People’s Park
The People's Park is a small public park in the suburban town of Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin, Ireland. Located near the East Pier of Dún Laoghaire Harbour and Glasthule, it opened in 1890, and major elements were redeveloped between 1985 and 1997, and again in 2012.Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours:
December—March: 8:00 AM—4:30 PM
April—May: 8:00 AM—7:30 PM
June—September: 8:00 AM—8:00 PM
October—November: 8:00 AM—7:30 PM - Type: Park
- Description: small semi-formal park, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland
- Also known as: “People’s Park, Dún Laoghaire”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sandycove and Glasthule and National Maritime Museum of Ireland.
Sandycove and Glasthule
Railway station
Photo: Autarch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandycove and Glasthule railway station serves the suburban areas of Sandycove and Glasthule in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. The building is on a bridge as the rail line is in a cutting. Sandycove and Glasthule is situated 240 metres south of People’s Park.
National Maritime Museum of Ireland
Museum
Photo: Hohenloh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Maritime Museum of Ireland opened in 1978 in the former Mariners' Church in Moran Park, located between the seafront and the centre of Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. President Michael D. Higgins officially re-opened the museum in 2012. National Maritime Museum of Ireland is situated 320 metres northwest of People’s Park.
dlr LexIcon
Library
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
DLR Lexicon, branded as dlr LexIcon, is a building in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, housing the main public library and cultural centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. dlr LexIcon is situated 390 metres northwest of People’s Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dún Laoghaire and Sallynoggin.
Dún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire is a port 10 km south of Dublin. It's no longer the ferry port, but has strong associations with James Joyce, who wrote and set the opening scenes of Ulysses here.
Sallynoggin
Suburb
Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sallynoggin is an area of Dublin in Ireland, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin. The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s by the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire.
Dalkey
Photo: William Murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalkey is a picturesque seaside village in the suburbs of Dublin. It has a Norman castle, several scenic walks, and the island just offshore was a pilgrimage site and slave market.
People’s Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.29003° or 53° 17′ 24″ northLongitude
-6.1284° or 6° 7′ 42″ westInception
September 29th, 1890Open location code
9C5M7VRC+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 25097841OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q7165647
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In Other Languages
“People’s Park” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Páirc an Phobail”
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