Find A Grave - Glasnevin Cemetery

Allen, William Philip [memorial] b. April, 1848 d. November 23, 1867
Irish Nationalist. Along with Michael Larkin and Michael O'Brien, he was executed for the killing of a policeman in Manchester, England, in the wake of the failed 1867 Fenian Rising. The three men became popularly known as the "Manchester Martyrs". Born to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother, he was educated at a Protestant school...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Hanged
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Ashe, Thomas b. 1885 d. September 25, 1917
Irish Nationalist. Took part in the Easter Rising of 1916 - for which he was sentenced to death, later reprieved to hard labor for life. Released 1917. Arrested again that year for agitation. Led othe prisoners on hunger strike, during the course of which he died. His funeral procession was followed by 30,000 sympathizers. (Bio by: David Conway)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Beaslai, Piaras b. 1881 d. June 21, 1965
Irish author, playwright, biographer and translator. born in Liverpool (England). Fought in the Easter Rising of 1916; later director of publicity for IRA before dedicating himself to literature. (Bio by: David Conway)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Behan, Brendan b. February 9, 1923 d. March 20, 1964
Writer. He wrote in both Irish and English, was a poet, short story writer, novelist and one of the most successful Irish dramatists of the 20th century. He was also a committed Irish Republican. He was born in inner city Dublin into an educated working class family. At the age of thirteen, he left school to become a house painter, like his father. In 1937, the family moved to a new local authority housing scheme in Crumlin, Dublin. Here he became a member of Fianna Eireann, the youth wing...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Duffin)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Brown, Christy b. June 5, 1932 d. September 6, 1981
Artist, Author. His life was the subject of the 1989 motion picture "My Left Foot," starring actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Born in Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland, he was the tenth of twenty-two children (only thirteen would survive) of a poor Catholic family whose father was a bricklayer and mother was a schoolteacher. Born with a severe form of cerebral palsy, he was incapable of normal movement or speech, and remained virtually paralyzed all his life. Doctors considered him mentally retarded as well...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Plot: St. Paul's Section, IF 50
Brugha, Cathal (Charles William St. John Burgess) b. July 18, 1874 d. July 6, 1922
Irish nationalist and revolutionary, second in command during the Easter Rising of 1916, where he was first wounded. Cheif of Staff for IRA 1917-1919. Minister of defence unitl 1922 but voted against the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Wounded fatally fighting in the 1922 Civil War. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: from wounds received in Civl War
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Byrne, James b. 1822 d. December 6, 1872
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Private in the 86th Regiment, Royal Irish Rifles. On April 3, 1858, at Jhansi, India, Private Byrne assisted an officer of his regiment in removing, another officer whom was severely wounded under heavy enemy fire. They took the injured man to a place of safety and in doing so Private Byrne was wounded. For courage in the face of the enemy, he was awarded the Victoria Cross Medal and later achieved the rank of Sergeant. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Casement, Roger David b. September 1, 1864 d. August 3, 1916
Irish Nationalist. Began career in British Colonial service, and was knighted in 1911 for his activities which included exposure of colonial brutalities and exploitation. Joining the Irish Volunteers in 1913, during World War I he went to Germany hoping for support for an independent Ireland and attempted to raise an Irish Brigade to fight against Enlgand. Arranged for German arms to be shipped in 1916 to support the Easter Rising, but these were captured by the British. He himself had hoped to...[Read More]
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Childers, Erskine b. June 25, 1870 d. November 24, 1922
Robert Erskine Childers. Writer who served in the Boer War and first came to notice with his excellent spy thriller, 'The Riddle of the Sands' (1903). Clerk of the House of Commons in London until 1910. Sympathised with Irish Nationalists and in 1914 used his yacht, 'Asgard,' to run guns from Germany to the Irish Volunteers. Joined the British Navy in World War I where he served with distinction. Became Minister for Propaganda in the first Irish governemnt of 1921, but opposed the Anglo-Irish...[Read More]
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Collins, Michael 'Mick' b. October 16, 1890 d. August 22, 1922
Irish Revoluntionary. He bgan his career as a clerk and stockbroker in London. Joined the Republican Brotherhood, of which he eventially became a member of the supreme Council. Fought in the Easter Rising of 1916. Minister for Home Affairs 1918 and for finance from 1919 to 1922. He also head of Intelligence during Anglo-Irish War, raising money and organised arms supplies. One of the principal negotiators of the Anglo-Irish treaty. Commander in Chief of the Irish Governemnt Forces during the...[Read More]
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Daley, James [cenotaph] d. 1920
Shot for his part in mutiny of Connaught Rangers. There is a book about the Connaught Rangers called "The Devil to Pay," by Anthony Babington.
Cause of death: Firing squad
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Dargan, William b. February 28, 1799 d. February 7, 1867
Irealnd's first railway pinoeer. Worked under Telford in England and built the first Irish line, from Dublin to Dun Laoghaire, in 1831. Sponsored the Dublin Exhibition of 1853, following which the Irish National Gallery was built in his honour. Declined a knighthood from Queen Victoria. Business difficulties made him virtually bankrupt at the time he died. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: from injuries after falling from a horse
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
de Valera, Sinead b. June 1, 1878 d. January 7, 1975
Author. She was a popular writer of children's stories and poems.
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
DeValera, Eamon b. October 14, 1882 d. August 29, 1975
Irish nationalist of Spanish and Irish descent. Joined the IRB (Fenians) in 1913. Commanded Bolands Mills during the 1916 Easter Rising. Court-marshalled and sentenced to death, but repreived. Elected President of a 'reformed' Sinn Fein in 1917. Rearrested in 1918, escaped from Lincoln Prison(England) in 1919 and elected President of the Frist Dail (Parliament). Visited USA 1919-20, raising a loan of $6m. Opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, and was replaced as President by Arthur Griffith...[Read More]
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Devoy, John b. September 3, 1842 d. 1928
Irish nationalist. Jailed in England in 1866 for being leader of the Fenian orgnaisation. Emigrated to America on his release and founded the Irish-American organisation Clan na Gael. Initially supported de Valera in raising funds for Ireland in America, but this turned to rivalry between Clan na Gael and Sinn Fein. Devoy died in poverty in Atlantic City; his remains were later transported to Ireland. (Bio by: David Conway)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Duff, Frank b. June 7, 1889 d. November 7, 1980
Founder of The Legion of Saint Mary.
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Duffy, Thomas b. 1806 d. December 24, 1868
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Mount Temple, Ireland, he served as a Private in the 1st Madras Fusiliers, British Army. On September 26, 1857, at Lucknow, India, when a 24-pounder gun which had been used against the enemy on the previous day was left in an exposed position and all efforts to reach it were unsuccessful, due to heavy fire maintained on it by the mutineers. Private Duffy with the help of two others, went out, fasten a rope to the gun in such a manner that it could...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Gonne (Gonne MacBride), Maude (Edith Maud) b. December 21, 1866 d. April 27, 1953
Of Anglo-Irish descent, an active Irish nationalist and supporter of Irish arts. Refused W. B. Yeats's marriage proposal in 1891 (he later also proposed unsuccesfully to her daughter, but as an actress took the leading roles in his plays, notably 'cathleen Ni Houlihan' (1902). Became a Catholic and married (1903) the nationalist John MacBride (executed Kilmainham Jail, 1916), by whom she bore a son, Sean MacBride later famous as a politician. Interned in Holloway Jail London in 1918 for 6...[Read More] (Bio by: David Conway)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Healy, Timothy Michael b. May 17, 1855 d. March 26, 1931
Political Figure. An important influence on Irish politics for nearly 50 years. He was a member of Parliament for Wexford from 1880 to 1919. On December 6,1922, he was appointed the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State by the Royal Commission. The (Irish Free State lasted from 1922 to 1937). Governor-General was a position created from the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922. He retired from public office in 1927. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Hopkins, Gerard Manley b. July 28, 1844 d. June 8, 1889
Poet. His most famous works include "The Wreck of the Deutschland", "God's Grandeur" and "The Windhover". His poems were virtually unknown until they were published long after his death by the poet Robert Bridges. Hopkins became a Jesuit priest in 1882 and is buried in the Jesuit plot at Glasnevin Cemetery.
Cause of death: Typhoid
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Plot: Jesuit plot

Records 1 to 20 (of 41 total matches)

Records 21 to 40