Find A Grave - Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium

Cahill, Martin b. May 23, 1949 d. August 18, 1994
Irish Criminal. He was the leading crime figure in Dublin, Ireland during the 1980s and early 1990s, being nicknamed "the General" because of the military like planning involved in his crimes. He and his gang were involved in some of the most notorious crimes in Irish history, including the O'Connor jewelry heist in July, 1983 in which goods over $3,000,000 were stolen; the Russborough House art robbery in May, 1986, in which 18 paintings valued at over $30,000,000 were stolen; and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Conolly, John Augustus b. May 30, 1829 d. December 23, 1888
British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. Served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 49th Regiment, later The Berkshire Regiment. He was awarded his medal for service in Crimea on October 26, 1854. (Bio by: K)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Kelly, David b. July 11, 1929 d. February 12, 2012
Irish Actor. He had regular roles in several film and television works from the 1950s onwards. One of the most recognisable voices and faces of Irish stage and screen, he was known to Irish audiences for his role as Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City, and to British audiences for his roles as Cousin Enda in Me Mammy and as the builder Mr. O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers, and to American audiences for his role as Grandpa Joe in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Another notable role was as...[Read More]
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Kemble, John Mitchell b. April 2, 1807 d. March 26, 1857
Scholar and Anglo-Saxonist. The eldest son of Charles Kemble the actor and brother of the famous actress and writer, Fanny Kemble. He was educated at the grammar school of Bury St Edmunds, where he obtained, in 1826, an exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge. As an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, he flourished as a member of the freethinking "Cambridge Conversazione Society," otherwise known as “The Apostles.” At the university his historical essays gained him a high reputation...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Duffin)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Kirk, Thomas b. 1781 d. April 19, 1845
Sculptor. Born in Cork, he studied at the Dublin Society's Schools where he won prizes in 1797 and 1800 and later worked for Henry Darley the stone-cutter. One of his earliest commissions, which appeared in 1809, was the statue of Nelson for the Pillar in O’Connell Street, Dublin. This monument was destroyed by an explosion on March 8, 1966. He was destined to execute several such lofty heroes for monuments throughout the country, and became one of the most important Irish sculptors working in...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Duffin)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Le Fanu, Joseph Thomas Sheridan b. August 28, 1814 d. February 7, 1873
Irish writer of fourteen books, mostly historical fiction. Today he is primarily known for his ghost stories. Son of a clergyman, Le Fanu spent his whole life in Dublin. He attended Trinity College and jointly owned numerous newspapers and magazines. After his wife died, Le Fanu shut himself up in his Merrion Street home to write. He was well-known around Dublin and given the nickname 'The Invisible Prince' for his habit of nocturnal book shopping. Had it not been for ghost story kingpin M.R...[Read More] (Bio by: Brian Showers)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Lefroy, Thomas Langlois b. January 8, 1776 d. May 4, 1869
Jurist, notably linked with author Jane Austen and alleged model for the character Mr. Darcy in her literary classic "Pride and Prejudice". Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench in Ireland 1852-1866, and a member of the Irish House of Commons for eleven years, "Tom" Lefroy is better known today for his brief youthful dalliance with the English writer Jane Austen than for his long and distinguished legal career. Born into a prominent Anglo-Irish family of Huguenot (French Protestant) origin in...[Read More] (Bio by: Nikita Barlow)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Moore, Arthur Thomas b. September 20, 1830 d. April 25, 1923
Persian War Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, Indian Army. At the Battle of Khoosh-ab, Persia, February 6, 1857, Lieutenant Moore was first in the attack, but his horse, on leaping into the square, fell dead, crushing his rider and breaking his sword. Assisted my a fellow officer, he fought his way back to safety. Later in this battle Lieutenant Moore also charged an infantry square of 500 Persians at the head of his regiment and jumped...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Moore, Hans Garrett b. March 31, 1834 d. October 7, 1889
Ninth Cape Frontier War Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Major in the 88th Regiment, Connaught Rangers. During actions against the Gaikas at Komgha, South Africa, on December 29, 1877, Major Moore saw that a Private of the Frontier Mounted Police was unable to mount his horse and was surrounded by the enemy. Major Moore rode back alone in the midst of the enemy and made efforts to save the man's life until he was killed and himself wounded. For gallantry in the face of the enemy...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Synge, John Millington E b. April 16, 1871 d. March 24, 1909
Playwright.
Educated privately and at Trinity College Dublin, where he won prizes in Irish and Hebrew. As a boy he showed an absorbing interest in nature and roamed the Dublin mountains and Wicklow glens. He studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music while still an undergraduate and became proficient on the piano, flute, and violin. Deciding to become a musician, he went to Germany in 1893 for further study but after two years turned to literature and settled in Paris, making occasional...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Duffin)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Whitehead, O.Z. (Oothout Zabriskie) b. March 18, 1911 d. July 29, 1998
Actor. He was born in New York City and attended Harvard University. Called "O.Z." or "Zebby", he was a stage star and a prominent character actor who also authored several volumes of biographical sketches of early members of the Bahá'í Faith especially in the West after he moved to Dublin, Ireland in 1963. He first appeared on Broadway in Martin Beck Theatre performing in The Lake (1933) in 55 performances from December 1933 to February 1934 which was Katharine Hepburn's first Broadway leading...[Read More]
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Yeats, Jack B. b. August 24, 1871 d. March 28, 1957
British (Irish) painter. Jack Butler Yeats was born at 23 Fitzroy Street in London, the youngest of five children of John Butler Yeats, a lawyer turned painter, and his wife, Susan Mary Pollexfen. The eldest of the five was the poet, William Butler Yeats (q.v.) Both parents were Irish Protestants and, when Jack was eight, he was sent to County Sligo to join his maternal grandparents. He remained there until 1888, when he went to study at the Westminster School of Art. In 1894, he married a...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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