This green space, at one time common land, first enclosed in 1663, covers almost ten hectares. It took on its present appearance when the brewer Arthur Guiness transformed it into a public garden (1880) with an artificial lake and fountains. It is now adorned with statues of James Joyce, Yeats (bronze by Henry Moore 1967) and other celebrities and has a garden for the blind. The gateway in the north-west corner commemorates the victims of the Boer war.