For Dublin (1997) was a site-specific, temporary neon public artwork which presented a series of pink fluorescent quotations, extracted from Molly Bloom’s monologues in the last chapter of James Joyce’s Ulysses. The neon works were installed on buildings in nine prominent sites throughout Dub...

Jeffry’s House (2014) is a folly-style structure which was created by architect Thomas O Brien and artist Emily Mannion. The piece is named after Jeffry’s Lough - a nearby lake which appears on older maps but has now disappeared. Standing at the edge of the forest, Jeffry’s House offer...

‘I love Letterkenny, Letterkenny loves me’ (2009) is a two-foot-high neon sign which is installed across the western façade of the Multi Purpose Centre building, at Letterkenny Institute of Technology.

The artwork flicks between the statements ‘I love Letterkenny’, and ‘Let...

Based on an origami-fold pattern, Unfurl (2014) was fabricated using a series of perforated 3mm bronze sheets, which were cut and folded into a parabolic curved surface following the plan of a Fibonacci spiral. The folded surface has 80,000 perforations and is reinforced at the edges with 70mm ph...

Tell Me Something (2014) was an interactive, site-specific, mixed media installation. It took the form of a large, white, luminous ring positioned two thirds of the way up the iconic 52-metre red-brick chimney stack at the former Golden Vale Factory in Limerick city. This prominent location allow...

Inspired by the original origami-hedgehog created by John Richardson, this large scale work was completed and installed in May 2010. After the creation of a 3D CAD model, the work was plasma-cut from a series of 6mm Corten steel sheets, and fabricated using MIG welds over a galvanized piping...

Granby Park (2013) was a temporary ‘pop-up’ park in a vacant site in Dublin’s inner-city. It was devised and constructed by over 500 volunteers, from recycled, up-cycled, reclaimed, borrowed, donated and found materials, to make “a place of creativity, nature, imagination, play and bea...

Smithfield Art Tunnel (2012-2014) aimed to bring artworks into the public realm, by making them visible to passing pedestrians, and the 40,000+ passengers who use the Luas every day. Supported by local businesses and Dublin City Council, the venture aimed to provide a community park, garden and c...

No Man’s Land (2011) was a small, man-made island, created by Fergal McCarthy for Dublin’s Fringe Festival that year. Anchored west of The Samuel Beckett Bridge on the river Liffey, opposite a vacant building intended to be the headquarters of the former Anglo Irish Bank, the fake dessert isl...

Sun Bounce & Solar Seats is a permanent sculptural work for St. Kevin's Community College, in Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow. Sun Bounce comprises six circular mirrors mounted on an upturned stainless steel dial (sextant) that reflect the sun onto a target situated in the shade. The six mirrors denote...