballybane 2007 Grace Weir Individual counters affixed to the interior walls of the library showed the distances of each of the planets to the library, as they moved continually in real time.[17]
Lord Dunkellin Eyre Square 1873 John Henry Foley Destroyed in 1922 [18]
Pádraic Ó Conaire Eyre Square 1935 Albert Power Limestone original vandalised in 1999. Now in Galway City Museum[19]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ White, Lawrence William (June 2017). "O'Doherty, Eamonn". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.009928.v1.
  2. ^ "The Browne Doorway, Eyre Square, Galway, County Galway". Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Replica of Padraic Ó Conaire statue unveiled". RTE news. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Liam Mellows Monument, Eyre Square, Galway, County Galway". Buildings of Ireland:National Inventory of Architectural heritage. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Galway - Gaillimh - Monument for Columbus visit to Galway". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Sculpture Oscar Wilde and Eduard Vilde". www.visitestonia.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Estonian Gift of Sculpture for Galway City". galway.net. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Final Journey - Magdalen Women Memorial". Statues Hither and Thither. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  9. ^ Sassone, Erika (11 March 2022) [10 March 2022]. "Popular Irish pub's new statue leaving locals baffled as everyone saying same thing". Galway Beo. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Galway - Gaillimh - Claddagh Memorial Sculpture". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Thomas Burke - Tomás de Búrca". Vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Galway: Statue of Thomas Burke - Claddagh - TripAdvisor". tripadvisor.ie. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Naomh Máirtín de Porres". Statues Hither and Thither. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Claddagh Icon". Statues Hither and Thither. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  15. ^ https://www.geograph.ie/photo/3485234
  16. ^ "About | Michelines Three Conditions". michelinesthreeconditions.wordpress.com. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  17. ^ "From Here To. 2007 installation; computer, digital counters, aluminium panels". graceweir.com. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  18. ^ "Lord Dunkellin's Statue". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Galway City Museum - Man & Statue". galwaycitymuseum.ie. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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