Phoenix Park - One of the Dublin's ( Ireland ) Oldest & Most Famous Landmarks
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The Phoenix Park is one of the Dublin's oldest & most famous landmarks, founded in 1662.
It is home to the President and Dublin Zoo today.
Dublin Zoo was opened in 1831, making it the fourth oldest zoo in Europe. There are around four hundred animals from almost hundred different species living in the zoo.
Phoenix Park is the largest enclosed park in any capital city in Europe.
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Winston Churchill lived in the park between the ages of two and six in the Vice Regal Lodge, which is now the Aras.
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There is a 138 year old train tunnel connecting Heuston to Connolly Station underneath the park.
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The Wellington Monument of the park is the largest obelisk in Europe at 203 ft tall. Thirty percentage of the park is covered by Oak, Ash, Beech, Sycamore and Horse Chestnut trees.
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The first motor rally was held in the Phoenix Park in 1903 and it is still an event today.
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Phoenix Park was started as Deer Park and Fallow Deer still roam the grounds openly.
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The park boasts a huge amount of sports facilities including twelve soccer pitches, two for cricket, a polo ground.
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The Great Ireland Run has taken place in the park every year since 2003.
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The English name Phoenix comes from the Irish 'fionn uisce' meaning "clear water".
In classical mythology, phoenix meaning a unique bird that lived for 5 or 6 centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. It also means a person or thing regarded as uniquely remarkable in some respect.
"Rise like phoenix from the ashes" means emerging renewed after apparent disaster or destruction.
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