Willie Pearse Park

Name: Willie Pearse Park
Address: Windmill Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Crumlin, Dublin, D12 H4C8, IE
Telephone: 01 222 5278

Overview

Willie Pearse Park is a neighbourhood park in Crumlin, south Dublin, and one of the area's main sports grounds. It has soccer and GAA pitches, an 11-a-side all-weather pitch, a bowling green, changing rooms, a boxing club and a children's playground.

It opened in 1949 and is named after Willie Pearse, executed after the 1916 Rising.

History

Dublin City Council's Willie Pearse Park first opened in 1949. It is named after Willie Pearse, sculptor and younger brother of Patrick Pearse, a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Willie fought in the GPO and was executed after the Rising.

Getting there

The park is on Windmill Road, Dublin 12, in Crumlin. Dublin Bus routes serve Crumlin Road and Sundrive Road. Eamonn Ceannt Park and Stannaway Park are close by.

Opening hours

Like most Dublin City Council parks, Willie Pearse 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.
Facilities: All Weather Pitch, bowling green, boxing club, changing facilities, gaa pitch, playground, soccer pitch.
Wheelchair accessible.
Run by Dublin City Council Parks: call 01 222 5278 with questions about the park.