Glasnevin Cemetery
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Glasnevin Cemetery is the national cemetery of Ireland, located on the Northside of Dublin. More than 1.5 million people are buried in the cemetery, including a number of notable historical figures.
The Glasnevin Mortuary Chapel alongside the O'Connell Tower
The O'Connell Tower stands over the tomb of the cemetery's founder, Daniel O'Connell
Crowds gathered at the graveside of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in Glasnevin Cemetery on 1 August 1915.
Glasnevin Cemetery Museum opened in March 2010
Daniel O'Connell
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Daniel O'Connell, hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Ir
Glasnevin Cemetery
…1.5 million people are buried in the cemetery, including a number of notable historical figures. Established as a non-denominational garden cemetery by Daniel O'Connell in 1832, the cemetery is 124 acres (50 ha) in size and contains the gravesites of a number of historical figures, including Charles Stewart Parnell…
1834 portrait of O'Connell by George Hayter
Catholic Emancipation as a world upside down: held aloft, Daniel O'Connell promises wigs – symbol of Ascendancy rank and property – for "ye all." (Isaac Cruikshank 1789–1856)
The Repealer Repulsed, Belfast 1841
O'Connell's "chariot", now on display in Derrynane House