The People’s Park, located in Limerick's Georgian Pery's Square, is the principal park in the city and the only park in Ireland to hold a prestigious Green Flag.
The People’s Park, located in Limerick's Georgian Pery's Square, is the principal park in the city and the only park in Ireland to hold a prestigious Green Flag.
It was formally opened in 1877, in memory of Richard Russell, a prominent local businessman. Items of interest in the Park include the restored drinking fountain, provided by employees of Russell Flour Mills and the former Carnegie Library, built on park ground, and now the City Art Gallery Children’s Playground.
There is also a remembrance plaque in memorial to Thomas Spring Rice, M.P. for the city 1820-1832, a band stand erected by the Corporation of Limerick in 1895 and two park shelters.
The park is also home to a large selection of mature, deciduous and evergreen trees such as, Ash, Beech, Birch, Elm, False Acacia, Flowering Cherry, Flowering Crab, Hawthorn, Holly, Hornbeam, Horse Chestnut, Lime, Maple, Mountain Ash, Oak, Ornamental Pear, Plane, Poplar, Walnut, Whitebeam and Willow plus, of course, a wonderful display of flowers during the summer months
The parks opening hours are: 8am to dusk, and 8am to 9pm from the 3rd week in April to the 4th week in August.
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