MT BERN ARD PARK ACCORDING TO TWO SIGNS – ACTUALLY MOUNT BERNARD PARK
It might be a good idea to change the signage on the gates.
Even though I live close by I did no know that this park existed until I first photographed it in August 2011. However, I photographed it again six years later and was convinced that I have never visited before and that was a bit worrying from a memory point of view.
Back in 2017 I made the following comment:
“Dublin is full of well maintained parks and most of them could be described as “attractive” but this park is not one of them. There are also indications that it suffers from anti-social activities. This park is likely to become much better known and frequented as the the main entrance is located at Liam Whelan Bridge the location of the new Luas Tram Stop serving the Cabra area of Dublin.”
Today I entered the park via the long ramp at the Luas Tram Stop and while there were no people at the tram stop the park was full with children and dogs so I was right about it becoming better known and frequented [I avoided photographing the bust sections].
This time there were no obvious examples of anti-social activity but in my opinion the park is less attractive than most that I have visited in recent years.
CABRA LUAS TRAM STOP BESIDE MOUNT BERNARD PUBLIC PARK
Cabra is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2017 as a stop on Luas Cross City, an extension of the Green Line through the city centre from St. Stephen’s Green to Broombridge.
The stop provides access to the neighbourhood of Cabra and the National Botanic Gardens.
Cabra Luas stop is located at the northern end of the Broadstone railway cutting, immediately to the north of Connaught Street, which crosses the line on the Liam Whelan bridge, which was rebuilt as part of the construction of the stop. The main entrance is a long ramp leading from the eastern side of the bridge to the middle of the southbound platform (there are also stairs which lead from the middle of the ramp to the end of the platform). A second entrance consists of a pathway leading from the northern end of the stop to the nearby Mount Bernard Park.
The cutting is somewhat wider than the stop itself, meaning that there is some leftover space behind the northbound platform. Saplings have been planted in this area in an attempt to reduce the Luas’s carbon footprint. Saplings have also been planted on the southbound platform.
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