List of public art in Belfast

This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Belfast, Northern 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. The murals of Belfast are discussed separately in Murals in Northern Ireland.

Public art in city centre
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast Queen's Square 1870W. J. Barre [1]
Thanksgiving Square Beacon Thanksgiving Square (Belfast) 2007Andy Scott [2]
The Masts Donegall Place 2011 The eight copper clad lighting masts reflect Belfast's maritime heritage and are named after White Star Line ships built in Harland and Wolff. From City Hall heading north they are: Titanic, Olympic, Oceanic, Britannic, Laurentic, Celtic, Nomadic, Traffic. [3]
The Big Fish Donegall Quay 1999John Kindness [4]
"No Pasaran", Spanish Civil War memorial Writers Square, Donegall Street 2007Anto Brennan [5]
Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker Great Victoria Street 1992Louise Walsh
Spirit of Belfast Arthur Square 2009Dan George [6]
Sheep on the Road Waterfront Hall, Lanyon Place 1990Deborah Brown Originally at Riddell Hall. Relocated to Waterfront Hall in 1999
The Speaker Customs House Square Gareth Knowles
Henry Cooke (minister) Wellington Place 1876Samuel Ferris Lynn [7]
Renewal Queen's Square Ned Jackson Smyth [8]
Thompson memorial fountain Bedford Street/ Ormeau Avenue 1885Young and McKenzie Architects [9]
The Buoys York Street/ Donegall Street Pre 1979Unknown The Buoys are obsolete navigation buoys presented by the Commissioner of Irish Lights to Belfast City Council to highlight Belfast's maritime heritage.

Belfast City Hall
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
The Cenotaph, Belfast Belfast City Hall 1929Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas [10]
Queen Victoria Belfast City Hall 1903Sir Thomas Brock [11]
Titanic Memorial (Belfast) Belfast City Hall 1920Sir Thomas Brock [12]
Edward James Harland Belfast City Hall 1903Sir Thomas Brock [13]
Frederick Temple, Lord Dufferin Belfast City Hall 1906Frederick W. Pomeroy [14]
James Horner Haslett Belfast City Hall 1909Frederick Pomeroy [15]
Sir Daniel Dixon Belfast City Hall 1910W. Hamo Thornycroft [16]
William James Pirrie Belfast City Hall 1924Bertram Pergram Originally erected in Belfast City Cemetery. Refurbished and re-erected on grounds of Belfast City Hall in 2006.[17]
Robert James McMordie Belfast City Hall 1919Frederick W. Pomeroy [18]
Boer War memorial Belfast City Hall 1905Sydney March [19]
James Magennis Belfast City Hall 1999Elizabeth McLaughlin [20]
Korean War memorial Belfast City Hall 1951 Originally erected in Korea on site of battlefield at Chaegunghyon. Brought to Northern Ireland and re-erected in St. Patrick's Barracks in Ballymena in 1962. Re-erected and dedicated at Belfast City Hall in 2010 [21]
USAEF memorial Belfast City Hall 1943T. F. O. Rippingham Originally sited at gateway to City Hall. Moved to present location in 1995 and rededicated by President Bill Clinton [22]

South Belfast

South Belfast is defined as the area of the city south of the railway line from the A12 (Westlink) to the River Lagan. It includes Queen's University Belfast, the Ulster Museum and the Botanic Gardens.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Lord Kelvin Botanic Gardens (Belfast) 1913Albert Bruce-Joy [23] [24]
New metal piece Ulster Museum 1978Barry Flanagan [25]
Modern sculpture Ulster Museum
Ella Pirrie Belfast City Hospital 2007Ross Wilson [26]

Queen's University Belfast
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
War memorial Queen's University Belfast 1924Sir Thomas Brock [27]
Sir William Whitla Queen's University Belfast 1942Gilbert Bayes [28]
Reclining Figure Queen's University Belfast 1958Frederick Edward McWilliam [29]
Eco McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast 2008Marc Didou [30]

East Belfast

East Belfast is defined as the city east of the River Lagan. It includes the Titanic Quarter and the Stormont Estate.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
Titanica Titanic Centre 2012Rowan Gillespie [31]
Titanic Kit Titanic Quarter 2009Tony Stallard [32]
The Searcher C. S. Lewis Square 2016Ross Wilson [33]
The Longbridge Stone Albertbridge Road and Castlereagh Street 1831N/A Said to be the last remnant of the Long Bridge which spanned the Lagan from Ballymacarret to Belfast
Edward Carson Stormont Estate 1933Leonard Stanford Merrifield [34]
The Gleaner Stormont Estate John Knox

West Belfast

West Belfast is defined as the area of the city west of the A12 (westlink) and south of the Crumlin Road. It includes the Falls Road and the Shankill Road. West Belfast is famous for its murals, both Loyalist and Republican. These are discussed separately in the article Murals in Northern Ireland.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer Type Designation Notes
James Connolly Falls Road 2016Steve Feeny [35]
RISE Broadway Roundabout, A12 2011Wolfgang Buttress [36]
Clonard Martyrs Memorial Bombay Street 2000 [37]
Garden of Remembrance Falls Road 2001 [38]
Bayardo Bomb Memorial Shankill Road 2008 [39]

See also

References
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  23. "your place and Mine – Greater Belfast. Inventors – Lord Kelvin". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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  25. "new metal piece". Barryflanagan.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  26. "Ella Pirrie Statue, Belfast City Hospital". Geograph.ie. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  27. "Queen's University Belfast". Ulster War Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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  33. "CS Lewis' life celebrated in new Belfast space". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  34. "Elementary - Sherlock finally sorting out Carson at Stormont!". Derry Journal. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  35. "James Connolly statue unveiled in honour of 1916 Easter Rising leader". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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  37. "Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden". www.northernirelandmemorials.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  38. "Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)". CAIN-Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  39. "Bayardo Bomb Memorial". CAIN-Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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