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Mount Merrion - The grounds and Deer Park
The Deer Park was landscaped by the Fitzwilliams in the 1700s.
"Beyond the house to the west, across a smooth lawn, is a thick wood, intersected with walks and adorned with temples and rural structures of various kinds, while through the park stretch away two drives, one disused and grass-grown leading under an archway of noble trees to Foster's Avenue, and the other, commanding lovely views of Dublin and its bay, leading to Mount Anville and Dundrum." - [Ball, vol.2, 1903].
This westward-headed drive is possibly the walk in the Deer Park that runs along the N boundary of the park from the church to the Mt Anville gates. It seems that this ordinary park walk is over two hundred years old.

"Deerpark" is now a public park, opened to the public in 1971.

Deer Park, Mount Merrion.
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