Ellenfield Park

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Ellenfield Park
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LocationDublin, Ireland
Nearest cityDublin
Coordinates 53°23′8.89″N6°14′26.41″W / 53.3858028°N 6.2406694°W / 53.3858028; -6.2406694 Coordinates: 53°23′8.89″N6°14′26.41″W / 53.3858028°N 6.2406694°W / 53.3858028; -6.2406694
Area10 hectares

Ellenfield Park (sometimes called Whitehall Park) is a public park in Whitehall, Dublin, managed by Dublin City Council Parks department. [1]

Whitehall, Dublin Town in Leinster, Ireland

Whitehall is a Northside suburb of Dublin City, Ireland.

Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Dublin in Ireland. As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. Until 2001, the council was known as "Dublin Corporation". The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture and environment. The council has 63 elected members and is the largest local council in Ireland. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the honorific title of Lord Mayor. The city administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Owen Keegan. The council meets at City Hall, Dublin.

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History

The park is on the land where once stood Clonturk Cottage which was renamed Ellenfield House. [2] During The Emergency / Second World War, Ellenfield Park was used for allotments (hence the nickname of the playing fields The Plots [3] ). Dublin Corporation developed the Ellenfield lands as a public park in the 1950s. The parks' west and northern boundary was altered during the construction in 1983 of the Santry Bypass (M1 Motorway). During the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel, which started in 2001, the re-alignment of the Swords Road caused the parks north and western perimeter to be further altered.

The Emergency was the state of emergency which existed in the state of Ireland during the Second World War. The state of Ireland remained neutral throughout the war. "The Emergency" has been used metonymically in historical and cultural commentary to refer to the state during the war. The state of emergency was proclaimed by Dáil Éireann on 2 September 1939, allowing the passage of the Emergency Powers Act 1939 by the Oireachtas the following day. This gave sweeping new powers to the government for the duration of the Emergency, including internment, censorship of the press and correspondence, and government control of the economy. The Emergency Powers Act lapsed on 2 September 1946. Although the state of emergency itself was not rescinded until 1 September 1976, no emergency legislation was ever in force after 1946 to exploit this anomaly.

World War II 1939–1945 global war

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Access and recreation

The park is located in Whitehall, Dublin. It is bordered by The Church of The Holy Child (Whitehall/Larkhill), Margaret Aylward Community College, Swords Road, Shantalla Road, and Ellenfield Road.

The park has recreational facilities for football, gaelic football, camogie, and tennis, as well as a children's playground. It is used by a variety of sports clubs such as St. Kevin's Boys Club, [4] and Whitehall Colmcille GAA club, [5] and by Holy Child National School [6] for sports.

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Gaelic football Irish team sport, form of football derived from traditional Irish ball games

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Camogie Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women

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A number of tennis courts were developed as an all weather pitch with floodlights, leaving 3 tennis courts. There is a Boules (Pétanque) court under construction. [7]

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Floodlight

A floodlight is a broad-beamed, high-intensity artificial light. They are often used to illuminate outdoor playing fields while an outdoor sports event is being held during low-light conditions. More focused kinds are often used as a stage lighting instrument in live performances such as concerts and plays.

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References

  1. ↑ Ellenfield Park www.dublincity.ie
  2. ↑ History Whitehall parish website.
  3. ↑ Club History Whitehall Colmcille
  4. ↑ History St. Kevins Boys Club.
  5. ↑ Whitehall Colmcille GAA official website
  6. ↑ Holy Child Boys National School Larkhill
  7. ↑ Larkhill/Whitehall Parish Newsletter, March 19, 2017.
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