Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
St Stephen's Green (Irish: Faiche Stiabhna) [2] is a garden square and public park located in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland. The current landscape of the park was designed by William Sheppard. It was officially re-opened to the public on Tuesday, 27 July 1880 by Lord Ardilaun.
Name inscription on underside of arch. The Fusiliers' Arch is a monument which forms part of the Grafton Street entrance to St Stephen's Green park, in Dublin, Ireland.Erected in 1907, it was dedicated to the officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who fought and died in the Second Boer War (1899–1902).
St Stephen's Tower is the smaller tower in the middle of the building; St Stephen's House, Oxford – a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford and Anglican theological college; St Stephen's Church, Bristol – a city church built outside the walls c. 1250, rebuilt c. 1430 – c. 1490
The museum is located in an 18th-century Georgian townhouse owned by Dublin City Council. As of April 2024, the St Stephen's Green museum was "temporarily closed", with its operators reputedly planning to "reopen shortly" at an alternative venue on Dublin's Pembroke Street. [1]
Groundbreaking took place on the site of the gardens of 87 St Stephen's Green in May 1855. It was founded by John Henry Newman for the newly founded Catholic University of Ireland, and designed by John Hungerford Pollen (senior) in a Byzantine Revival style, due to Newman's dislike of Gothic architecture. [3]
Hume Street (/ ˈ h j uː m /; Irish: Sráid Hume) is a street in central Dublin located between Ely Place and St. Stephen's Green.It is named after Sir Gustavus Hume, 3rd Baronet (c.1670–1731) and his family.
Emmet was born at 109 St. Stephen's Green, [1] in Dublin on 4 March 1778. He was the youngest son of Dr Robert Emmet (1729–1802), physician to the Lord Lieutenant, and his wife, Elizabeth Mason (1739–1803).
A memorial to Rossa stands in St. Stephen's Green, and a bridge over the River Liffey was renamed in his honour. [8] A street in Cork City bears his name, [8] as does a street in Thurles, County Tipperary – the constituency where he was elected. A park in Skibbereen is also named after him as is the local Gaelic football team. [8]