Peter Donegan’s designs for Ireland’s narrowest and newest urban park have been officially launched. Located in Lusk, North County Dublin the currently overgrown laneway once used by the British Army to access Remount Farm where horses were trained and prepared for service across the British Empire was reimagined by award winning landscape architects Peter Donegan Garden Design.
Over the decades, the 74.429 metre long and 5.780 to 9.373 metre wide ranging town void since served multiple purposes and following the construction of the town ring road the route fell into disuse and was gradually forgotten. Peter Donegan MSGLD alongside Design Assistant Elif Öztürk were commissioned as the creative mind to give rebirth to the space and bring significant design expertise to the community-led initiative and Saturday 21 February 2026 the designs for Lusk’s first Urban Park were officially unveiled to the community at a public meeting in Lusk Cultural Centre.
The appropriately named Forgotten Laneway Project began in 2023 when local Mark Boland envisioned transforming a neglected passage into a vibrant community space. Joined by locals Colin Browne & Tara Ryan they set about turning the idea into a deliverable project. Working closely with Fingal County Council community department the team were granted a licence for the laneway in 2025. Now the once forgotten laneway has been reimagined.
Peter Donegan MSGLD is one of the most celebrated garden designers in Ireland & internationally, recognised for his innovative and community-centred work. Peter is a multi-award-winning landscape architect named among the Top 100 UK Garden Designers and has won medals in Australia and France and most recently, won the European International Landscape Design Award for his design of Mercy College’s Garden in Sligo, the first ever Irish school garden to receive such recognition. Following this success, he will go on to represent Europe at the World Landscape Architecture Awards. A competition will be launched among the towns art students to design a permanent piece for the new Lusk Urban Park. With a grant from Lusk Tidy Towns the installation will celebrates their 45 years & honours the extraordinary work of the original committee whose efforts helped shape the town.
