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The Parks and Gardens of Dublin, Ireland
Dublin is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland and is located in County Dublin on the east coast of the island at the mouth of the River Liffey. With 921 km2, Dublin is one of the smallest counties in the country but its population of 1.42 m persons represents 28.5% of the total population of the Republic. Historically, the Island of Ireland was for 800 years under British rule until a century ago when it was partitioned and land in the north east of the country (16.74%) became Northern Ireland and is still part of the UK.Europe suffered much in the first half of the 20th century because of two world wars and little attention was paid to providing public parks. Ireland was neutral during WWII, and except for a few incidents, Dublin escaped bomb damage. The fastest growth of the city only began from 1950 onwards and especially after joining the European Union in 1973.The greatest expansion is due mainly to an influx of people from the rural communities, returned emigrants and immigrants from other countries. Dublin has a heritage of public parks dating from the early 17th century, but the golden era of developing new parks was from the second half of the 20th century, in line with urban expansion. Today, the total area of public parks exceeds 7,100 hectares representing 50 square metres of managed public open space per capita, a high proportion generally compared with other cities. If private spaces around buildings and private gardens are included, the amount of green space is doubled. The National forests which are accessible to the public and managed by Coillte, would add even more green space.Dublin is administered by four local authorities; Dublin City Council the old city authority, Fingal County Council which manages the northern part of the county, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council which manages the south-eastern part of the county and South Dublin County Council which manages the south-western part of the county. All of these councils have active parks departments which plan, develop and ...
The Parks and Gardens of Dublin, Ireland
Dublin is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland and is located in County Dublin on the east coast of the island at the mouth of the River Liffey. With 921 km2, Dublin is one of the smallest counties in the country but its population of 1.42 m persons represents 28.5% of the total population of the Republic. Historically, the Island of Ireland was for 800 years under British rule until a century ago when it was partitioned and land in the north east of the country (16.74%) became Northern Ireland and is still part of the UK.Europe suffered much in the first half of the 20th century because of two world wars and little attention was paid to providing public parks. Ireland was neutral during WWII, and except for a few incidents, Dublin escaped bomb damage. The fastest growth of the city only began from 1950 onwards and especially after joining the European Union in 1973.The greatest expansion is due mainly to an influx of people from the rural communities, returned emigrants and immigrants from other countries. Dublin has a heritage of public parks dating from the early 17th century, but the golden era of developing new parks was from the second half of the 20th century, in line with urban expansion. Today, the total area of public parks exceeds 7,100 hectares representing 50 square metres of managed public open space per capita, a high proportion generally compared with other cities. If private spaces around buildings and private gardens are included, the amount of green space is doubled. The National forests which are accessible to the public and managed by Coillte, would add even more green space.Dublin is administered by four local authorities; Dublin City Council the old city authority, Fingal County Council which manages the northern part of the county, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council which manages the south-eastern part of the county and South Dublin County Council which manages the south-western part of the county. All of these councils have active parks departments which plan, develop and ...
The Parks and Gardens of Dublin, Ireland
Boylan, Christy (author)
2022-03-31
doi:10.36249/62.1
4D Journal of Landscape Architecture and Garden Art; 2022 (62); 2-11 ; 4D Tájépítészeti és Kertművészeti Folyóirat; 2022 (62); 2-11 ; 1787-6613
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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710
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