Important restoration works to future-proof Dublin’s historic Marlay Park are set to commence this week.

The HaHa is a long ditch with a retaining wall on one side. A HaHa played an important part in garden design known as the 'English Landscape Style'. It was a clever way to allow a clear open view from the house across the wider landscape while acting as a barrier to grazing animals. An ordinary fence or wall would have interrupted the views and the HaHa makes it feel like the whole landscape is part of the garden.

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This restoration project will parts of the feature temporarily stabilised by inserting a trench box and infill lined with a geotextile. It will also include the removal of temporary stabilisation measures and restoration/future-proofing of HaHa in line with built and natural heritage conservation methods.

This work is Action 4 of the Marlay Park Masterplan.