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Phoenix Park. Outside car (Jaunting car).Postcard, c. 1905 The park's name is derived from the Irish fhionnuisce, meaning clear or still water. [7]After the Normans conquered Dublin and its hinterland in the 12th century, Hugh Tyrrel, 1st Baron of Castleknock, granted a large area of land, including what now comprises the Phoenix Park, to the Knights Hospitaller.
The Wellington Monument (Irish: Leacht Wellington), [2] or sometimes the Wellington Testimonial, [a] is an obelisk located in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. The testimonial is situated at the southeast end of the Park, overlooking Kilmainham and the River Liffey. The structure is 62 metres (203 ft) tall, making it the largest obelisk in ...
During the Social Season (January to Saint Patrick's Day in March), he lived in state in Dublin Castle. Phoenix Park once contained three official state residences. The Viceregal Lodge, the Chief Secretary's Lodge and the Under Secretary's Lodge. The Chief Secretary's Lodge, now called Deerfield, is the official residence of the United States ...
The Magazine Fort is a bastion fort and magazine located within the Phoenix Park, in Dublin, Ireland.Built in 1735, it was occupied by British Armed Forces until 1922 when it was turned over to the Irish Defence Forces after the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
Dublin Zoo (Irish: Zú Bhaile Átha Cliath [3] [4]), in Phoenix Park, is a zoo in Dublin, Ireland, and one of Dublin's most popular attractions. Established and designed in 1830 by Decimus Burton , it opened the following year.
Dublin c. 1831 (from the Phoenix Park) The Protestant Ascendancy was shocked by the events of the 1790s, as was the British government. In response to them, in 1801 under the Irish Act of Union , which merged the Kingdom of Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland the Irish Parliament ...
The Phoenix Park Murders were the fatal stabbings of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, on 6 May 1882. Cavendish was the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland and Burke was the Permanent Under-Secretary , the most senior Irish civil servant.
Phoenix Park: 1861: Robert Smirke: Phoenix Column: Phoenix Park: 1747: Papal Cross Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland: Phoenix Park: 1979: Paschal Clarke Memorial Cross Phoenix Park Murders: Phoenix Park: 1883 [70] Seán Heuston: Phoenix Park: 1943: Laurence Campbell: Plinth of former statue of George Howard: Phoenix Park: 1870: Statue blown ...