Phoenix Park

Phoenix Park (Irish: Páirc an Fhionnuisce^[1]) is a park in the middle of Dublin, Ireland. It lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. The wall around it is 16 km long. The area within the wall is 707 hectares (1,750 acres). It is one of the largest walled city parks in Europe.^[2]^[3] It has large areas of grassland and wide roads with trees on both sides. A herd of wild Fallow deer have lived in the park since the seventeenth century. The English name (Phoenix) comes from the Irish fionn uisce meaning "clear water".^[4]

↑ "Phoenix Park". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
↑ "About – Phoenix Park". Office of Public Works. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
↑ Richmond Park in London, England is larger in area at 955 hectares (2,360 acres) but is a suburban royal park.
↑ "Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Clonee and Dunboyne". Chapters of Dublin history. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

[1] "Phoenix Park". logainm.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2011.

[2] "About – Phoenix Park". Office of Public Works. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

[3] Richmond Park in London, England is larger in area at 955 hectares (2,360 acres) but is a suburban royal park.

[4] "Phoenix Park, Castleknock, Clonee and Dunboyne". Chapters of Dublin history. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

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