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Phoenix Park

The Phoenix Park (Irish: Páirc an Fhionnuisce[1]) is a large urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying 2–4 kilometres (1.2–2.5 mi) west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) perimeter wall encloses 707 hectares (1,750 acres) of recreational space.[2][3][4] It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the 17th century has been home to a herd of wild fallow deer.[5] The Irish Government is lobbying UNESCO to have the park designated as a World Heritage Site.[6]

For other uses, see Phoenix Park (disambiguation).

Phoenix Park

Municipal

Dublin, Ireland

53°22′N 6°20′W / 53.36°N 6.33°W / 53.36; -6.33

707 hectares (1,750 acres) / 7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi)

1662 (1662)

Office of Public Works

Open all year

phoenixpark.ie

In the southwestern corner of the park is an area known as the Furry Glen which has a series of short walks centred on a small lake with birds, plants and wildlife. The jay, normally a rather shy bird, is common and conspicuous here.

State Guest House, , adjoins the park to the northwest.

Farmleigh

Headquarters of the , the police service of Ireland, are located in the park.

Garda Síochána

originally the Royal Hibernian Military School established in 1769, the building was subsequently developed as a hospital up until 1948. In 1964 the hospital became a facility for older people and today primarily provides accommodation to dependent older persons.[22]

St. Mary's Hospital

is located at Saint Mary's Hospital on the Chapelizod side of the park. This building dates from 1766 and was formerly the Hibernian Military School.[23] Ordnance Survey Ireland is located in Mountjoy House near the Castleknock Gate. The house was built in 1728 and was originally known as Mountjoy Barracks as it quartered the mounted escort of the Lord Lieutenant who resided in the Vice-Regal Lodge (now Áras an Uachtaráin).[24]

National Ambulance Service College

Adjoining the park to the southeast is the ' McKee Barracks. Built in 1888 as Marlborough Barracks it once housed 822 military horses.[25]

Irish Defence Forces

Ratra House at the back of the Aras, was the home of Civil Defence Ireland since the organisation was established in 1950 until 2006 when the headquarters was decentralised to Roscrea, County Tipperary. Named Ratra House by the first president of Ireland, , who retired to the house in 1945 from his presidency. He named it after his native Ratra Park in Frenchpark, County Roscommon where he had done much of his writing. Built in 1876, Winston Churchill lived there from age two to six.[26]

Douglas Hyde

lies just outside the walls of the park on Blackhorse Avenue.

Grangegorman Military Cemetery

The park also contains several sports grounds for , hurling, soccer, cricket and polo.

football

was founded in the Gate Lodge beside the North Circular Road entrance in 1890. The club played its first games in the park's Polo Grounds.

Bohemian Football Club

At Conyngham Road, near the junction, the regular wall takes on an unusual arch shape before levelling out again. This marks the point where the Liffey Bridge enters the park via a rail tunnel that continues on beneath the Wellington Monument. It is used regularly for goods traffic and Passenger services. It was used during the Second World War for storing emergency supplies of food.[27] Iarnród Éireann opened the tunnel for commuter train traffic on 21 November 2016.[28]

South Circular Road

(1668–1669)

Marcus Trevor, 1st Viscount Dungannon

(1696–1702)

Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby

(1698–1751) (joint)

Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne

(1736–1785) (joint)

George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville

(1734–1750)[47]

John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier

(1751–1777)

Nathaniel Clements

(1806–1808)

James Trail

(1808–1812)

Sir Charles Saxton, 2nd Baronet

The park has its own piece of legislation the Phoenix Park Act, 1925 which includes giving powers to park rangers to remove and arrest of offenders who disobey its bye-laws, which include "No person shall act contrary to public morality in the park".[45][46]


Chief rangers of the park have included:

Farmleigh

Gardens in Ireland

Phoenix Park Racecourse

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Official website

Architecture of key park buildings

. It is the large green area west of the city centre.

Map of greater Dublin showing the placement and size of the Phoenix Park

Pathé News video

Irish Grand Prix, 1929

Phoenix Park Act, 1925

Satellite Photo of the Phoenix Park

Exhibition: Parks Our shared Heritage: Phoenix Park, Dublin - Royal Parks, London

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