You're favorite green spaces in Dublin (or your own city/town)

iamstop

I'm partial to Marley, St. Endas and Bushy.

Iveagh Gardens or Stephen's Green if I'm in town.

You?

Archeron

St Annes park in clontarf is a gem, beautiful spot. Bonus points on market day too

iamstop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120746080#Comment_120746080

Don't think I've ever been, looks really nice. It's even got a Temple of Isis! Lol.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Temple+of+Isis/@53.3736549,-6.1734375,3281m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x48670f907dbdc7bf:0x810f2ec2065755fb!2sSt+Anne's+Park!8m2!3d53.3718307!4d-6.1793446!16zL20vMDYwMXY4!3m5!1s0x48670f86036c7f53:0xf00a69e97c12c23f!8m2!3d53.371695!4d-6.1681563!16s%2Fg%2F11csb3g524?entry=ttu

Sgt Hartman

I really liked Fairview Park when I lived in Dublin 3. It usually had some interesting characters in there. I liked walking along the Clontarf seafront also.

SuperBowserWorld

I like sitting at the cricket area in TCD. Suntrap, shade, quiet, trees, right in the middle of the city.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120746701#Comment_120746701

Is that accessible to the general public ? just to wander in and take in a match ?

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120748973#Comment_120748973

Yes, you can go in the front of back gates of TCD during the day when they are open. There are seats around the pitch and you can sit on the verge too. It'll be full of students during term time and lunch time. But at other times and the summer it can be really quiet. Not sure when matches are on. I've only seen a few people knock around a ball in the many times I've been there. I used to work across the road and now only go in when I'm in Dublin.

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120748973#Comment_120748973

Yes, that's absolutely possible.

I find Trinners a great venue for the small outdoor concerts they put on too.

My favourite space is the Phoenix Park, cos it is close to my home and I spend a good bit of time in it.

But for a beautiful visual impression, it's hard to beat The People's Park in Dun Laoghaire.

In recent years it was restored to its Victorian layout and the floral beds and displays in it are outstanding. Also it's on the seafront, so you can easily include it with a walk down the Pier.

magicbastarder

botanic gardens also high up on the list too.

iamstop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120749052#Comment_120749052

I second this. I was only there for the first time last year. I've started to seek out botanic gardens when I visit cities. Vancouver's botanic gardens are magnificent. But I digress.

I like the greenery around Rathfarnham Castle. It's small but there is open spaces as well as nice little wooded areas and the pond. It helped me out for taking breaks when I was studying.

Grayson

Here in Dusseldorf I'm next to a park called Hofgarten. Nice little park. The squirrels will run across the path in front of you and there's flocks of parrots that hang out there in the evening.

odyssey06

Iveagh Gardens.

I make no claims for it as the best park, but as a haven of peace in the city centre, I could escape to it during a lunch break.

Oh and I have some fond memories of Taste of Dublin(s) there over the years.

Stephen's Green is a 'better' park but doesn't have that tranquility to it.

Merrion Square falls somewhere between the two.

In the suburbs, St Anne's Park, from playing sports in it, to just walking through it.

Speedsie

The Rose Garden in Trinity is another green oasis in the city. It's a small space with benches, cherry trees, herbaceous borders, and roses on the right as you walk past the cricket grounds en route to front square.

iamstop

When I was a kid I used to love going to Tymon Park because they had an 'Adventure Playground'. I wonder if it's still there in some form...?

standardg60

Your favourite green spaces!

iffandonlyif

One of my favourite walks is through…

Royal Hospital Kilmainham, and on into…

War Memorial Gardens.

There are some little gems in the city like St Audeon’s Park in Cornmarket, St Kevin’s Church behind Whelan’s, Dubh Linn Gardens behind Dublin Castle, and Blessington Basin off Dorset Street.

I was very critical of the work done on Merrion Square a few years ago but I have to admit I was wrong. Particularly on a sunny day, being able to see through the length of the undulating landscape is really impressive.

I have a real soft spot for Herbert Park in Ballsbridge, with its iron railings, tree-lined avenue and elongated pond. Palmerston Park has a similar feel.

It’s hard to overstate the beauty and tranquility of the Botanic Gardens. I’m in Berlin at the moment and the botanic gardens here are pathetic in comparison.

On a final note, I’ll just get off my chest that I find it lamentable that Iveagh Gardens, mentioned by others, is largely inaccessible for much of the summer because of gigs and comedy and food festivals. I’m not opposed to making use of public parks in that way but it’s unjustifiable to leave them inaccessible between events. The grass is scarred for months afterwards, as well.

miamee

I think the Phoenix Park would have to be my favourite, lots of memories made there over the years since we were kids going there for a picnic or a ramble in the Furry Glen or a trip to the zoo with my parents. Through circumstance then in later years St. Stephen's Green and the War Memorial Gardens would be favourites. We all had First Communion or Confirmation photos taken in the Botanic Gardens with lovely flowers in the background 😂

Not my neck of the woods but Ardgillan Castle is lovely.