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In the south of the city centre you will find the very pleasant park St. Stephen’s Green. It measures 450 by 550 metres and that makes it the biggest park in the city. St. Stephen’s Green is situated directly south from the busy shopping street Grafton Street and other busy streets as well as nice buildings surround it since this part of the city is a luxurious area.
The area that now is the park, used to be a meadow in medieval times, situated just outside the city. Later, when the area became a part of the city, a small piece of the meadow was surrounded by fences. From this period on the area was used as a park, although it was not always as peaceful as it is today: in the 18th century it also was the place where convicted people were executed by hanging.
The current park dates from 1880. It includes some large ponds where you can find lots of ducks and other birds, a playground for the children and a small stage where musicians can perform. Besides this, you can find a special garden for blind people here (with the names of the strongly smelling plants written in Braille) and a lot of statues of famous Irish people.
But most of all, St. Stephen’s Green is a place where you can relax: a quiet place in the big city. Especially when the weather is good, you will find a lot of local people here to read their newspapers, to have a chat or to feed the ducks. Leave a Comment
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Located at the top of Grafton Street is my favorite spot in Dublin - Stephen’s Green which also happens to be Ireland’s best Victorian public park.
The park is a 22 acre green sanctuary and actually it is more than a park!
It is a meeting place, for couples and singles, family spot to spend quality time with their kids but also a place that hold most of Dublin's open air, free events!
One of the more unusual aspects of the park lies on the north west corner - a garden for the blind with scented plants, which can withstand handling, and are labelled in Braille.
In the middle of the Green is a large lake with an artificial water fall, if the weather is nice you can come here to feed the ducks, or just sit down on the grass beside it and dream.
To the south side has a more open surroundings and is almost always occupied by lunching students, workers and shoppers, often band performances are held their, to the amusement of many vistors.
The Green is an unnusualy peacefull place in the middle of a vibrant and buisy city. However have in mind that is it always packed and it might be hard to find a free spot (especially if you want to sit on a bench). But if you look around and see a people in their suits sitting on the grass, why can't you?
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