Wolfe Tone Square
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{{Short description|Public space in Dublin, Ireland}}
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Wolfe Tone Park ({{irish place name|Páirc Wolfe Tone}}),{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1419502.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Páirc Wolfe Tone / Wolftone Park | date = | accessdate = 17 May 2022 }} also known as Wolfe Tone Square, is a public space in Dublin, Ireland. It is bounded by Mary Street to the north, Jervis Street to the east, and Wolfe Tone Street to the west.
The park is the site of a graveyard that was attached to St. Mary's Church, and is named for Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763–1798), who was baptised in the church. The graveyard was deconsecrated in 1966 and laid out as a green park.{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/archives/2021/0419/1210798-wolfe-tone-park/| publisher = RTÉ | title = RTÉ Archives - New Dublin Park 1966 | accessdate = 17 May 2022 }} From 1998 to 2001, Dublin City Council redeveloped the park as an "urban plaza".{{cite web|url = https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/wolfe-tone-park-dublins-north-23970211| website = dublinlive.ie | title = Wolfe Tone Park in Dublin's north inner city reopens following rejuvenation works | date = 16 May 2022 | accessdate = 17 May 2022}}{{cite web|title=Wolfe Tone Park, Jervis Street, Dublin 1|url=http://builtdublin.com/wolfe-tone-park-jervis-street-dublin-1/|author=Lisa Cassidy|publisher=Built Dublin|accessdate=9 May 2016}} The park was closed for further regeneration works in late 2020, and reopened in mid-2022.{{cite web|url = https://www.thejournal.ie/wolfe-tone-park-reopens-5765802-May2022/| publisher = Journal Media Ltd | website = thejournal.ie | title = Wolfe Tone Park reopens in Dublin's north inner city and promises to be 'an oasis of green space' | date = 16 May 2022 | accessdate = 17 May 2022 }}
Churchyard
{{see also|St Mary's Church, Mary Street, Dublin#Notable_parishioners_and_burials}}
The site, formerly the graveyard of St Mary's Church, was the burial place of the United Irishman Archibald Hamilton Rowan (1751–1834), Mary Mercer, founder of Mercer's Hospital (died 1734), the philosopher Francis Hutcheson (1694–1746), Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet (1736–1807), an Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons, and Lord Norbury (1745–1831; known colloquially as the hanging judge).{{cite web|url = http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/dublin/stmary's06.html | author = Sean Murphy | work = Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies | title = Notes regarding St. Mary's Churchyard (with pictures) |date = 4 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116150523/http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/dublin/stmary's06.html |archive-date=16 January 2020 |url-status=dead}} The church and its graveyard were deconsecrated in 1966, and the gravestones were moved or removed.
Redevelopment
From the 1960s to the 1990s, the site operated as a greenspace, maintained by Dublin City Council. In 1998, the council held a competition to redesign the park, which was won by Peter Cody of Boyd Cody Architects. The updated layout, in the form of an "urban plaza", was completed in 2001. After the square's layout was changed, it was made available by Dublin City Council for events, including the Dublin Fringe Festival.{{cite web|url= http://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content/RecreationandCulture/Events/Documents/Public%20Wolfe%20Tone%20Park.pdf| publisher= Dublin City Council |title= Wolfe Tone Park - Dublin City Council Events Unit - Public Space Venue Assessment |accessdate=2016-05-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dublininquirer.com/2015/11/18/the-battle-continues-over-the-future-of-wolfe-tone-park/ |title=The Battle Continues Over the Future of Wolfe Tone Park |publisher=Dublininquirer.com |date= |accessdate=2016-05-10}}
Following a campaign from local residents to restore "Wolfe Tone Park as a non-commercial green space",{{cite web|author= |url=http://wolfetonepark.com/timeline.php |title=Wolfe Tone Park Community |publisher=Wolfetonepark.com |date= |accessdate=2016-05-10}} there was debate in the council as to the future use of the park as of 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.dublininquirer.com/2015/09/08/a-community-group-struggles-to-revive-wolfe-tone-park/ |title=A Community Group Struggles to Revive Wolfe Tone Park |publisher=Dublininquirer.com | first=Louisa | last=McGrath | date=9 September 2015 |accessdate=2021-02-26}} Ultimately the park was closed between 2020 and 2022, and Dublin City Council redeveloped and "restore[d] it to a green space".
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