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.

City centre

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDesignationWikidata 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 are named after White Star Line ships built at Harland and Wolff:- Titanic, Olympic, Oceanic, Britannic, Laurentic, Celtic, Nomadic, Traffic.[3]
James Larkin Donegall Street Place 2006Anto Brennan sculptureBronze [4]

More images		 The Big Fish Donegall Quay 1999John Kindness Ceramic sculptureStone Q4091869 [5]

More images		 "No Pasaran", Spanish Civil War memorial Writers Square, Donegall Street 2007Anto Brennan Bust on pedestalBronze and stone [6]

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 [7]

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
The Ulster Brewer Lanyon place 1997Ross Wilson statuebronze Also known as 'The Barrel Man' [8]

More images		 The Speaker Customs House Square Gareth Knowles StatueBronze

More images		 Henry Cooke Wellington Place 1876Samuel Ferris Lynn Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [9]

More images		 Renewal Queen's Square Ned Jackson Smyth Abstract sculptureMetal [10]

More images		 Thomas Thompson memorial fountain Bedford Street / Ormeau Avenue 1885Young and McKenzie Architects FountainStone [11]

More images		 The Buoys York Street / Donegall Street Pre 1979Unknown 3 BuoysMetal Group of obsolete navigation buoys presented by the Commissioner of Irish Lights to Belfast City Council to highlight Belfast's maritime heritage.

More images		 Rinty Monaghan Cathedral Gardens 2015Alan (Beattie) Herriot bronze [12]

More images		 Anne Sculpture St. Anne's Square 2009Lucy Glendinning
Alec the Goose St George's Market 2009Gordon Muir Bronze

More images		 Sammy the Seal Donegall Quay 2014The Paul Hogarth Company Bronze [13]

Belfast City Hall

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 The Cenotaph, Belfast Belfast City Hall 1929Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas CenotaphStone Q30323973 [14]

More images		 Queen Victoria Belfast City Hall 1903Sir Thomas Brock Statue on pedestal with supporting figuresStone and bronze Q17778520 [15]

More images		 Titanic Memorial Belfast City Hall 1920Sir Thomas Brock Statue group on pedestalStone Q7809806 [16]

More images		 Sir Edward James Harland Belfast City Hall 1903Sir Thomas Brock Statue on pedestal Q17778453 [17]

More images		 The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Belfast City Hall 1906Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal with canopy Q17778397 [18]

More images		 Sir James Horner Haslett Belfast City Hall 1909Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal Q17778550 [19]

More images		 Sir Daniel Dixon Belfast City Hall 1910Sir Hamo Thornycroft Statue on pedestal Q72151439 [19]

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.[20]

More images		 Robert James McMordie Belfast City Hall 1919Frederick W. Pomeroy Statue on pedestal [19]

More images		 Boer War memorial Belfast City Hall 1905Sydney March Statue group on pedestal with plaquesStone and bronze [21]
James Joseph Magennis Belfast City Hall 1999Elizabeth McLaughlin [22]
Korean War memorial Belfast City Hall 1951 Originally erected in Korea on site of battlefield at Chaegunghyon. Re-erected in St. Patrick's Barracks in Ballymena in 1962. Re-erected and dedicated at Belfast City Hall in 2010[23]
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 [24]
Mary Ann McCracken Belfast City Hall 2024Ralf Sander & Naomi Sander Bronze Unveiled on International Women's Day 2024 [25]
Winifred Carney Belfast City Hall 2024Ralf Sander & Naomi Sander Bronze Unveiled on International Women's Day 2024 [25]

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 / designerTypeMaterialDesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 The 1st Baron Kelvin Botanic Gardens (Belfast) 1913Albert Bruce-Joy Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [26][27]

More images		 New metal piece Ulster Museum 1978Barry Flanagan Abstract sculptureMetal [28]

More images		 Modern sculpture Ulster Museum Abstract sculptureMetal
Belfast Wheel King William Park SculptureBronze Wheel is composed of 12 segments, each depicting an area of the city [29]
Ella Pirrie Belfast City Hospital 2007Ross Wilson StatueBronze [30]

More images		 Mother - Daughter - Sister Sandy Row 2015Ross Wilson StatueBronze [31]

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".[32][33]

More images		 Tate Avenue Sculptures Tate Avenue 2009David Dudgeon SculptureSteel [34]

More images		 Blackbird of Belfast Lough Sculptures Ormeau Road 2010Daniela Balmaverde Sculpture Pair of sculptures - one at junction of Dromara Street and Ormeau Road and the other in the grounds of Ormeau Road Library [35]

The Queen's University of Belfast

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 War memorial Queen's University Belfast 1924Sir Thomas Brock Statue group on pedestal with plaquesBronze and stone Q66459168 [36]
Sir William Whitla Queen's University Belfast 1942Gilbert Bayes Bust in nicheBronze [37]
Reclining Figure Queen's University Belfast 1958Frederick Edward McWilliam SculptureBronze [38]

More images		 Eco McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast 2008Marc Didou Sculpture [39]
George J. Mitchell Queen's University, Belfast 2023Colin Davidson bustbronze

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 / designerTypeMaterialDesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Titanica Titanic Centre 2012Rowan Gillespie Sculpture on pedestalBronze [40]

More images		 Titanic Kit Titanic Quarter 2009Tony Stallard SculptureBronze Q48743282 [41]

More images		 Glass of Thrones Windows Titanic Quarter 2021Unknown stained glass windowglass Series of six stained glass windows commissioned by Tourism Ireland to celebrate characters and events from the Game of Thrones TV series [42]

More images		 Titanic Yardmen 401 Newtownards Road 2012Ross Wilson Sculpture [43]

More images		 The Searcher, C. S. Lewis C.S. Lewis Square 2016Ross Wilson Statue groupBronze [44]

More images		 Narnia characters C.S. Lewis Square 2016Maurice Harron Statue GroupBronze Statues of characters from C.S. Lewis's book 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe'
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 [45]

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 / designerTypeMaterialDesignationWikidata Notes
James Connolly Falls Road 2016Steve Feeny Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [46]

More images		 RISE Broadway Roundabout, A12 2011Wolfgang Buttress Abstract sculpture Q7335884 [47]
Clonard Martyrs Memorial Bombay Street 2000 Celtic wheel crossStone [48]
Garden of Remembrance Falls Road 2001 [49]
Bayardo Bomb Memorial Shankill Road 2008 [50]
William of Orange Clifton Street 1889Harry Hems Equestrian statuebronze Equestrian statue on the roof of Clifton Street Orange Hall [51]
William Conor Shankill Road 2015 statueBronze [52]
The Millie Crumlin Road 2010Ross Wilson Bronze Statue to Belfast's female linen mill workers [53]
Mill Workers Crumlin Road Eric Jones Stone

North Belfast

North Belfast is defined as the area of the city north of the Crumlin Road, A12 (westlink) and M3 on the west bank of the Lagan.

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designerTypeMaterialDesignationWikidata Notes
Belfast Seahorse Dargan Road 2013Ralf Sander StatueStainless Steel [54]

More images		 The Flying Angel Prince's Dock Street 2000Maurice Harron Bronze and Stainless Steel [55]

More images		 The Dividers Clarendon Dock 2002Vivien Burnside Bronze and Stainless Steel [56]

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 Jim Larkin (1874–1947) | Art UK". artuk.org.
  5. ↑ "Big Fish". Visit Belfast. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "The XV International Brigade "No Pasaran"". Excellent Street Images. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Spirit of Belfast". www.dangeorge.nyc. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Ulster Brewer or Barrel Man 1997 By Ross Wilson". A FREQUENT VISITOR'S GUIDE TO BELFAST.
  9. ↑ "Henry Cooke". www.victorianweb.org. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "J3474 Sculpture Queen's Square/Custom House Square, Belfast". www.geograph.ie. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Thomas Thompson Memorial Fountain, Belfast". Archiseek, Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Rinty Monaghan: Statue honours Belfast's first world boxing champion". 20 August 2015 – via www.bbc.com.
  13. ↑ Corr, Shauna (3 April 2021). "The story behind Belfast's Sammy the Seal sculptures at Donegall Quay". Belfast Live.
  14. ↑ "Belfast Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  15. ↑ "Queen Victoria, Belfast". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "Belfast Men Memorial". Titanic Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Sir Edward Harland". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Lord Dufferin Memorial, City Hall, Belfast". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  19. 1 2 3 "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Lord Pirrie Memorial Plinth, Belfast". Titanic Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  21. ↑ "R.I. Regiment Boer War Memorial". Irish War Memorials. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "Bravery wins through 54 years on, Belfast statue for Catholic awarded VC". Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  23. ↑ "Korean War Monument dedicated at Belfast City Hall". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  24. ↑ "Memorials and Statues". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  25. 1 2 "News from Belfast City Council". Belfast City Council.
  26. ↑ "your place and Mine – Greater Belfast. Inventors – Lord Kelvin". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  27. ↑ "Joy, Albert, Bruce". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 – 1940. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  28. ↑ "new metal piece". Barryflanagan.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  29. ↑ "Belfast Wheel Sculpture, King William Park (at convergence of the Lisburn & University Roads), Belfast". 9 September 2008 – via Flickr.
  30. ↑ "Ella Pirrie Statue, Belfast City Hospital". Geograph.ie. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  31. ↑ "Mother Daughter Sister Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
  32. ↑ "Sweet Arch opened in Stranmillis" 4NI.co.uk, 27 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  33. ↑ "Sweet Water Arch" Art UK. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  34. ↑ "David Dudgeon". Archived from the original on 17 October 2025.
  35. ↑ "Lower Ormeau Road (2010)".
  36. ↑ "Queen's University Belfast". Ulster War Memorials. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  37. ↑ "Sir William Whitla (1851–1933)". The Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  38. ↑ "Reclining Figure (1958)". The Naughton Gallery at Queens. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  39. ↑ "Eco at Queen's University". Excellent Street Images. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  40. ↑ "New Titanic sculptures unveiled". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  41. ↑ "Titanic Kit". www.tonystallard.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  42. ↑ "Glass of Thrones' installation goes on permanent display in Belfast's Maritime Mile". www.tourismni.com.
  43. ↑ "Titanic Yardmen 401; Belfast". www.titanic.memorial.
  44. ↑ "CS Lewis' life celebrated in new Belfast space". BBC Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  45. ↑ "Elementary - Sherlock finally sorting out Carson at Stormont!". Derry Journal. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  46. ↑ "James Connolly statue unveiled in honour of 1916 Easter Rising leader". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  47. ↑ "Sculpture is 'new icon' for Belfast". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  48. ↑ "Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden". www.northernirelandmemorials.com. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  49. ↑ "Garden of Remembrance (Falls Road)". CAIN-Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  50. ↑ "Bayardo Bomb Memorial". CAIN-Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  51. ↑ "Belfast Orange Hall: 'the metropolis of Orangeism'". 18 October 2021.
  52. ↑ Activity, Extramural (10 September 2015). "Conor's Corner".
  53. ↑ "Statue: The Millie, Crumlin Road – Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum".
  54. ↑ The Seahorse
  55. ↑ Public Art
  56. ↑ "Dividers | Art UK". artuk.org.
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