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Book TitleMore than concrete blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories : 1900-40
Chapter TitleCase study : Irish National War Memorial Gardens : Islandbridge : Dublin 8, 1939
Chapter AuthorPollard, Carole
Book EditorRowley, Ellen
PublisherDublin City Council ; University College Dublin ; Four Courts Press
ISBN9781902703442
Date2016
Volume1
Page(s)pp282-291
Contentelevations, photos, plans, text
Note(s)Although built as a memorial to those who died in WW1, the gardens were not officially opened to the public until 1988 due to the complex nature of Anglo-Irish relations. The memorial is a symmetrical composition in an abstract Classical style.
Subject(s)war memorials ; gardens ; pavilions ; landscape architecture ; public spaces ; parks
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