Le Fanu Park
Overview
Le Fanu Park is a large park in Ballyfermot, west Dublin, with seven soccer pitches, an outdoor gym and Ballyfermot Sports and Fitness Centre. Its best-known feature is the free skate, BMX and play park, opened in 2022.
The park is named after Sheridan Le Fanu, the Victorian writer of ghost stories.
Skate, BMX and play park
The skate and BMX park has bowls, ramps and transitions for beginners and experienced riders alike, next to a contoured playground with accessible equipment. Designed with local young people, it won the Public Space category of the RIAI Architecture Awards 2022. Bring a helmet.
History
Sheridan Le Fanu, the 19th-century author of Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard, had strong links with the neighbouring village of Chapelizod, and mentioned the "old tiled house" of Ballyfermot in his ghost stories.
Getting there
The park is on Le Fanu Road, Dublin 10, in Ballyfermot. Dublin Bus routes serve Ballyfermot Road and Kylemore Road. Kylemore Park and Markievicz Park are nearby, and the Phoenix Park is across the Liffey from Chapelizod.
Opening hours
Like most Dublin City Council parks, Le Fanu Park opens at 10am every day and closes around dusk, so closing time changes through the year:
- January and December: 5pm
- February and November: 5.30pm
- March: 6.30pm, then 7.30pm once the clocks go forward
- April and September: 8.30pm
- May and August: 9.30pm
- June and July: 10pm
- October: 7.30pm, then 6.30pm once the clocks go back
Parks with several gates may start closing up to half an hour before these times.
Good to know
- Free entry.
- Wheelchair accessible.
- Run by Dublin City Council Parks: call 01 222 5278 with questions about the park.
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