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.

City centre

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterial DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast Queen's Square 1870W. J. Barre Clock towerStone Q2638495 [1]

More images		 Thanksgiving Square Beacon Thanksgiving Square (Belfast) 2007Andy Scott Abstract sculptureMetal Q4876007 [2]

More images		 The Masts Donegall Place 2011 8 mastsCopper 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]

More images		 The Big Fish Donegall Quay 1999John Kindness Ceramic sculptureStone Q4091869 [4]

More images		 "No Pasaran", Spanish Civil War memorial Writers Square, Donegall Street 2007Anto Brennan Bust on pedestalBronze and stone [5]

More images		 Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker Great Victoria Street 1992Louise Walsh Sculpture groupBronze Q6906904

More images		 Spirit of Belfast Arthur Square 2009Dan George Abstract sculptureSteel Q7577956 [6]

More images		 Sheep on the Road Waterfront Hall, Lanyon Place 1990Deborah Brown Sculpture groupBronze Q7492438 Originally at Riddell Hall. Relocated to Waterfront Hall in 1999

More images		 The Speaker Customs House Square Gareth Knowles StatueBronze

More images		 Henry Cooke Wellington Place 1876Samuel Ferris Lynn Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [7]

More images		 Renewal Queen's Square Ned Jackson Smyth Abstract sculptureMetal [8]

More images		 Thompson memorial fountain Bedford Street/ Ormeau Avenue 1885Young and McKenzie Architects FountainStone [9]

More images		 The Buoys York Street/ Donegall Street Pre 1979Unknown 3 BuoysMetal 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 TypeMaterial DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 The Cenotaph, Belfast Belfast City Hall 1929Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas CenotaphStone Q30323973 [10]

More images		 Queen Victoria Belfast City Hall 1903Sir Thomas Brock Statue on pedestal with supporting figuresStone and bronze Q17778520 [11]

More images		 Titanic Memorial Belfast City Hall 1920Sir Thomas Brock Statue group on pedestalStone Q7809806 [12]

More images		 Sir Edward James Harland Belfast City Hall 1903Sir Thomas Brock Statue on pedestal Q17778453 [13]

More images		 The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Belfast City Hall 1906Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal with canopy Q17778397 [14]

More images		 Sir James Horner Haslett Belfast City Hall 1909Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal Q17778550 [15]

More images		 Sir Daniel Dixon Belfast City Hall 1910Sir Hamo Thornycroft Statue on pedestal Q72151439 [16]

More images		 The 1st Viscount Pirrie Belfast City Hall 1924Bertram Pergram Bust on pedestalBronze Originally erected in Belfast City Cemetery. Refurbished and re-erected on grounds of Belfast City Hall in 2006.[17]

More images		 Robert James McMordie Belfast City Hall 1919Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal [18]

More images		 Boer War memorial Belfast City Hall 1905Sydney March Statue group on pedestal with plaquesStone and bronze [19]
James Joseph 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 TypeMaterial DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 The 1st Baron Kelvin Botanic Gardens (Belfast) 1913Albert Bruce-Joy Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [23][24]
New metal piece Ulster Museum 1978Barry Flanagan Abstract sculptureMetal [25]
Modern sculpture Ulster Museum Abstract sculptureMetal
Ella Pirrie Belfast City Hospital 2007Ross Wilson StatueBronze [26]

More images		 Sweet Water Arch Stranmillis, Belfast

54°34′30″N 5°55′54″W / 54.574907°N 5.931665°W / 54.574907; -5.931665		 2009 (2009)Denis O'Connor SculptureStainless steel4m high The Irish name for the area, "An Srúthan Milís", means "sweet stream".[27][28]

The Queen's University of Belfast

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Queen's University Belfast 1924Sir Thomas Brock Statue group on pedestal with plaquesBronze and stone Q66459168 [29]
Sir William Whitla Queen's University Belfast 1942Gilbert Bayes Bust in nicheBronze [30]
Reclining Figure Queen's University Belfast 1958Frederick Edward McWilliam SculptureBronze [31]

More images		 Eco McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast 2008Marc Didou Sculpture [32]

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 TypeMaterial DesignationWikidata Notes
Titanica Titanic Centre 2012Rowan Gillespie Sculpture on pedestalBronze [33]

More images		 Titanic Kit Titanic Quarter 2009Tony Stallard SculptureBronze Q48743282 [34]

More images		 The Searcher, C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Square 2016Ross Wilson Statue groupBronze [35]
The Longbridge Stone Albertbridge Road and Castlereagh Street 1831N/A Stone Said to be the last remnant of the Long Bridge which spanned the Lagan from Ballymacarret to Belfast

More images		 The Baron Carson Stormont Estate 1933Leonard Stanford Merrifield Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [36]

More images		 The Gleaner Stormont Estate John Knox Sculpture on pedestalStone

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 TypeMaterial DesignationWikidata Notes
James Connolly Falls Road 2016Steve Feeny Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [37]

More images		 RISE Broadway Roundabout, A12 2011Wolfgang Buttress Abstract sculpture Q7335884 [38]
Clonard Martyrs Memorial Bombay Street 2000 Celtic wheel crossStone [39]
Garden of Remembrance Falls Road 2001 [40]
Bayardo Bomb Memorial Shankill Road 2008 [41]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast". Archiseek, Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Thanksgiving Square Beacon". www.andyscottsculptor.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Iconic Masts". www.belfastcentre.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Big Fish". Visit Belfast. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "The XV International Brigade "No Pasaran"". Excellent Street Images. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Spirit of Belfast". www.dangeorge.nyc. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Henry Cooke". www.victorianweb.org. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "J3474 Sculpture Queen's Square/Custom House Square, Belfast". www.geograph.ie. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Thomas Thompson Memorial Fountain, Belfast". Archiseek, Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Belfast Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Queen Victoria,Belfast". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Belfast Men Memorial". Titanic Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "Sir Edward Harland". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Lord Dufferin Memorial, City Hall, Belfast". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  15. ↑ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Lord Pirrie Memorial Plinth, Belfast". Titanic Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "R.I. Regiment Boer War Memorial". Irish War Memorials. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Bravery wins through 54 years on, Belfast statue for Catholic awarded VC". Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  21. ↑ "Korean War Monument dedicated at Belfast City Hall". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  22. ↑ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  23. ↑ "your place and Mine – Greater Belfast. Inventors – Lord Kelvin". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  24. ↑ "Joy, Albert, Bruce". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 – 1940. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  25. ↑ "new metal piece". Barryflanagan.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  26. ↑ "Ella Pirrie Statue, Belfast City Hospital". Geograph.ie. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  27. ↑ "Sweet Arch opened in Stranmillis" 4NI.co.uk, 27 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  28. ↑ "Sweet Water Arch" Art UK. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  29. ↑ "Queen's University Belfast". Ulster War Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  30. ↑ "Sir William Whitla (1851–1933)". The Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  31. ↑ "Reclining Figure (1958)". The Naughton Gallery at Queens. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  32. ↑ "Eco at Queen's University". Excellent Street Images. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  33. ↑ "New Titanic sculptures unveiled". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  34. ↑ "Titanic Kit". www.tonystallard.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  35. ↑ "CS Lewis' life celebrated in new Belfast space". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  36. ↑ "Elementary - Sherlock finally sorting out Carson at Stormont!". Derry Journal. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  37. ↑ "James Connolly statue unveiled in honour of 1916 Easter Rising leader". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  38. ↑ "Sculpture is 'new icon' for Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  39. ↑ "Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden". www.northernirelandmemorials.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  40. ↑ "Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)". CAIN-Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  41. ↑ "Bayardo Bomb Memorial". CAIN-Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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