Glasnevin Cemetery

Glasnevin Cemetery ( Irish Reilig Ghlas NAION ), with an area of 50 hectares, the largest cemetery in Ireland.

1832 in Glasnevin, a northern suburb of Dublin, founded on the initiative of Daniel O'Connell a grave laying for Irish Catholics. For him, the Irish National Cemetery developed.

Famous people who are buried in Glasnevin

  • Brendan Behan (1923-1964), writer
  • Cathal Brugha (1874-1922), revolutionary and politician, and co-founder of the IRA
  • Roger Casement (1864-1916), diplomat and traveler Africa, executed for high treason
  • Michael Collins (1890-1922), revolutionary and politician, and co-founder of the IRA
  • Charlotte Despard (1844-1939), writer, suffragette and one of the first Sinn Féin activists
  • Maud Gonne (1866-1953), revolutionary
  • Luke Kelly (1940-1984), a folk singer, songwriter and co-founder of the band The Dubliners
  • James Fintan Lalor (1807-1849), journalist and revolutionary, a leading member of the Young irelander
  • James Larkin (1874-1947), politician and trade unionist
  • Michael MacWhite (1883-1958), diplomat
  • Edward McCabe (1816-1885), Cardinal and Archbishop of Dublin
  • Daniel O'Connell (1775-1845), politician
  • Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), politician
  • Eamon de Valera (1882-1975), revolutionary and politician, three-time Irish Prime Minister and 3rd President of the Republic of Ireland
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