A VISIT TO GLASNEVIN CEMETERY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT CLOSED FOR THE DAY

GLASNEVIN CEMETERY 14 AUGUST 2020 VISIT

A VISIT TO GLASNEVIN CEMETERY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT CLOSED FOR THE DAY

The cemetery is located in Glasnevin, Dublin, in two parts. The main part, with its trademark high walls and watchtowers, is located on one side of the road from Finglas to the city centre, while the other part, "St. Paul's," is located across the road and beyond a green space, between two railway lines.

A gateway into the National Botanic Gardens adjacent to the cemetery was reopened in recent years.

The cemetery is well worth a visit as offers a view of the changing style of death monuments in Ireland over the last 200 years: from the austere, simple, high stone erections of the period up until the 1860s, to the elaborate Celtic crosses of the nationalistic revival from the 1860s to the 1960s, to the plain Italian marble of the late 20th century.

The high wall with watch-towers surrounding the main part of the cemetery was built to deter bodysnatchers, who were active in Dublin in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The watchmen also had a pack of blood-hounds who roamed the cemetery at night.


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