Wellington Monument — Attraction in Dublin

Pheonix Park in the west direction of the River Liffey in Dublin City Centre. To get there are a number of way's to get there. There's the North Circler road. Aka the... N. C. Rd. You can start at the Summerhill in the porland Row road. The oppisit direction. Bringing you back towards the five lamps. On the North strand and down my. Towards sheriff St. And st'Laurence Church. North Wall sheriff Street. D. 1. Anyway @ the cross in the road at. Summerhill. Keep going all the way. Passing the lights at phibsboro junction. Keep going on straight. When you get to the beautifully, st'peters. There's a fork in the road. Stay to the Left side of the road. And your still on the... N. C. Rd. Keep on the road. Until the very end. Then at the end. There's a turn to the left. It's called. Infirmary road. But don't turn. Continued through the big white gates. With old gass lamps on them. Your in the pheonix Park now. Police or Garda H. Q IS on your right side of the road. After the gate's I mentioned. The first turn to on the right side is the Gardai H. Q. And the first turn to the left after the same gates. Brings you through the rest of the 3rd biggest park in Europe. And the second turn to the Zoological Gardens. Check out a brochure about the park. The Aras. Home of the president of Ireland. And lots, lots More. Dubliner. Mr Stephen Corbally. Welcome to the Capital. And to our beautiful proud County. The Republic of Ireland. (Fa'ilte to Ireland 🇮🇪☘️✝️🦌🦌🦌and welcome...

This rather unattractive obelisk was originally intended as the centrepiece for Merrion Square. Thankfully it was put out here in the Park as the locals near Merrion neither wanted it nor were they willing to pay for it.

Named for Arthur Wesley, Duke of Wellington and English commander at Waterloo, the monument is a tribute to a man who denied his Irishness. The Ha'penny Bridge is also named after him but nobody ever utters his name with that one.

Like all obelisks, it serves no purpose but many young people make attempts to climb up bits of it. It is something to look at when driving by or a focal point for somebody...

This 62 metres high obelisk is a tribute to the Duke of Wellington and is located in Phoenix Park. The obelisk is almost featureless, but between the steps and the obelisk are four bronze plaques cast from cannons captured at Waterloo, three of which have basel relief sculptures of scenes from his career while the fourth has an inscription.

It's really not possible to appreciate the sheer size and scale of this monument until to see it in person, stand right beside it. A monumental obelisk for a...