Key facts
- Type
- Municipal
- Location
- Dublin , Ireland
- Area
- 707 hectares (1,750 acres) / 7.07 km (2.73 sq mi)
- Created
- 1662 ; 364 years ago ( 1662 )
- Operator
- Office of Public Works
- Status
- Open all year
- Website
- phoenixpark .ie
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- park
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- Dublin
- Area
- 707
- Operator
- Office of Public Works
- Official website
- phoenixpark.ie/ga
- Image
- Deer by papal cross.jpg
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- Commons category
- Phoenix Park
- topic's main category
- Category:Phoenix Park
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- native label
- Páirc an Fhionnuisce
- different from
- Parc Phœnix
- P12749
- James Galway
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Encyclopedic overview
The Phoenix Park (Irish: Páirc an Fhionnuisce) is a large public urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying 2–4 kilometres (1.2–2.5 mi) west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. Its 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) perimeter wall encloses 707 hectares (1,750 acres) of recreational space. It includes large areas of grassland and tree-lined avenues, and since the 17th century has been home to a herd of wild fallow deer. The Irish Government has lobbied UNESCO to have the park designated as a World Heritage Site.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phoenix Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.