Harold's Cross Park — Attraction in Dublin

Always great to have a green space in a city but... The planting is very clinical & offers very little for the bees. They plant single flowering plants in the beds, they flower, they dig them up & then plant another limited bloom flower. It seems labour intensive, hard on the soil & offers little for insects & bees to focus on. Wildflowers, lavender or just bushes with lots of blooms would enhance the park no end. Trees & shrubs are fine but the bedding flowers are old school & don't do much for our struggling eco system. No toilets which is really bad considering they were there & they gave them over to a cafe. More flipping take away cups to add to land fill. A playground full of kids in a park. Where are they supposed to go to the toilet? In the bushes is where they end up. I don't see why a public toilet couldn't have been park of the cafe. The playground has 2 entry gates. One has a sign with "No dogs" on it. The other doesn't. So despite a "no dogs" policy in every public playground in Ireland there are still dog owners who think this doesn't apply to their pooch & bring their dog in -to the playground with children where other dog owners (myself included) have left their dog outside the railings. Needless to say there are also the dog owners who think that "All dogs on a lead" in the park sign/rule does not apply to them. A bit of consideration would be...

Harold's cross park has a nice cafe in it serving coffee,tea, sparkling drinks plenty of cakes and pastries available sitting area inside and outside.Playground full of children loads of swings and other to keep children busy in playground.Park is full of people when the sun is out and over the spring season it has plenty of flowers like hyacinths, daffodils,tulips, pansy's and more to enjoy.Park is always used to walk through and we use to use it as a walk from st Clare's primary school across Harold's cross when walking down the canal towards Harold's cross it's lovely to scroll through the Harold's cross park rather than walking down the street.Park is just opposite St.Pauls and St.Peters Orthodox church.Post office is nearby too there's no parking available and park itself is very small not suitable for sports.Also it's locked up after 20:00 and...

I am confident that any child or dog would award five stars but I am going to be a bit mean and award four stars [it is usually too busy for me].

I had the good fortune to live in Harold's Cross and this park was so close that if I fell out out off my bed I would be in the park. When I visited today the rain was heavy and constant and as a result it was almost empty and therefore very peaceful.

In reality, because Dublin has wonderful public parks, there is nothing unique about the park other than Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library which is a book exchange for children and that is a very worthwhile programme. While I was there I saw two young children carrying books which...