Fitzgerald's Park, Public park in Cork, Ireland
Fitzgerald's Park is a public park along the south bank of the River Lee in the west of Cork city, with lawns, flower beds, walking paths, and a museum building on the grounds. The park is enclosed by iron railings and bordered by the river on one side, giving it a clear and contained shape within the urban fabric.
The park was created in 1902 to host an international exhibition and was later named after Edward Fitzgerald, the Lord Mayor of Cork who gifted the land to the city. Once the exhibition ended, the grounds stayed open as a public park and gradually took on their current layout.
The Cork Public Museum sits inside a Georgian manor house on the grounds and displays objects from the city's everyday past. Along the paths, sculptures by Irish artists are placed among the flower beds and open grass areas, giving the park a dual role as both a garden and an open-air gallery.
The park is open every day with free entry, and there is parking near the main entrance on Mardyke Walk. The paths are mostly flat and easy to walk, though some grass areas can get muddy after rain.
Daly's Bridge, known locally as the Shakey Bridge, links the park to the Sunday's Well neighborhood on the far bank of the Lee and noticeably sways when you walk across it, which is how it earned its nickname. The bridge was originally built elsewhere and moved to this location in 1927.
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