St. Stephen's Green

In Real Life:

St. Stephen's Green is a 27 acres park in the heart of Dublin city centre. It was originally open public ground until 1663 when the Corporation fenced the area off. The Green was then sold and the ground was closed to the public. It was during this time that the Georgian houses around the Green were built. The Green remained private ground until 1877 when Sir A. E. Guiness, a member of the Guiness brewing family, pushed an act through Parliament making the Green open to the public once again. He later paid for the laying out of the Green including the gardens and ponds which date from 1880.

The park has many statues including memorials to Yeats and James Joyce. Also present are the Three Fates, a group of bronze female figures watching over man's destiny.