The People's Park

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  • Aspects of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown



The People's Park is near Dun Laoghaire town centre. It was created in the late 1800s, when Dun Laoghaire was known as Kingstown. Pathways, seats, a bandstand and two fountains were features of the new park. It was officially opened on September 29th 1890.

Some parks have wide open spaces and are designed to look as nature intended. When it was first designed in Victorian times, the People's Park was quite formal. Some features of the formal garden still remain, like ornate iron railings and gates, formal stone walls and flowerbeds.