# 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.

## Public art in city centre

| Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Notes |
| Father Theobald Mathew | St Patrick's Street | 1864 | John Henry Foley | "The Statue" |
| The Echo boy | St Patrick's Street | 1991 | Barry Moloney | |
| Examiner Office | St. Patrick's Street | 2009 | Eithne Ring & Liam Lavery | |
| National Monument | Grand Parade, Cork | 1906 | D. J. Coakley | |
| Berwick Fountain | Grand Parade, Cork | 1860 | Sir John Benson | |
| 'Lest We Forget' War Memorial | South Mall, Cork | 1925 | | |
| City | South Mall, Cork | 1985 | Patrick O'Sullivan | |
| Cork City Battalion Irish Volunteers Memorial | South Mall, Cork | 2016 | Mick Wilkins | |
| 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) | |
| The Onion Seller | Bishop Lucey Park | 1985 | Seamus Murphy | Presented by Sunbeam Wolsey PLC |
| Swan Fountain | Bishop Lucey Park | 1985 | John Behan | |
| The Onion Seller | The Coal Quay (Corn Market Street) | 1995 | Seamus Murphy | Presented by Ray Doherty (Franchisee McDonald's) |
| Rory Gallagher | Rory Gallagher Place (formerly St. Paul's Square) | 1997 | Geraldine Creedon | |
| George Boole Plaque | Bachelors Quay | | | |

### Southside

This is defined as the area of the city south of the south channel of the River Lee, and inside the South Ring Road (N40).
| 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 | | | |
| Two Working Men | Cork County Hall | 1969 | Oisín Kelly | "Cha and Miah" |
| Christ the King | Turners Cross | 1931 | John Storrs | |
| McCarthy Monument | Blackrock Road | 1870 | William Atkins | |
| Resurrection Angel | Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral | 1879 | William Burges | "The Goldy Angel" |
| Doorway Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral | Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral | | | |

### Northside

This is defined as the area of the city north of the north channel of the River Lee.
| Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Notes |
| Salmon Weathervane | Church of St Anne, Shandon | | | |
| Lost Industries | Leitrim Street, Blackpool | | Denis O'Connor | |
| Delaney Brothers monument | Dublin Hill | 1940 - 1950 | | |
| Thomas Kent | Cork Kent railway station | | James MacCarthy | |
| Callaghan's Gate | Lower Glanmire Road | | | Entrance gateway to Lotabeg House |
| Ship at Sail | Tivoli Dual Carriageway | 1996 | Kevin Holland | |

### Fitzgerald's Park

| Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Notes |
| Michael Collins | Fitzgerald's Park | | Seamus Murphy | |
| Tom Barry | Fitzgerald's Park | | Seamus Murphy | |
| Éamon De Valera | Fitzgerald's Park | | Seamus Murphy | |
| General Daniel Florence O'Leary | Fitzgerald's Park | 2010 | | |
| Adam and Eve | Fitzgerald's Park | | Edward Delaney | |
| Apple Woman | Fitzgerald's Park | 1968 | Marshall Hutson | |
| Dreamline | Fitzgerald's Park | 1932 | Seamus Murphy | Sculpture has been restored and brought inside Cork Public Museum to protect it from the elements |
| Boy with Boat | Fitzgerald's Park | | Joseph Higgins | |
| Reflection | Fitzgerald's Park | | James Horan | |
| Girl Dancer | Fitzgerald's Park | | Oisín Kelly | |
| Girl with Seashells | Fitzgerald's Park | | | |
| 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 |

### University College Cork

| 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 | |
| George Boole | University College Cork | 2016 | Paul Ferriter | |
| 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. |

## Past public art

| 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" |
| Boy and girl | Green Coat Hospital School | 1716 | | Now in St Anne's Church, Shandon. "Bob and Joan" |
| Dunscombe Testimonial Fountain | Shandon Street | | | |