Herzog Park

Herzog Park
Páirc Herzog
Location	Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates	53°18′37″N 6°16′32″W

Herzog Park (Irish: Páirc Herzog)[1] is a park located in Rathgar, Dublin.

History

Dublin Corporation acquired the site in 1954 on a long-term lease. However, the modern park was set out in 1985 by the Parks Department and was then known as Orwell Quarry Park.[2]

The park was renamed in 1995 in honour of Major-General Chaim Herzog, President of Israel, who was born in Belfast but grew up in Dublin. The renaming of the park also coincided with the tri-millennium of Jerusalem.[2]

A campaign was established in 2024 to remove Herzog's name from the park due to objections to his Zionist views. It proposes to rename the park after Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl from the Gaza Strip who was killed by Israeli forces during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, which also killed six of her family members and two paramedics coming to her rescue.[3]

Sports facilities

Herzog Park is home to Rathgar Tennis Club and has 10 all weather floodlit tennis courts, a tennis wall and a clubhouse.[4]

References

1. "Páirc Herzog / Herzog Park". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
2. "Herzog Park | Dublin City Council". www.dublincity.ie. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
3. Lanigan, Michael (17 July 2024). "Campaign calls for council to remove former Israel President Chaim Herzog's name from a Rathgar Park". Dublin InQuirer.
4. "Rathgar Tennis and Bowling Club". Retrieved 6 May 2018.