Stephen's Green public park is located near the Shelbourne Hotel in central Dublin city & originally comprised of 27 acres. It had been public land until 1663 when the City Council closed public access & sold some of the property.
Sir Arthur Guinness, Member of Parliament & founder of the Guinness Brewery, proposed the bill which restored public access to Stephens Green in 1877. The park's ornamental gardens & fountains were laid out during the 1880's & were funded by Sir Arthur Guinness (Lord Ardilaun).
Dubliners relaxing in the park on a summers day. View of Stephens Green antique Dublin park & flower gardens, with a Victorian shelter in background.
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Stephens Green 1997 photo, depicting trees & flower gardens with Victorian fountain. |
 Victorian bandstand & ducks swimming in the duck pond at Stephens Green. |
 Stephens Green 1796, print by James Malton.
The antique print above depicts deer grazing in the park enclosed by trees & hedging, with strollers & onlookers outside the park boundary.
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| Shelbourne Hotel & Stephens Green c1895.
Digitally restored from original photograph by W. Lawrence.
Antique photograph depicting Dublin street scene with strollers in period dress, Horse drawn carriages & a cyclist with a Penny Farthing cycle crossing the roadway towards Stephens Green. |
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 Stephens Green Print. As seen from The Shelbourne Hotel c1905, Digitally restored antique Dublin print of Stephens Green.
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