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Two 2.5 tonne segments in the lower garden of a seventeenth-century castle, among its contemporary sculpture collection.
Two segments, each 3.6 m by 1.2 m and weighing about 2.5 tonnes, were installed in March 2015 in the lower garden at Lismore Castle, among a permanent collection of contemporary sculpture with the Blackwater valley behind. Setting border fortification inside seventeenth-century defensive walls, as sculpture, is a particular kind of curatorial nerve.
How did it get here?
Acquired by the castle's custodians, Lord and Lady Burlington, who travelled to Germany the year before the installation.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #131 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #224.
Berlin Wall installed in Waterford's Lismore Castle — The Irish Times ↗
The March 2015 installation, the dimensions and weight, and the Burlingtons' acquisition.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Historic Lismore Castle adds slabs of Berlin Wall to its defences — Irish Examiner ↗
Contemporary reporting on the installation and its setting.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 131
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 224
Source-reported segments: 2. This is not a separately verified count.
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