Grattan Crescent Park
Grattan Crescent Park | |
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Type | Municipal |
Location | Grattan Crescent, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°20′34″N 6°16′17″W / 53.3428°N 6.2714°W |
Area | 2.366 acres (0.96 ha) |
Operated by | Dublin City Council |
Open | all year |
Website | www |
Grattan Crescent Park (
History
Originally used as a mill pond (as per an early 20th century Ordnance Survey map) to serve the nearby Kilmainham Mill via a mill race, the site was later repurposed as a park for public use. Like adjacent Grattan Crescent, the park was named after Irish politician and lawyer Henry Grattan (1746-1820) who campaigned for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century from Britain.
In May 2013,
In November 2021, Grattan Crescent Park was chosen by Dublin City Council as one of five parks in the Dublin 8 area in which a 5-month pilot scheme[6] known as "Civic Dollars" would be trialled in an effort to encourage outdoor exercise. The scheme allowed visitors to any of the five parks to earn digital currency ("dollars") for every 30 minutes they spent in a park by way of a phone app through which Dublin City Council would track their park use. The dollars could then be used to receive discounts in a number of local businesses.[7][8]
Amenities
As of 2023, the park contains numerous mature trees, benches, a playground and an allotments area accessible to leaseholders. The playground was closed for approximately seven weeks from Wednesday 18 May 2022 to facilitate improvement works,[9] including the installation of a communications board for non-verbal children with special needs.[10]
The park is situated a short distance upriver of Richmond Park football stadium, the home ground of St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
Anti-social behaviour
In the minutes of a meeting of Dublin City Council's South Central Area Committee in April 2021 it was revealed that, following on from a petition signed by 230 local people, all Councillors for the South Central Area were asking that the Parks Dept. look at Grattan Crescent Park as a matter of urgency to address a number of issues. These included a major increase in anti-social behaviour
Residents requested that an online community consultation process be carried out as a way of influencing future upgrades in the park and as a means of ensuring sustainability.[11]
References
- ^ "Grattan Crescent". Dublin City Council. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Dublin's Newest Allotment Opens". constructionireland.ie. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Allotments and Community Gardens". dublincity.ie. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Gallagher, Fiachra (9 June 2021). "In Inchicore, a New Garden for the Community". dublininquirer.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ a b (Mapping Green Dublin) (23 March 2021). "Walking the Camac: An account of an encounter with the River Camac, Inchicore, Dublin, August 18th 2020". Mapping Green Dublin. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ (staff writer) (29 November 2021). "Civic Dollars: How It Pays to Visit Parks". libertiesdublin.ie. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Kelly, Olivia (29 November 2021). "It's a walk in the park: Dubs get exercised over digital dollars". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Finnan, Sean (1 December 2021). "Offering People "Civic Dollars" to Get Outside and into Parks". dublininquirer.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Dublin City Council Parks and Biodiversity". Dublin City Council Parks and Biodiversity (Facebook group). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Twitter post". @SeeryKearney (Senator Mary Seery Kearney). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ a b "MINUTES OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREA COMMITTEE MEETING. HELD ON WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 2021" (PDF). councilmeetings.dublincity.ie. Retrieved 11 February 2023.