visit the the largest enclosed public park in any capital city in europe. open seven days a week. originally formed as a royal hunting park in the 1660s and opened to the public in 1747, a large herd of fallow deer still remain to this day. the park is also home to the zoological gardens, áras an uachtaráin, and victorian flower gardens. the phoenix park is only a mile and a half from o’connell street.