Category:Phoenixpark

Phoenix Park (Irish: Páirc an Fhionnuisce) is an urban park in Dublin, Ireland, lying 2–4 km west of the city centre, north of the River Liffey. It is one of the largest walled city parks in Europe. The English name comes from the Irish fionn uisce meaning "clear water".

Among the attractions of the park are: Wellington Monument, the largest obelisk in Europe; Phoenix Column, a Corinthian column with a phoenix carved on top; the Magazine Fort, site of an old British powder magazine; the People's Gardens, formerly known as the Promenade Grounds; and the residence of the President of Ireland, formerly the Viceregal Lodge, the official residence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

The park was the site of The Phoenix Park Murders, the fatal stabbings in 1882 of Lord Frederick Cavendish, First Secretary for Ireland, and Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Undersecretary, the most senior Irish civil servant. The assassination was carried out by members of the "Irish National Invincibles". Several members of the group were captured and hanged.

In March 1887, The Times printed letters purportedly from Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell claiming sympathy with the murderers and that his public denunciation of them was insincere. It emerged that the letters were forgeries.