Wolfe Tone Square

2.0 star rating
3 reviews
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  • Review from Cathal C.

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    Dublin

    2.0 star rating
    11/8/2009 1 photo

    Park seems to be a strange noun to describe the piece of land dedicated to Theobald Wolfe Tone that used to be the graveyard of St. Mary's Church on Mary St. The word "park" evokes a verdant area with grass and trees and such and such. Wolfe Tone Park is bereft of such amenities consisting as it does mainly of a slightly sandy, hard surface, and as such I feel that it would be more accurately described as a square.

    The place is not without it's positive attributes, I guess; I'm not sure if I care for the headstones stacked against the wall personally, but some might find them of interest. And there is a market that takes place there at weekends (an activity more fitting of a square than a park, wouldn't you think?).

    So Wolfe Tone Park: while not actively unpleasant, not really actually a park.

  • Review from Bridget R.

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    West Chester, PA

    USA
    1.0 star rating
    21/2/2010

    Thorough marks down for this public space gone to seed. While I love a summer lunch outside at The Church, inevitably an outdoor seat means a front-row view of the muck going on in Wolfe Tone Square. Vagrants, shady characters, alkies and their ilk nodding out on the marble block seats or PUBLICLY VOMITING in absolute torrents (that last part I'm nowhere near close to joking about).
    The area has gone up and come down in its time, and despite the better efforts of the local council bringing fairs and crepe stalls in at the weekends, this place remains a very open issue to be dealt with -and in no way a spot to rest unless you're in a group.

  • Review from Laura C.

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    Dublin

    3.0 star rating
    15/8/2009

    Yep, definately NOT a park. And not really much else either. There's no real point in it from what I can tell. A few benches used predominantly by a) tired shoppers, b) teenagers or c) drunks. A couple of 'trees' tha are more like struggling saplings. It's just a bit random really.

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