Editing Glasnevin Cemetery (section)

==Features==

===Memorials and graves===
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The cemetery contains historically notable monuments and the graves of many of Ireland's most prominent national figures. These include the graves of [[Daniel O'Connell]], [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], [[Éamon de Valera]], [[Arthur Griffith]], [[Maude Gonne]], [[Kevin Barry]], [[Roger Casement]], [[Constance Markievicz]], [[Seán MacBride]], [[Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa]], [[James Larkin]], [[Brendan Behan]], [[Christy Brown]] and [[Luke Kelly]] of [[the Dubliners]].

[[File:De Valera grave in Glasnevin cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 337649.jpg|thumb|Grave of Éamon de Valera]]
The grave of Michael Collins, the nationalist leader who was killed in the [[Irish Civil War]] in 1922, is among the most visited sites in Glasnevin. Around him were buried at least 183 soldiers of the Irish Free State. In 1967 their names were recorded on a memorial around Collin's grave.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.theirishstory.com/2017/05/16/the-free-states-forgotten-soldiers-the-national-army-monument-at-glasnevin/ | website = TheIrishStory.com | title = The Free State's forgotten soldiers: The National Army monument at Glasnevin | date = 16 May 2017 | access-date = 29 October 2017 | archive-date = 23 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171223032734/http://www.theirishstory.com/2017/05/16/the-free-states-forgotten-soldiers-the-national-army-monument-at-glasnevin/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:Glasnevin Cemetery - More than 1,000,000 Graves (4164589746).jpg|thumb|20th century gravestones.]]
In 1993 a mass grave at the site of a [[Magdalene laundries in Ireland|Magdalene laundry]], institutions used to house "fallen women", was discovered after the convent which ran the laundry sold the land to a property developer. The Sisters from the Convent arranged to have the remains cremated and reburied in a mass grave at Glasnevin Cemetery, splitting the cost of the reburial with the developer who had bought the land.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jun/08/irealnd-magdalene-laundries-scandal-un|title=Ireland's Magdalene laundries scandal must be laid to rest|work=The Guardian|author=Mary Raftery|date=8 June 2011|access-date=25 July 2014|archive-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216031109/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/jun/08/irealnd-magdalene-laundries-scandal-un|url-status=live}}</ref>

The cemetery also 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 cross]]es of the nationalistic revival from the 1860s to the 1960s, to the plain Italian marble of the late 20th century.

[[File:Watchtower at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.jpg|thumb|Watchtower on the cemetery boundary]]
The high wall with watchtowers surrounding the main part of the cemetery was built to deter [[Body-snatching|bodysnatchers]], who were active in Dublin in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The watchmen also had a pack of bloodhounds who roamed the cemetery at night.

In 2009, Glasnevin Trust in co-operation with the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] (CWGC) began identifying the graves of Irish service personnel who died while serving in the Commonwealth forces during the two [[world war]]s. These names are inscribed on two memorials, rededicated and relocated in 2011 to near the main entrance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glasnevin Trust & Commonwealth War Graves Commission erect 39 gravestones...|url=http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/index.cfm/fuseaction/notice_board.content/id/B2E9B4F8-0B0E-69D4-0B4E547D84B2D5CB|publisher=Glasnevin Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104014749/http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/index.cfm/fuseaction/notice_board.content/id/B2E9B4F8-0B0E-69D4-0B4E547D84B2D5CB |archive-date=4 November 2011}}</ref> A [[Cross of Sacrifice]] was erected in the cemetery, in a joint Irish-British commemoration ceremony, to mark the [[First World War centenary]].<ref>{{cite web|title=31 July 2014: Dedication of Cross of Sacrifice, Glasnevin Cemetery|url=http://www.decadeofcentenaries.com/31-july-2014-dedication-of-cross-of-sacrifice-glasnevin-cemetery/|website=Decade of Centenaries|access-date=11 August 2014|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812213014/http://www.decadeofcentenaries.com/31-july-2014-dedication-of-cross-of-sacrifice-glasnevin-cemetery/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of July 2019, there are 215 service personnel of the Commonwealth of both wars identified as buried here.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glasnevin (or Prospect) Cemetery, with list of casualties|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/91205/GLASNEVIN%20(OR%20PROSPECT)%20CEMETERY|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331115150/http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/91205/GLASNEVIN%20(OR%20PROSPECT)%20CEMETERY|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Angels plot===
Glasnevin is one of the few cemeteries that allowed stillborn babies to be buried in [[consecrated ground]] and contains an area called the Angels Plot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isands.ie/angels-memory-garden-glasnevin-mainmenu-36|title=Angels Memory Garden – Glasnevin|work=Infant Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society|access-date=13 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414111730/http://www.isands.ie/angels-memory-garden-glasnevin-mainmenu-36|archive-date=14 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Crematorium===
In 1982, a crematorium was constructed within the cemetery grounds by Glasnevin Trust. Since then, the service has been used for people of various religious denominations who wished to be cremated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/glasnevin_crematorium/|title=Glasnevin Crematorium|year=2010|publisher=Glasnevin Trust|access-date=4 April 2010|archive-date=1 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501195017/http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/glasnevin_crematorium/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Museum and tours===
A feature of the cemetery is the Glasnevin Trust Museum, designed by [[A&D Wejchert & Partners Architects]] and opened in 2010. It includes a café.

The cemetery also runs tours, hosts educational groups and has support for genealogists and those studying family history.