WELLINGTON MONUMENT

WELLINGTON MONUMENT IN PHOENIX PARK

GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE MY FIRST VISIT MARINO CRESCENT AND THE BRAM STOKER PUBLIC PARK THOR PLACE AND THOR PARK HERBERT PARK ENTRANCE TO PHOENIX PARK - NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD PEOPLE'S FLOWER GARDENS PHOENIX PARK VICTORIAN FOUNTAIN IN DUN LAOGHAIRE - RESTORED 1986 PEOPLE'S PARK IN DUN LAOGHAIRE WELLINGTON MONUMENT IN PHOENIX PARK DUBLIN THE SHELTER - PEOPLE'S FLOWER GARDENS A WALK IN THE PARK - THE PEOPLES FLOWER GARDENS IN PHOENIX PARK SMALL PUBLIC SPACE - LYREEN RIVER IN MAYNOOTH FOUR MASTERS PARK THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE PHOTOGRAPHED 22 MARCH 2020 SMALL PUBLIC PARK AT HAROLDS CROSS CROPPIES ACRE 1798 MEMORIAL PARK I DID NOT EXPECT THE BOTANIC GARDENS TO BE OPEN OSCAR WILDE SCULPTURE IN MERRION SQUARE PARK MERRION SQUARE PUBLIC PARK ST STEPHEN'S GREEN DUBLIN 2 PHOENIX PARK LARGEST ENCLOSED PUBLIC PARK IN EUROPE IRISH NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL GARDENS HENRY GRATTAN IN MERRION SQUARE PARK - BY PETER GRANT GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Æ IN MERRION SQUARE PARK 20 JUNE VISIT TO THE BOTANIC GARDENS 81 PHOTOGRAPHS STREET ART AT BLESSINGTON BASIN PARK I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ARTWORK BEFORE ÉIRE 1798 MEMORIAL St. MICHAN'S PARK TOLKA VALLEY PARK NEAR BROOMBRIDGE LUAS STOP - MY FIRST VISIT MILLTOWN LINEAR PARK NEAR THE TRAM STOP WATER FEATURE IN CHANCERY PARK MAYDAY 2017 VISIT TO THE BOTANIC GARDENS ST PATRICKS PUBLIC PARK SAINT AUDEON'S PUBLIC PARK - A QUICK VISIT ON A SUNNY DAY ST STEPHEN'S GREEN 26 SEPTEMBER 2020 THE BRONZE COW DECIDED TO MOVE FROM WOLFE TONE SQUARE TO WOOD QUAY WHERE THE GRASS IS GREENER FATHER TED IN MERRION SQUARE PARK 11 OCTOBER 2020 VISIT TO THE BOTANIC GARDENS SMALL GARDEN ON WOLFE TONE STREET SAINT AUDOEN'S PUBLIC PARK ALSO SPELLED AS AUDEON'S WOLFE TONE PARK NOW CLOSED TO PUBLIC - IS THE REGENERATION NOW UNDERWAY - NOVEMBER 2020 DARTMOUTH SQUARE AND PUBLIC PARK THE VERY POPULAR PEOPLES PARK IN DUN LAOGHAIRE - DECEMBER 2020 ORNAMENTAL GRASS GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHED DECEMBER 2020 HORIZONTAL SUNDIAL BY LYNCH - BOTANIC GARDENS IN GLASNEVIN BLESSINGTON STREET BASIN PUBLIC PARK IRIS MURDOCH WAS BORN HERE - BLESSINGTON STREET BASIN
The Wellington Testimonial was built to commemorate the victories of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Wellington, the British politician and general, also known as the 'Iron Duke', was born in either counties Meath or Dublin. Originally planned to be located in Merrion Square, it was built in the Phoenix Park after opposition from the square's residents.

The obelisk was designed by the architect Sir Robert Smirke and the foundation stone was laid in 1817. In 1820 it ran out of construction funds and therefore remained unfinished until 18 June 1861 when it was opened to the public. There were also plans for a statue of Wellesley on horseback but the shortage of funds ruled that out.

There are four bronze plaques cast from cannons captured at Waterloo – three of which have pictorial representations of his career while the fourth has an inscription. The plaques depict 'Civil and Religious Liberty' by John Hogan, 'Waterloo' by Thomas Farrell and the 'Indian Wars' by Joseph Robinson Kirk. The inscription reads:

Asia and Europe, saved by thee, proclaim
Invincible in war thy deathless name,
Now round thy brow the civic oak we twine
That every earthly glory may be thine.
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