Maurice Harron (born 1946) is an artist, educator and public

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. He was educated at St Columb's College and at the Ulster College of Art and Design in

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. He has completed dozens of monuments in Ireland, the UK and in the USA. Notable commissions include '' Reconciliation/Hands Across the Divide'' in Carlisle Square, Derry, ''Let the Dance Begin'' in Strabane, the Irish Famine Memorial on Cambridge Common,

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, Red Hugh O'Donnell in Roscommon, Grainne in Heritage Green park,

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and CS Lewis Square in Belfast.

References

Maurice Harron website
*Grainne, Chicag

*CS Lewis Square openin
Josef Locke sculpture, Derry

External links

www.mauriceharron.net
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harron, Maurice Sculptors from Northern Ireland Male sculptors from Northern Ireland Artists from Derry (city) 1946 births Living people Alumni of Ulster University People educated at St Columb's College