EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC ART IN LIMERICK
Brown Thomas

Brown Thomas

Horse Outside

Horse Outside

Poised Portal

Poised Portal


KNOWN TO THE STUDENTS AS BROWN THOMASSCULPTURE AT LIMERICK UNIVERSITY

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Domnall Mór Ua Briain, or Domnall Mór mac Toirrdelbaig Uí Briain, was King of Thomond in Ireland from 1168 to 1194 and a claimant to the title King of Munster. He was also styled King of Limerick, a title belonging to the O'Brien dynasty since Brian Boru's annexation of the Norse city in the 10th century.
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I do know that “Hook And Ladder” did, in the past, organise "whole cow" cooking courses.


A gentleman, who turned out to be a scrap dealer, asked me what I thought of this and then suggested that it was "real art". Also he liked the two horses located nearby. Personally I like Corten steel works of art but when I first saw this many years ago I was not 100% sure that it was not a skip or dumpster.
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Poised Portal by Eileen McDonagh (1987). Constructed from limestone, it stands on Custom House Quay.
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Rowan Fergus Meredith Gillespie (born 1953) is an Irish bronze casting sculptor of international renown. Born in Dublin to Irish parents, Gillespie spent his formative years in Cyprus

The Living Bridge is a pedestrian bridge across the River Shannon linking the University of Limerick’s premises in County Limerick and County Clare.
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Polish artist Alexandra Wejchert studied architecture at Warsaw University and art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. She lived in Italy and France before moving to Ireland in 1965. Wejchert’s large-scale sculptural works in innovative materials including coloured perspex, plexiglass and neon became emblematic of the new spirit of progress in 1970s Ireland. Wejchert received many major commissions from businesses and institutions including, Irish Life; the Bank of Ireland; University College Dublin, and Trinity College Dublin. She also exhibited extensively nationally and internationally.
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