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Phoenix Park Phoenix Park is also very old: Over 350 years ago, the park was created as a place to keep deer for King Charles II (in 1662). History of the Park Archaeologists have also discovered evidence that people lived in the area that is now the park during the Stone Age, as much as 5,000 years ago. Scientists have also found proof of a big Viking cemetery - the biggest such cemetery outside the Scandinavian home lands of the Vikings. Older than the Áras The oldest building in the park is Ashtown Castle, an old castle built by the Normans. There is a Visitors Centre right next to the castle, which explains the history of the park and shows what animals live there. Visiting the Park Today Today, the Phoenix Park is most famous for the deer that walk freely through it. They are the great-great-great-great (and so on) grandchildren of the Fallow deer that were brought to the park in the seventeenth century, to be hunted for sport. Luckily, today they are protected by law. If you visit the park, make sure to keep an eye out for some of the other important buildings and monuments (like the Wellington Monument, Farmleigh House, the Magazine Fort, the Papal Cross and the Phoenix Monument) and the zoo. Or just go for a beautiful walk. How much did you learn? Take the quiz on our current President to test your knowledge. {{question.title}} {{question.text}} Quiz Results Total score: {{score()}} / {{quiz.questions.length}}
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Páirc an Fhionnuisce Tá Páirc an Fhionnuisce an-sean chomh maith: Cruthaíodh an pháirc os cionn 350 bliain ó shin mar áit le fianna a choimeád don Rí Seárlas II (in 1662). Stair na Páirce Tá fianaise ag seandálaithe go raibh daoine ina gcónaí sa cheantar a bhfuil an Pháirc anois ann le linn na clochaoise, chomh fada siar le 5,000 bliain ó shin. Fuair eolaithe fianaise chomh maith go raibh reilig mhór Lochlannach ann - an reilig is mó dá sórt taobh amuigh de Chríoch Lochlann. Níos sine ná an tÁras Is é Caisleán Bhaile an Ásaigh, a thóg na Normanaigh, an foirgneamh is sine sa Pháirc. Tá Ionad Cuairteoirí le taobh an chaisleáin, a mhíníonn stair na Páirce agus a thaispeánann na hainmhithe a mhaireann ann. Cuairt ar an bPáirc inniu Sa lá atá inniu ann, tá cáil ar an bPáirc mar gheall ar na fianna ann a shiúlann thart gan srian orthu. Is de shliocht na bhfianna buí iad, a tugadh isteach sa pháirc sa seachtú haois déag ionas go bhféadfaí iad a fhiach. Ar an dea-uair, tá siad faoi chosaint an dlí inniu. Má thugann tú cuairt ar an bpáirc, coinnigh súil amach le haghaidh cuid de na foirgnimh agus na séadchomharthaí tábhachtacha eile (amhail Séadchomhartha Wellington, Teach Farmleigh, Dún na hArmlainne, Cros an Phápa agus Séadchomhartha an Fhéinics) agus Gairdín na nAinmhithe. É sin nó tóg siúlóid álainn duit féin. Cad a d'fhoghlaim tú? Freagair na ceisteanna faoin Uachtarán reatha chun d'eolas a thástáil. {{question.title}} {{question.text}} Torthaí Scór iomlán: {{score()}} / {{quiz.questions.length}}