A history
and
guidebook

"Author Brendan Nolan provides a fascinating read."
Irish Independent.

"Brendan Nolan's comprehensive history and guidebook of Phoenix Park is a masterpiece." Community Voice.

Have your say on the Park

A draft of a management plan for Phoenix Park that will govern decisions though the next few decades is available online for those who wish to have their say on the park.

May 31, 2009 is the final date for submissions. It is anticipated that the final Conservation Management Plan will be launched later in the year.

It will be the first updating of the park's management plan since 1986. more

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Man shot dead in Phoenix Park

Publican James Tuohy was found shot dead on the Khyber Road in the park in February 1911. Now his great grand-daughter is investigating possible links between his death and a call some years later to his widow by some of MIchael Collin's men who said they had known the dead man.
Can you help untangle the mystery? more

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Children's playground open for fun

A new children's playground is open in Phoenix Park.

Opening hours are 9.30am to 5pm and the entrance is on the western side of the walled garden at the Visitor's Centre at Ashtown Castle.

Entry is free and there's loads of parking in the Centre's grounds.

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This comprehensive guide to Phoenix Park covers its origins and history, buildings and monuments, wildlife, literary associations, military use, sports and outlines self-guided walks for the leisurely stroller to undertake.

Provided are histories and descriptions of park landmarks, including Dublin Zoo, Áras an Uachtaráin, Ashtown Castle, Farmleigh, the American Ambassador’s Residence, Garda Headquarters, and more.

It touches on such historical events as the political murders of 1882, the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979, the national soccer team’s homecomings, and the Nurse Gargan murder.

This book is of interest to visitors, and Dubliners alike, and to anyone interested in this most historic and scenic park.

It would make a welcome addition to corporate and conference goodybags as well as being an ideal introduction to the area for new arrivals.

In the shops now

ISBN 1-904148-78-6
or order online here
  

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Brendan Nolan has reported on Phoenix Park as a freelance journalist for several decades and was a professional observer at many of the events of the late 20th century related herein.

He was born in Chapelizod in a house beside the churchyard of Le Fanu and counted Phoenix Park as his personal rambling ground through his growing years and beyond.