Glasnevin Cemetery is located in North Dublin.
It first opened in 1832 and was established in response to the Penal Laws which places heavy restrictions on Catholic funeral ceremonies. Thus it was set up as a Catholic graveyard.
It is an extremely large cemetery covering 124 acres and is still operational today.
Many of Ireland's most famous revolutionaries, writers, and musicians are buried in Glasnevin.
The cemetery was also immortalised in James Joyce's Ulysses in the sixth episode: Hades when the main character Leopold Bloom attends a funeral there.
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Glasnevin Museum | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE |
Type of Building:
Graveyard (Cemetery)
Communities Associated with this Building
Ancestors Associated with this Building
Patrick Dillon
Tuam (Galway) Galway
DOB:1841
Michael O'Rahilly
Aghavallen (Kerry) Donnybrook (Dublin) Bray (Wicklow) St Andrews (Dublin) Kerry Dublin Wicklow
DOB:22nd Apr 1875
Fr. Patrick Barrett
Killummod (Roscommon) Rathfarnham (Dublin) Roscommon Dublin
DOB:15th Jan 1866
Michael Cusack
Carran (Clare) Clare
DOB:20th Sep 1847