Cavan County Council Arts Office appointed Orla Murphy and Dermot McCabe as architects-in-residence with a purposely open brief to facilitate an opportunity for young architects to think and work as artists within the theme of Cavan Re-Imagined.

An exhibition of the work by the architects...

Steel, a permanent sculpture by leading Irish artist Fergus Martin, was commissioned under the Government’s Per Cent for Art Scheme by the Office of Public Works. The sculpture is erected on IMMA’s East Gate which serves as the main entrance for visitors to the Museum. 

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An artist's book derived from the artists explorations of the harbour in Sligo and up river to Lough Gill. The work is based on the artists photography, filming, drawing and research into peoples local knowledge including walkers, residents and fishermen. 

Mackey spent much time in the Sli...

Eileen Mac Donagh's Tallaght X sculpture, installed in Library Square, is constructed of four 10 rectangular stainless steel trunks that tilt and lean against each other and turn at an angle about three quarters of the way up, forming a abstract X shape. Their geometric shape and scale ech...

Carol Anne Connolly's Broken Appliance Depot took place in a vacant house in a newly built estate on a farmland designated for ESB pylons in County Roscommon. It presented alternative and creative solutions to address the re-use of surplus 'objects' and 'buildings' in our communities. The project...

Staircase Poems was a year-long public art project by poet and visual artist Alice Lyons for The Dock arts centre, commissioned by Leitrim County Council under the Per Cent ...

A riverside sound-art installation at the Irish National War Memorial Gardens

Located along the banks of the River Liffey at the Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, Dublin, Voices of Memory, is a contemporary sound artwork by internationally renowned artist Christina Kubisch. designed as a commemo...

This public artwork was commissioned by Kildare County Council for a number of reasons, it was to mark the contribution of the work of the army at the Curragh Camp, to mark the significance of Fionn and na Fianna in Kildare and to initiate a key piece to be included in the Public Art and Heritage...

A public art commission, curated by Vincent O'Shea for Kerry County Council, which saw the creation of a new fictional custom or ‘folk rite’ for the village of Gneeveguilla in County Kerry.

Over the summer of 2011, artist Gareth Kennedy worked with the local people of Gneeveguilla to ...

Kelly’s work is made of copper bronze and depicts the four figures of the children (Of Lir), and four swans: according to the legend the children were transformed into swans for 300 years. 

A plaque next to the statue carries the words:

“In the darkness of despair we saw a vi...