Fitzgerald's Park<title> <link href="mystyles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" > </head> <body bgcolor="999999" text="black"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css"> <h2><center> Fitzgerald's Park <center></h2> <a href="index_fr.html"><img src="images/franceflag.jpg" width="40" height="20"></a> <a href="index.html">Park History</a> <a href="museum.html">Museum</a> <a href="gallery.html">Picture Gallery</a> <a href="map.html">Map</a> <a href="contact.html">Contact</a> <a href="bookings.html">Bookings</a> <img height="100" width="200" align="left" src="images/park.jpg" border="0"> <p> Back in 1901 the Lord Mayor of Cork was Edward Fitzgerald and in honour of him it was decided to name a park after him called Fitzgerald Park.The Park is a ten minute walk from the city centre and it is located on the Mardyke it possesses beautiful gardens which contain sculptures by Seamus Murphy and John Burke. The park also houses the public museum It charts the history of Cork and Munster from prehistoric times.Another sculpture at Fitzgerald Park is Adam and Eve by Edward Delaney. In the Summer especially there is nothing better than enjoying the beutiful scenery. there is also a bridge you can walk across called Davey's Bridge but to the locals it is known as Shakey Bridge. Here is a famous song connected to the park.</p> <p><i>The Banks Of My Own Lovely Lee Oh how oft do my thoughts in their fancy take flight To the home of my childhood away To the days when each patriot’s vision seemed bright Ere I dreamed that those joys would decay My heart was as light as the fair wind that blows Down the Mardyke through each elm tree Where I sported and played ‘neath each green leafy shade On the banks of my own lovely Lee Where I sported and played ‘neath each green leafy shade On the banks of my own lovely Lee </i></p> </body> </html>