A familiar site at the riverside leisure area since the Cork 800 celebrations of 1985, the sculpture has survived numerous floods and even a makeover by fans of a local sports team 

Cotter made the work over the space of a year at the National Sculpture Factory, a facility she helped found in the 1970s

Created in 1995 when the artist was working under the Patrick Ireland moniker, the ogham-inspired One Here Now had been covered up for years 

The work of Blackpool-born artist adorns the walls of London's Royal Society, and he is probably the only Cork person interred in St Paul's Cathedral

The ball of briars touched on themes around Easter Rising of 1916, but also the H-Block prisoners and the Troubles in the North

The renowned Togher artist took inspiration from a poster advertising a gig in which Radiohead supported Cork band, the Frank & Walters

The artist combined her grandmother's wedding dress with a cow-hide to create the iconic piece

Unveiled in 2003, the piece marks the area's connection with a legendary cailleach (hag) who had designs on Fionn MacCumhail’s grandson

Seán McCarthy’s impressive take on the hurling legend was inspired by the work of Renaissance sculptor Donatello

The Last Light ceremony at Dursey Sound on December 31, 1999, was billed as the last sunset of the millennium in western Europe. Turlough Cowman's creation was an integral part of the event

Originally commissioned with a large budget, the project soon created debate and controversy, and subsequent adjustments to the piece led to the artist cutting ties with the town 

The former oilman was part of a Cork group who planned to go to Cuba with Michael D Higgins and present the painting to Castro in person 

Controversy raged around the project's price tag, threatening to overshadow the positive aspects of the installation 

A familiar face from his shop in the English Market in Cork, Paul Mulvany is also a keen artist with an interest in history, writes Marc O’Sullivan Vallig

The story of how The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife came to be in the National Gallery of Ireland is almost as colourful as the painting itself.

Created to welcome 'the Famine queen' on a visit to the college, the statue was later buried, with an exhumation in the 1990s causing further controversy 

Erected to inaugurate the Cork 800, the steel piece was an early - and sometimes unappreciated - representation of modernism in the local art canon  

Though it was torn down by locals in 1862, the statue of the British royal was testament to a prosperous age in Cork's history 

Kieran O'Connor's art for the 1994 Cork Film Festival began as a painting - and ended up in the great ape himself scaling the walls of the Opera House

An early endorsement of street art by city officials in advance of the European City of Culture event, the artist populated his piece with local characters from the English Market and its environs 

The painting which now hangs in the Crawford Art Gallery began a sequence of events which led to the writer's plays being performed in New York and China 

The Kilbrittain man's motif for the Rosc exhibition, the only presence by an Irish artist in the event credited with introducing Ireland to modern art 

The artist was a gay man from Shandon Street; his subject a famous writer who inherited an estate in Co Cork

The famous salmon has gazed down on Cork since the the 18th century, and still needs to be re-gilded every couple of decades 

The sculpture in Henry Ford's ancestral village is a popular spot for snapping photographs, and has also been visited by the descendants of the car magnate

The collaboration between a French and Irish artist incorporates graffiti into its panels of portrayals of Irish writers 

The impressive sculpture was created from a 25-ton block of limestone, though the piece has since been moved to a new site after road safety regulations deemed it too high

There's a debate around whether the exiled Cork chieftain actually posed for the portrait, but it did help keep his memory alive in both Spain and Ireland

To mark the legendary sportsman's 50th birthday, we look back at the story of how Scottish photographer Murdo Macleod captured an iconic image that now hangs in the Crawford Art Gallery 

Séamus Murphy may have had run-ins with the Catholic Church, but his piece at Ballyvourney was a personal favourite. The lifesized statue also stands as testament to the enduring affection local people have had for the saint 

The eccentric architect who designed the cathedral gifted the angel to Cork, and set it facing east for a particular reason

On display in the Crawford for 100 years, Keating’s painting captures a significant moment in Irish history

Marc O'Sullivan explains his role in how the late great photographer's iconic image of the Fab Four found its way to Leeside

There's a fascinating story behind American artist James Turrell's unfinished project in West Cork

Affectionately known as 'Cha and Miah', the well-known piece has a fascinating backstory that reveals it  was originally created for a Dublin location 

Cork's most famous artwork was unveiled before an estimated crowd of 100,000 in 1864, and has survived a British rampage, an ambitious Catalan, and a pandemic 

The stone carvings of naked women with exposed genitals still stir debate, and the Fitzgerald's Park facility holds two fine examples found in Co Cork 

The Mandeville Memorial was erected in memory of the Land League icon, and in later years reputedly offered a false address of choice for some minor lawbreakers 

The 18th-century panorama of Cork contains buildings and features that are still in existence today. A closer look, though, reveals the artist took some liberties in the vista he portrays 

Alex Pentek's piece commemorates the Native American tribe's magnificent gesture during the Great Famine 

It may have only lasted a few years, but Tom Doig's mural on North Main Street used a derelict site to pay homage to some of the city's literary talents 

Harry Clarke was in his early twenties when he was commissioned  to create the famous windows at the chapel of the Cork College 

The electrical box painted with the image of the anti-slavery campaigner is one of numerous parts of the city brightened by  by the street art by groups such as Mad About Cork 

No 2:  Will Sliney has achieved international fame for his work on Spider-Man, but the Ballycotton artist's take on an Irish hero holds a special place in his heart