Herbert Park, Urban park in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland.
Herbert Park is a 32-acre public park in Ballsbridge, Dublin, split in two by the road of the same name. The larger southern half holds formal gardens, soccer pitches, a duck pond and an older children's playground, and is bounded by the River Dodder. A polygonal gazebo with a dark brown shingled roof on six dark green posts stands at the entrance to the Herbert Park Hotel.
This park grew from land donated by the 14th Earl of Pembroke and hosted the Irish International Exhibition in 1907. Those early years established it as a major public space for Dublin.
The bandstand and pond are the only structures left from the 1907 Irish International Exhibition held on this site. The bandstand later appeared in the video for Phil Lynott's song "Old Town". The gazebo stands at the northeastern corner, by the entrance to the Herbert Park Hotel.
A walking path circles the entire park on flat ground, making it easy for jogging and strolling year-round. Multiple entrance points around the perimeter let visitors access the space from different directions.
In February 2006 the pond was drained almost completely for cleaning, and carp up to 2 feet (0.61 m) long were lifted out and moved elsewhere; it was restocked in spring 2009. The bandstand from the 1907 exhibition appears in the video for Phil Lynott's song Old Town.
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