Kennedy Park (Cork, Ireland)

Kennedy Park
Kennedy Park with The Elysian in the background
Kennedy Park with The Elysian in the background
Type Public
Location Cork, Ireland
Coordinates 51°53′42″N 8°27′18″W / 51.89500°N 8.45500°W / 51.89500; -8.45500Coordinates: 51°53′42″N 8°27′18″W / 51.89500°N 8.45500°W / 51.89500; -8.45500

Kennedy Park is a local park in Cork, Ireland, named after US president John F. Kennedy who visited the area in June 1963. The 7.5 acre park is situated between Victoria Road and Monahan Road.[1] Up to the late 1980s the park was used as a pitching site for Perks Circus.

Sports

The park is associated with a number of sporting clubs. During the club's infancy, the park was the homestead of Nemo Rangers GAA club. More recently it has been used as the training base for the Cork Admirals American Football team.[2] The park is also used for training by amateur soccer sides St John Boscos and Mi Daza Rebels Football Club, as well as tag rugby teams.

Development

Plaque marking 2012 improvements

In the mid-2000s, at the height of the Celtic Tiger, the future of the park was cast in doubt after plans were unveiled to reduce the size of the park to allow for a new road to be constructed in conjunction with the Cork Docklands Development.[3] This resulted in a petition by local residents and by the sporting clubs that used the park. The Cork Docklands developments, however, were ultimately halted due to economic constraints and the planned changes were not implemented.

In 2012, a number of improvements and developments were marked with the opening of a new walkway and the planting of additional trees and shrubbery within the park. The walkway was unofficially named the "Coronary Walk" in an attempt to encourage local residents to live a more active and healthy lifestyle.

References

  1. ↑ "Parks > Services >". CorkCity.ie. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
  2. ↑ "Irish American Football League :: I A F L ::". Americanfootball.ie. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
  3. ↑ "South Docks L.A.P. 2008 > Docklands > Services >". CorkCity.ie. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
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