• 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...
  • Glasnevin Cemetery: It may sound morbid but one of the most famous and visited landmarks in Glasnevin is an ancient graveyard!
  • Experience Glasnevin - Ireland's National Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland. 37,006 likes · 428 talking about this · 9,060 were here.
  • In this guide, you’ll find everything from the history of Glasnevin Cemetery and its opening hours to what to see while you’re there.
  • A truly devoted admirer known as ‘The Yank’ regularly arranges for floral tributes to be left at the grave of Michael Collins in Glasnevin Cemetery.
  • He is also credited with the establishment of Glasnevin Cemetery and is buried and memorialized in the famous tall tower at the entrance of the cemetery.
  • You will learn about the sculpture, symbolism, architecture, art, sporting heroes, natural life and much more. Glasnevin Cemetery is considered an outdoor art gallery.
  • The Historical Significance of Glasnevin Cemetery. Prior to Glasnevin’s establishment, Irish Catholics had no cemeteries of their own.
  • Glasnevin Cemetery opened in 1832 as a non-denominational graveyard — the first of its kind in Ireland — and is the last resting place of some 1.5million people.