St. Stephen Green is a public park of Dublin. This park is located in the city center, in close proximity to the shopping areas of Grafton Street. Rectangular in shape, this park is surrounded by a large number of traffic arteries of the Dublin city. During the medieval times, St. Stephen Green was basically a marshy area used for grazing purpose.
It was only in 1663 that the Dublin Corporation found an effective idea of enclosing this entire area and then selling off the land in parts for buildings. In 1664 this park was enclosed with a wall. In the year 1814 St. Stephen Green underwent immense renovations and redesigning, bestowing it with a better layout. Since 1877 this park has been opened to the general public.
This park of Dublin is one of the main attractions of the city. People from different corners of the country as well as foreign locations visit this splendid park. Roughly rectangular in shape, this park encompasses a total area of about 550 by 450 meters. The most uncommon part of the garden lies in its north western corner. It contains a special garden, filled with scented plants, for blind people.
Visitors take pleasure of the large lake as well, situated on the northern part of St. Stephen Green. It is the home ducks and other water animals and further beautified by an artificial water fall. The famous O’connelle Bridge stretches from one end of the lake to another. Beautiful pathways and green pastures are built throughout the St. Stephen Green for providing people to rest and move around the park.
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The southern portion of St. Stephen Green is largely crowded by workers, shoppers and students all through the year, especially during the sunny days. The popular Fusilier’s Arch, located at the Grafton Street was founded in commemoration of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Some of the other notable attractions of St. Stephen Green are a bronze statue of Theobald Wolfe Tone, sculpture of Henry Moore, statue of Lord Ardilaun, Famine Memorial, memorial of Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, playgrounds, James Joyce bust, Three Fates and Bandstand.
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Some other significant venues encompass this garden, namely the Iveagh House, Newman House, Unitarian Church, Stephen’s Green Shopping Center, Loreto College and St. Vincent’s Hospital. This spectacular location on the city is well connected to every corner of the city. The Green line tram is the best transport to reach the western side of the park. It is being planned that an underground rail tunnel would pass through this place, which would further make the accessibility to St. Stephen Green easier.
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