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The park contains the residences of both the President of Ireland ( Áras an Uachtaráin) and the United States ambassador to Ireland ( Deerfield Residence). The headquarters of the Irish national police force, An Garda Síochána, is located in the park, as is the State Guest House, Farmleigh. The park contains Dublin Zoo, several sportsgrounds including cricketcricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and i and poloThis article is about the sport. For other uses, see polo shirt, polo neck, VW Polo and Polo (mint). Polo (also known as Cho-gan) is a team game played on a field with one goal for each team. Each team has four players. Polo features successive periods ca, the Wellington Monument, a 205 foot (62m) tall obeliskFor the obelisk punctuation mark, see dagger (typography). River Thames in London An obelisk is a tall, thin, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. Ancient obelisks were made of a single piece of stone (a monolith). The term stela ( memorial for the Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( 1 May 1769 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. He came from an established family of noblemen his and the Papal Cross . The cross was erected in the park for the visit of Pope John Paul IIJohn Paul II ne Karol Jozef Wojtyla (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the incumbent pope ( 1978 present), the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first ever from a Slavic country. His crusades against political oppression have been widel in 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings.. An estimated million people attended an open air mass in the park at the time.
The name is a corruption of the Irish fionn uisce meaning "clear water". The park featured prominently in James JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce ( February 2, 1882 January 13, 1941) was an expatriate Irish writer and poet, and is widely considered one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. He is best known for his short story collection Dubliners ( 1914's novel, Finnegans WakeHistory Finnegans Wake is the last novel written by James Joyce. After Ulysses was published in 1922, installments of Work In Progress soon began to appear, the final title being a secret between the writer and his partner, Nora Barnacle. The finished boo. It is occasionally used for open-air concerts and the annual Phoenix Park Motor Races.