St. Patrick’s Park

A lovely park in the city. I live really near in a apartment with a tiny balcony so in the summer it’s like my front garden! There us a little coffee kiosk which is handy. The setting is beautiful with St. Patrick’s Cathedral on one side. There are plenty oi f benches and you can sit on the grass if it’s dry.

Safe park. Dog and kid friendly. There’s a section for kids to play with swings. The church itself is only open til 5 on most days, so if you miss that opening, the park is nice for walking around to see the outside of the church.
Open til 9ish on most days

If you need respite from the city, the lunatic politics and the current morose of the media then come here. They won’t get you here and you can think positive thoughts because for some reason the powers that be in this country think happiness is a dirty word.
We all need quiet. Leafless trees are striking in the winter, a metaphor for our current battered country. But we have deep roots and will find our colour so don’t let those fools tell you otherwise.
This fact has been written about but apparently St Patrick, you know the bloke that you abuse your liver for every March? Or do you also blackout every March?
Well he baptised the heathens into Christians with water from the river Poddle which flows underneath… He’d have to submerge me for a long time to get that desired effect.

This, in my opinion, is one of Dublin’s loveliest parks. The grounds are kept in impeccably good condition and the surrounding of the Cathedral next door is just lovely.
On a good day, there’s nowhere nicer to be — either sit in the sunshine, read a book, or eat your lunch. There’s a nice little playground for the kids at one end, and a water fountain feature in the middle.
The only thing is the opening hours aren’t great in the winter. The hours are clearly displayed at all entrances though, so you can always find out when it is or isn’t opened.

St Patrick’s Park is beautifully situated right beside St Paddy’s Cathedral.
It is a very cute, pleasant park and always good for pulling up a spot of grass (which you are allowed to sit on!!) It is quite a small park so obviously not the place to head if you want to be alone, or if you want to get cosy with your new lover, but it is a lovely place to picnic with some friends or recover from the long (ha!) walk from the city centre.
Also makes for a nice short cut into the city if you happen to reside in the area.

This is another one of Dublin’s tranquil and lesser known parks. Smack bang beside St. Patrick’s cathedral, its a little green oasis in the middle of this very built up part of the city.
Theres plenty of cafés and shops nearby if you want to bring some food and dine al fresco and a playground for the kids.
One thing about the park though it is very exposed to the sun and gets very hot on those rare sunny days. Great for you sun worshipers and not so great for the fairer skinned among us, so stick to the trees at the back if you want some shade.
Along the back wall is a Literary parade featuring quotes from some of Ireland’s best known writers.