St. Stephen's Green, Dublin

Postmarked Milton Keynes, dated 1982.

Dublin. St. Stephens Green. D 41.

It doesn't look especially remarkable, but during part of my childhood I lived near St Stephen's Green in Dublin and I spent a lot of time either in it or walking through it. It was at one time marshy common land on the outskirts of the city, but now it is one of the central parks.

Stephen's Green, Dublin

No postmark or stamp, but dated 8 July 1928.

Memorial Arch, Stephens Green, Dublin.

The memorial arch on the card is known as the Fusilier's Arch (or alternatively Traitor's Gate). It is at the Grafton Street corner and commemorates the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who died in Second Boer War. It was erected in 1907 and was quickly denounced by Irish nationalists which is when it became known as Traitor's Gate. Irish nationalists sympathised with the Boers, seeing them as a people oppressed by British imperialism, much like themselves.