Phoenix Park

The Phoenix Park ( Irish: Páirc to Fhionnuisce ) is a large park, 3 km northwest of the center of Dublin (Ireland) and the city's green lung. With an area of ​​808 hectares ( 8.08 km ²) and an enclosing wall of 11 km in length, the park is one of the largest urban parks in the world. He is often referred to as the largest urban park in Europe, but the Sutton Park near Birmingham (England ) is greater.

The name Phoenix Park is a corruption of the Irish fionn uisce, which means " clear water ".

Attractions

Within the Phoenix Park, both the residences of the President of Ireland ( Áras an Uachtaráin ) as well as the Ambassador of the USA in Ireland ( Deerfield residence ). Also, the headquarters of the Irish police, An Garda Síochána, is located, as well as the guest house for state visitors ( Farmleigh ) within the park.

In addition to various sports grounds, such as for cricket and polo, you can in the Phoenix Park Dublin Zoo, visit the Wellington Monument, a 62 -meter-high obelisk from 1817 ( for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ), Ashtown Castle, as well as the Pope's Cross, under Pope John Paul II before 1.2 million people read a fair in 1979.

On the resort lives a free running herd of fallow deer.

Culture

In the park occasionally open-air concerts and the annual Phoenix Park Motor Race to be held. The park plays an important role in the novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.

Transport aspects

Platform 11, a group of train lobbyists, calls for the reactivation of the existing railway tunnel beneath the park for the passenger to connect the stations to Heuston Station and Connolly Station.

Since May 2008 there is a shuttle bus service for visitors and employees on the site, all major institutions and tourist attractions of the park are approached by a circular route daily in half-hourly intervals.