Park West, Dublin

Building and sculpture in Park West business park

Park West (Irish: Páirc an Iarthair) is a large business park within west Dublin, Ireland. Over 300 companies, with more than 10,000 employees, are based in the business park. The area also contains some residential development.[1]

Location

Located inside the M50 orbital motorway in west Dublin, the development comprises several million square metres of office and retail space, along with a hotel, a private hospital, and three apartment complexes.[2]

Park West is in the administration of Dublin City Council, and the postal districts of Dublin 10 and Dublin 12, chiefly the latter.

The Grand Canal passes through the business park.

Art

Wave by Angela Conner
The Bastard Son of Sisyphus, by Orla de Brí, was unveiled at Park West in 1999

Park West is home to Europe's tallest wind and water mobile sculpture, Wave by Angela Conner.[3] It is a 39.3 m (129 ft) tall sculpture made of polystyrene covered with layers of carbon resin.[4] It is fixed into a 7.6 m (25 ft) pit filed with 9.5 t (9,500 kg) of lead.[5]

In addition to several pieces by Angela Conner, public art in the development includes works by Orla de Brí, Fiona Mulholland, Lloyd Le Blanc, Patricia Jorgensen and Martina Galvin.[6]

Transport

The campus is accessible by road (primarily the (New) Nangor Road, as well as Killeen Road and Cloverhill), bus (routes G1 and 151) and by Irish Rail services at the Park West and Cherry Orchard railway station. Expressbus route 860 also serves the park at peak times and is mainly a shuttle service for workers in the industrial section of the park. The Kylemore stop, on the Luas red line, is approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) away.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Park West - Our Amenities - Apartments". parkwest.ie. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Park West - Ireland's Largest Business & Technology Campus". Park West. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Giant moving sculpture unveiled". news.bbc.co.uk. 2 October 2003.
  4. ^ infomatique (14 November 2024). "WAVE BY ANGELA CONNER AN IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC ART IN PARK WEST DUBLIN". ALL FORMS OF PUBLIC ART. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  5. ^ "A Life in the Day", Sunday Times Magazine, 5 August 2007
  6. ^ "Art at Park West" (PDF). parkwest.ie. Retrieved 23 April 2025.

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