galleries around limerick city

The Belltable Arts Centre was established in 1981, and is the principal Arts Centre in the Shannon Region. Located in a Georgian building in the centre of Limerick City, its facilities include a 315 seat proscenium arch theatre, an exhibition space, film club, coffee shop, all the Belltable's facilities are fully accessible for those with physical disabilities.

The Mid-West's leading theatre and arts venue. The Belltable hosts a variety of artistic events all year round, including th...

Most of the 194 artists whose self-portraits are on display at the National Self-Portrait Collection are contemporary, but the collection goes back to a painting by landscape artist John Butts dated from 1760. 19th century works include self-portraits by Louis King Bradford and James Arthur O’Connor, and the early mid 20th century is strongly represented. The range of media used includes oils, water colours, print, stained glass and a large sculpture section....

Located in Pery Square, the gallery features a permanent collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century Irish art belonging to some of the much acclaimed artists of the past, including Jack Yeats and Sean Keating. Throughout the year, the gallery plays host to between 30 and 40 temporary exhibitions of paintings, patchwork, architecture and sculpture....

The University of Limerick displays the Water Colour Society’s collection of paintings by 98 of their members. The Society developed from a local drawing society that was founded in 1870....

The ‘75’ has 10 to 12 group and solo exhibitions a year, showing both established and emerging artists....

The University of Limerick permanently displays forty sculptures by Helen Hooker O’ Malley Roelofs (1906-1993). These sculptures of Irish personalities were cast at the Dublin Art Foundry during the period of 1992 to 1993. It includes portraits of statesmen such as Eamon De Valera, writers such as Seamus Heaney and Samuel Beckett, and performing artists such as Dana and James Galway....

One of Ireland's most acclaimed artists, whose religious masterpieces and typically Irish faces and landscapes have taken her far afield. Anne's work is known and distributed internationally, so this is the perfect chance for you to have a chat with her personally. The gallery shows all Anne's work including paintings, prints, sculptures and tapestries....

Angela Woulfe is an internationally renowned artist of the highest calibre. Her small, yet cosy gallery, houses exquisite paintings of rural landscapes. These original oil paintings have been exhibited widely, from the RHA in Dublin to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Three of her painting were purchased by the ANC and are on permanent display in the University of Johannesburg.

Ministers of State have also been presented with her works of art. A visit to Angela's gallery, where...

The first evidence of settlement in Limerick is found on Kings Island, and dates back to the Vikings of the 9th century. It was the only river crossing then, and served as a base for raiding local monasteries and Celtic settlements. The English took over the town of Limerick in the late 12th Century, and in 1197 granted a charter declaring Limerick a city. King John, who visited in 1210, ordered that a castle and a bridge (Thomond Bridge) be constructed. Residents of the island city turned...