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

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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
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Latitude

53.29003° or 53° 17′ 24″ north

Longitude

-6.1284° or 6° 7′ 42″ west

Inception

September 29th, 1890

Operator

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Open location code

9C5M7VRC+2J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 25097841

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q7165647

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“People’s Park” goes by many names.

Irish: “Páirc an Phobail”

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Highlights include Bandstand and The People’s Park Market.

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