Phoenix Park - City Park, located in Dublin, one of the largest enclosed park in Europe. This is a favorite place of citizens and tourists. The park's name comes not from the bird Phoenix, and from the Irish phrase fionn uisce, which means "pure water" and it sounds like the word "phoenix".

Since the time of the Normans, these lands belonged to the abbey Kilmenhem. During the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII (1537), the land passed into the possession of the king. In 1662, the Viceroy of Ireland, Duke of Ormond gave these lands royal hunting park where deer and pheasants bred. In 1745, Earl of Chesterfield opened the park to the public.

The park is the residence of the President of Ireland, former residence of the Viceroy of Ireland. The famous Dublin Zoo is also located on the territory of the Phoenix Park.

Attraction Phoenix Park is also a Papal cross, which was erected in 1979 to commemorate the visit to Ireland by Pope John Paul II. 62-meter obelisk in honor of the Duke of Wellington is the largest obelisk Europe.

Information center of the park is located in the castle Eshtaun - stone medieval tower, which dates from the XV century. For a long time Eshtaun was hidden in the thickness of the wall of another building and have discovered only at the end of the XX century, when the building is demolished.

The park also houses the headquarters of the Irish police, the Garda Sheehan.

The park is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The side gates are closed at night. Entrance to the park is free.