Cornmarket
Arthur Square
The Spirit of Belfast was unveiled in September 2009, this large-scale steel structure sits in the Cornmarket, where a bandstand once stood.
The four interlocking rings sit in the heart of the city center’s pedestrianized shopping area and are said to have been designed to reflect Belfast’s shipbuilding and linen industries.
Created by Dan George, it has been given the name Onion Rings, by the ever humerous Irish citizens.
Dan George was born in Lake George, New York and studied at the Arts Students League of New York and the Koning Academie in Antwerp.
He says of this piece: Spirit of Belfast engages images from the site’s history while respecting the circular flow of pedestian traffic and not obscuring sightlines along the streets.
