Address: Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Phone: 01-6684364
Area: Southeast
Category: Southside Neighbourhood parks
Enquiries: (01) 222 5278
Facilities
- Band Performances
- Floral Schemes
- Historical
- Leisure Walks
- Pavillion
- Playground
- River Pool Sea
- Shelter
- Sports Fields
- Tennis
- Wildlife
Herbert Park is named after Sidney Herbert (1810-1861), the father of the Earl of Pembroke who, in 1903, offered the site to Pembroke Urban District Council for development as a public park. The famous Dublin International Trades Exhibition was held on the site in 1907, housing exhibits from the British Empire (including a complete Somalia village). Thereafter the lands were developed as a public park. The existing duck pond was constructed for the exhibition of 1907 to house the 'Canadian Waterchute', but little else remains of the original buildings.
Taken over by Dublin Corporation in 1932 the 13 hectares (32 acres), are a fine example of how a relatively small park can provide a variety of amenities such as football, tennis, boules, croquet and children's play area, while at the same time fulfilling an important conservational role in the heart of the city. Recent developments in 2007 have been the addition of a new children's playground and an all weather multi use pitch.
Herbert Park - History of a Landscape
Herbert Park, situated in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 is one of the most popular parks in the city. Located in an area which has a long history dating from Donnybrook Fair in 1204 and comprising an area of marshy ground close to the River Dodder which was originally known as the ‘Forty Acres’.
Please click here to read a document that chronicles the History of the Local Landscape over the centuries outlining some of the significant events during the period in both words and pictures.
Herbert Park - 100 years
This year marks the 100 year anniversary of Herbert Park having been originally opened in 1911 on the same site of the Dublin International Exhibition of 1907.
The leaflet ‘Herbert Park – 100 years’, which is available to download below, marks this anniversary by chronicling the history of the park from it’s inception to the present day. The centenary of the park opening will also be celebrated by various events which will held in the park on Sunday 21st August 2011 and members of the public are welcome.