DERELICT PHASE

Designed as a sunken garden in the late 1980s to minimise traffic noise, the park was officially opened in 1988 during the Troubles. Its paving consists of Liscannor Flagstone from County Clare, known for its fossilised traces of unknown organisms. Despite its peaceful intentions, the park became a haven for antisocial behaviour, leading to its indefinite closure in 2009/2010. One local resident I spoke to when I first photographed the derelict park in 2019 confirmed that it had been closed for years due to such issues.