Parkitecture
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I wonder what peoples favourite park in the country is.
I think the War Memorial Park in Islandbridge would have to be my winner, being probably the most imaginative of all.
Also, does anyone recall a suggestion of linking the War Memorial Gardens via a cross-liffey footbridge directly into the Phoenix Park. I remember this being discussed a long time ago but haven’t seen it mentioned in a long time.
I find the war memorial park very uncomfortable to be in – it feels very exposed. I love walking along the shelbourne hotel side of Stephen’s Green. It’s the one long straight walk in the park, and the quality of the light changes hugely from season to season. A kind of vertical green in Summer and a sparse grey in Winter. I love the corner treatment beside Wolfe Tone too – I hope they aren’t changing that with the current work …
The war memorial is very open ok, but its the most architectural of any of the parks imo.
http://www.archeire.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/islandbridge/islandbridge.htmlI love that stretch of the green myself, used to walk through the green every morning to work for 7 years.
Yes the Great War Memorial Park is my favourite (and only architectural park) in the city. This the remarkable creation of Sir Edwin Lutyens laid out (just in time ) in the late 1930s along the Liffey and up until the late late 70s a halting site for stray horses. Thanks to Kevin Myers and a few others who campaigned for its restoration and above all its recognition. The walk adjacent to the park from Trinirty’s boathouse to Chapelizod is also remarkably the only public walk along the entire lenght of the Liffey that runs through Dublin and only exists due to the design of the Memorial Park itself. Great things/ public spaces could be created here on both sides of the Liffey its deserving of a little vision / tourism promotion and a lot of planning from DCC before its ‘developed’.
One can access the park via St. John’s across the road from Entrance to Clancy (Islandbridge) Barracks on the SCR or via the gates on Con Colbert Road.
Incidently, the Eastern Garden symbolises a place of prayer for the 50,000 spirits (greatest lost of Irish life since the Famine) of the Irishmen who served and fell with the Irish Guards and other regiments of the Great War and the Western Garden symbolises a place of recreation for the fallen soldiers. The 4 towers symbolise the 4 provinces of Ireland and are in fact small museums. The trees surrounding the park symbolise lines of soldiers but many were lost to Dutch Elm disease in the 70s- would certainly recommend you get on your bike and visit and enjoy the park and its river walk this weekend.
Yes, walk down to Chapelizod from the war memorial gardens is particularly nice. You can also see the massive vaults on the church in Chapelizod, the scale of which you get no idea of from driving on the other side of it.
Another great park, which they’ve also done a considerable amount of work on is the Iveagh Gardens.
took a cycle down to the war memorial park on Sunday. if you know anyone assosiated with the running of the park please inform then that their sign posting is woeful.
anyway i found it and what a wonderful and thoughful place to while away a bit of time. very well laid out and very well kept. it was much bigger that what i thought it would be. i counted 2 other people there besides me which i think is a shame. more people should see this park.
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