People's Park, Urban park in central Limerick, Ireland
People's Park is an urban park in central Limerick with landscaped grounds, walking paths, and mature trees including ash, beech, birch, and elm species. Seasonal flower beds add color throughout the year and create different visual interest across seasons.
The park was established in 1877 following a gift from the Earl of Limerick and was named after Richard Russell. Its creation followed the incomplete development of a Georgian square in the city.
The Limerick City Gallery of Art, whose main entrance is on Pery Square, opens a modern extension into the park; a Zest café sits inside the gallery. The park also holds a memorial garden to The Little Angels of Limerick, opened in 2002. A 19th-century bandstand stands in the grounds, though the Earl of Limerick's lease barred bands from playing on Sundays.
The park lies just west of Limerick Colbert train and bus station, with its main frontage on Pery Square and a northern edge along Mallow Street. Bus Éireann routes 301, 304A and 306 stop on the Mallow Street and Boherbuoy sides, and route 303 stops on nearby Parnell Street and Hyde Road. The Limerick City Gallery of Art extension opens into the park, its main entrance on Pery Square.
The park holds one of only two ornate drinking fountains on the island of Ireland. Near it stands a memorial on a giant pillar to Thomas Spring Rice, MP for Limerick from 1820 to 1832, and a memorial garden to the Little Angels of Limerick opened in 2002.
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