Falkiner — The Phcenix Park^ its Origin and early History. 487 



ephemeral memorial of an incident whicli furnished much amusement 

 to the wits of Dublin is preserved in Pranceriana} 



"With the final acquisition by the Crown of the various residences 

 within the Phoenix Park this record of its origin and formation may 

 fairly close. The more recent history of the Park, considered topo- 

 graphically, has been quite uneventful ; and in any case the Nine- 

 teenth Centiuy has not yet become sufiiciently haloed by time to form 

 an appropriate sphere for antiquarian research. 



1 2iid edition, vol. i., p. 137. See also McDougall's " Irish Political Characters," 

 p. 150. 



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