Elizabeth McLaughlin is a Northern Irish sculptor who works in bronze and has provided a number of public commissions throughout Ireland.

Biography

Elizabeth McLaughlin is from

Ballygowan Ballygowan () is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Ards and North Down Borough. The town of Comber is a short distance to the north-east, the town of Saintfield to the south, and the city of Belfast further to the no ...

Newtownards Newtownards is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. It is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Newtownard ...

, County Down. Very little is known about the artist. When one of her statues was damaged and stolen after Storm Ophelia the local community of Finglas, where the statue was displayed, tried to reach out to the artist. The statue was found and repaired but the McLaughlin was not found for the ceremony to replace the piece. McLaughlin has a number of well known sculptures commissioned and on display in Ireland. The best known of these are the '' Countess Markievicz and Poppet Statue'' in Dublin, the Claudy bombing memorial and the Finglas ''Mother and Baby'' statue more correctly known by its title ''Let the Life Flow Through''. Others include a statue commemorating the Famine in Roscommon, a memorial to

James Joseph Magennis James Joseph Magennis, VC (27 October 1919 – 12 February 1986) was a Belfast-born sailor and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces ...

, and ''Let There Be Light'' which includes stained glass as well as the more typical bronze with which McLaughlin usually works. Constance Markievicz statue by Elizabeth McLaughlin (01).jpg, Constance Markievicz statue "Mother and Baby" (1996) by Elizabeth McLaughlin, Finglas Place, Dublin.jpg, Let the Life Flow Through Sculpture, Claudy - geograph.org.uk - 813678.jpg, Claudy bombing memorial Magennis VC.jpg, Leading Seaman Magennis VC

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McLaughlin, Elizabeth Year of birth missing (living people) Irish women sculptors People from Newtownards Living people Artists from County Down 20th-century Irish sculptors 20th-century women artists from Northern Ireland 20th-century women sculptors