Cork In 50 Artworks, No 3: Frederick Douglass mural on the Grand Parade 

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 

 Kevin O'Brien's image of Frederick Douglass, the anti-slavery campaigner who visited Cork in 1845. 

Perhaps Frederick Douglass, escaped slave and abolitionist leader, once strolled along the Grand Parade during his 1845 visit to Cork, passing the future site of Kevin O’Brien’s impressive mural in his honour.

The Douglass mural is one of the latest works to adorn Cork’s electrical boxes, formerly drab pieces of urban furniture which have become sought-after canvasses for arts groups engaged in guerrilla street art in the rebel city, with groups such as Reimagine Cork, Mad About Cork, and the People’s Republic of Cork (PROC) bringing welcome colour and joy to the city.