Albert College Park, Public park in Glasnevin, Ireland
Albert College Park is a public park in Glasnevin covering about 15 hectares with walking paths, sports facilities, and green spaces near Dublin City University. The grounds include tennis courts, Gaelic football fields, and soccer pitches that serve local sporting clubs and organized matches.
The site was originally home to the Glasnevin Model Farm established in 1838. After Prince Albert's visit in 1853, it developed into an agricultural institution.
Cuilín House, the park's original 1838 building, later housed professors of Albert College and is now a listed building owned by Dublin City Council. Its previously disused courtyard became the Tram Café in 2021, when public toilets were also installed. Some former farm cottages have been used as artists' studios.
The park lies on Ballymun Road, bordered by Hampstead Avenue to the south and by DCU and Hampstead Private Hospital on its other sides. A 3.5 km Slí na Sláinte exercise trail links the park with the DCU main campus. Public toilets and the Tram Café occupy the former courtyard of Cuilín House in the park's centre.
Cuilín House, the park's original 1838 farm building, later housed professors of Albert College and is a listed building owned by Dublin City Council. After years boarded up, its disused courtyard reopened in 2021 as the Tram Café, which also holds the park's public toilets.
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