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Book Title | More than concrete blocks : Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories : 1900-40 |
Chapter Title | Case study : Irish National War Memorial Gardens : Islandbridge : Dublin 8, 1939 |
Chapter Author | Pollard, Carole |
Book Editor | Rowley, Ellen |
Publisher | Dublin City Council ; University College Dublin ; Four Courts Press |
ISBN | 9781902703442 |
Date | 2016 |
Volume | 1 |
Page(s) | pp282-291 |
Content | elevations, 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 |
QUB Location | Search QUB Library Catalogue |
UCD Location | Search UCD Library Catalogue |