parks around north city centre

On the south bank of the River Liffey, opposite the Phoenix Park, are the war memorial gardens at Islandbridge, dedicated to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died in the 1914-1918 war. The gardens, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and laid out in 1931, have been splendidly restored in recent years....

St Ann's Park which covers 266 acres of landscaped gardens at the former home of the Guinness family of brewery fame. There is every kind of rose represented here inclucing shrub roses, rambling and climbing roses and also floribunda.

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Marlay Park was once a private estate, but it is now a public park with terrific family amenities including play areas, a golf course, miniature railway, lakes, woods and parkland. The stables beside the estate mansion are now home to thriving crafts studios and shops. Marlay Park is also the starting point of the Wicklow Way, a long-distance walk that winds its way through the Wicklow Mountains, and on to Co Kilkenny where it ends in the town of Graiguenamanagh....