Kilbarrack Cemetery
Kilbarrack Cemetery is a graveyard located in North Dublin.
History[edit]
The graveyard is mentioned in Brendan Behan's autobiography Borstal Boy (1958) - "So many belonging to me lay buried in Kilbarrack, the healthiest graveyard in Ireland they said, because it was so close to the sea".[1] His novel 'Richard's Cork Leg' is set in the cemetery.
There is a church known as Saint Fintan's Church, which in part is dated to the 9th century.[2]
There is a cenotaph dedicated to executed IRA member Frank Flood which was erected by his parents.[3]
Notable burials[edit]
- Eoin MacNeill, Irish nationalist, scholar and politician.[4]
- James McNeill, brother of the above and Governor-General of the Irish Free State[5]
- Josephine McNeill, wife of the above, Irish diplomat.[6]
- Daniel Head, IRA volunteer killed in the Burning of the Custom House[7]
- Thomas Wall, killed in the Battle of Dublin during the Irish Civil War[8]
- Francis Higgins, an informer during the 1798 rebellion. His tomb was later smashed with sledgehammers and there is no trace of its remains today.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Behan, Brendan (2009). Borstal Boy. Random House. p. 371.
- ^ Liddy, Pat (2005). Walking Dublin Twenty-four Original Walks in and Around Dublin. Interlink Books. p. 146.
- ^ Igoe, Vivien (2001). Dublin Burial Grounds & Graveyards. Wolfhound Press. p. 137.
- ^ Doran, Beatrice (2021). From the Grand Canal to the Dodder Illustrious Lives. History Press.
- ^ "[Group of people standing beside a grave covered with wreaths, possibly the funeral of James McNeill at Kilbarrack Cemetery, Dublin". National Library of Ireland.
- ^ Kennedy, Michael (2009). "McNeill, Josephine". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ O'Halpin, Eunan; O Corrain, Daithi. The Dead of the Irish Revolution. Yale University Press. p. 445.
- ^ Conlon, Padraig (25 August 2020). "NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR HEALTHIEST GRAVEYARD IN IRELAND". Dublin People.
- ^ Hopkins, Frank (2003). Rare Old Dublin Heroes, Hawkers & Hoors. p. 53.