Photonique

• Is This Public Art Or A Rusty Metal Yoke
• Huge Canvas For Some Amazing Murals
• Two Spacer Murals By Shane Sutton
• The Quays by Dan Kitchener
• Dan Kitchener Overpainted His 2015 Mural
• The Unsigned Mural
• The Keepers Mural Is Overpainted
• Finders Keepers Mural From 2017 To 2026
• The Curious Case of the Vanishing Mural
• One Mural Replaced Another
• Mural By Neto Vettorello
• StayLo - The Glass House Lane Series
• Mural By OMIN At Glass House Lane
• Mural By Marie Balbinot From Brazil
• The Solar Eclipse
• About A Girl A Mural By KEMP
• Waterford Walls August 2025
• The Sister Cusack Memorial Plaque

Public Art Or Rusty Metal

Maritime Relics on Dry Land: The Belfast Trend Reaches Waterford

I suspect that they were mooring buoys rather than navigational buoys - you are welcome to correct me.

Anyone familiar with Belfast’s modern redevelopments knows the enduring fondness for decommissioned navigational and mooring buoys planted on dry land. Up north, they crop up with remarkable frequency—usually painted a vibrant post-box red, leaving casual observers to wonder if maritime authorities simply retired a surplus of port markers while keeping all the green starboard ones out at sea.

Now, this distinct architectural trend seems to be spreading south to other historic port towns and cities—arriving right here in Waterford.

On the manicured grounds of the mixed residential complex off the Inner Ring Road near St John’s River, a number of pairs of these colossal iron relics has been repurposed as ready-made outdoor sculpture

But unlike their glossy northern counterparts, the developers here opted against the standard coat of marine-grade red paint.

Left entirely unvarnished, the heavy riveted plates, spherical hulls, and oversized shackle rings have oxidized into a rich, deep coat of rust. Sitting half-tilted on the grass against modern apartment blocks, they act as unpolished, heavy industrial artifacts—grounding contemporary urban developments with a quiet, weathered nod to Ireland’s working maritime heritage.

AT LEAST THEY DID NOT PAINT THEM BRIGHT RED

THE LEGACY CATALOG

* In The Year 2008 * In The Year 2011 * In The Year 2017 * Henrietta Back In 2010

Railway Stations

* Clontarf Railway Station * Docklands Railway Station * Malahide Railway Station

Examples Of Waterford Walls Murals

• Huge Canvas For Some Amazing Murals
• Two Spacer Murals By Shane Sutton
• The Quays by Dan Kitchener
• Dan Kitchener Overpainted His 2015 Mural
• The Unsigned Mural
• The Keepers Mural Is Overpainted
• Finders Keepers Mural From 2017 To 2026
• The Curious Case of the Vanishing Mural
• One Mural Replaced Another
• Mural By Neto Vettorello
• Bugs Bunny Mural By ADRE
• StayLo - Unofficial Mural
• A Really Really Long Mural
• Mural By OMIN
• Mural By Marie Balbinot From Brazil
• Artist At Work
• DeLaSalle Hall Mural By Eoin O'Connor
• Mantra By Torbe36
• Mural By Sonny Sundancer August 2017
• Another Mural By Sonny Sundancer August 2021
• Mural By Dan Leo At 2 Park Road In Waterford
• Mural By Mr Cenz
• Waterford Murals Photographed in July 2018
• Mural By Alex Senna Photographed In August 2025
• A Scribble Grid In Action
• Animalitoland's Mural From 2018 Waterford Walls
• Flowers On The Street By Lula Groce
• Nerone The Artist And His Art On Display In Waterford
• Mural By Laker And Land
• Laura A Mural By Taquen
• The Same But Different By Zabou

Waterford Walls 2025 Locations

Ballybeg Park

• EMIC – 157 Ballybeg Park

Mount Sion Avenue

• KMG – Swans of Lir (No. 85)
• MR. BLOB – Mount Sion Avenue

Stephen Street

• Magda Karol – Stephen Street
• Nickie Harrington – Stephen Street
• Gabriela Joyce – Stephen Street

Thomas Street

• Novice – Thomas Street
• Omin – Thomas Street
• PENS – Thomas Street

O'Connell Street

• Nerone – O'Connell Street

Parnell Street

• Blu Heron – Parnell Street

The Forum Hub

• Kohneshia – The Forum Hub

Multi-Site & Citywide Installations

• Dotmasters – 9 installations across Waterford City
• Blackdoors – 5 installations across Waterford City

Waterford Walls 2024 (10th Anniversary Highlights)

O'Connell Cultural Quarter (O'Connell St / George's St / Gladstone St)

• Aches – Large-scale portrait / chromatic aberration piece (O'Connell St)
• Curtis Hylton – Flora and fauna mural (Gladstone St)
• Curtis Hylton & Shane O'Driscoll – Collaborative installation (George's St)

The Glen / Ballybricken

• Smug One – Photo-realistic character piece (The Glen)
• KinMx – Mythological & botanical figure (Ballybricken)

The Apple Market / Railway Square

• Zurik – Dynamic geometric lettering (Railway Square)
• Dan Leo – Bold graphic wildlife illustration (Apple Market vicinity)

Millers Marsh / Waterside

• Kitsune Jolene – Atmospheric portraiture (Waterside car park)
• French & Mottershead – Site-responsive installation (Millers Marsh)

Waterford Walls 2023 Highlights

New Street / Apple Market

• Rustam Qbic – Surreal narrative mural (New St Car Park)
• Juliette Viode – Figurative piece (Apple Market lane)

O'Connell Street & Cultural Quarter

• Anna Lina – Botanical & nature installation (O'Connell St)
• Street Art Frankey – Playful micro-installations (Various Cultural Quarter spots)

Stephen Street / Mayor's Walk

• Peachzz – Wildlife and floral theme (Mayor's Walk)
• Garreth Joyce – Contemporary graphic mural (Stephen St)

The Mall / Waterfront

• Signs of Power (Amime) – Typographic / lettering mural (The Mall)
• Taquen – Minimalist nature study (Quayside approaches)

Waterford Walls 2022 Highlights

The Glen & Green Street

• Mojo – Contemporary portrait (The Glen)
• Lost Optics – Retro-futuristic abstract patterns (Green St)

Ballybricken

• Sonny Sundancer – Large-scale endangered wildlife mural (Ballybricken Green)
• James Earley – Stained-glass inspired abstraction (Bull Post area)

Barrack Street / Mount Sion

• Mister Copy – Classical figurative study (Barrack St)
• Shane Sutton – Spacer/astronaut series (Mount Sion area)

City Centre & Quays

• Dan Kitchener (DANK) – Rainy night urban cityscape (Quayside)
• Thinker – Abstract graphic mural (The Quay car park wall)