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Religious Sisters of Mercy Cemetery

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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This cemetery forms part of a religious complex associated with Saint Vincent's Church and convent. The Sisters of Mercy opened a convict rehabilitation centre for women at Goldenbridge in 1856 to the north-east, and established a church, convent, national school and commercial laundry. The cemetery has been used exclusively for the burial of members of the Sisters of Mercy community from 1884, and continues to serve this function. The cemetery appears as a rectangular-plan 'Burial Ground' on the 1907 Ordnance Survey map and on the fourth edition Ordnance Survey map c.1935. Two paths are shown on the later OS map, from the former industrial schools to the north and east, entering via a carved granite gate opening, and from the chapel. The chapel entrance with double-leaf wrought-iron gates, was blocked c.1990 with the construction of Emmet Court apartment complex to the immediate east. The graveyard is enhanced by attractive landscaping and placement of religious iconography in the landscape, such as the figurative scene to the west. There are approximately three hundred identical limestone headstones which give the cemetery an ordered appearance.
This cemetery forms part of a religious complex associated with Saint Vincent's Church and convent. The Sisters of Mercy opened a convict rehabilitation centre for women at Goldenbridge in 1856 to the north-east, and established a church, convent, national school and commercial laundry. The cemetery has been used exclusively for the burial of members of the Sisters of Mercy community from 1884, and continues to serve this function. The cemetery appears as a rectangular-plan 'Burial Ground' on the 1907 Ordnance Survey map and on the fourth edition Ordnance Survey map c.1935. Two paths are shown on the later OS map, from the former industrial schools to the north and east, entering via a carved granite gate opening, and from the chapel. The chapel entrance with double-leaf wrought-iron gates, was blocked c.1990 with the construction of Emmet Court apartment complex to the immediate east. The graveyard is enhanced by attractive landscaping and placement of religious iconography in the landscape, such as the figurative scene to the west. There are approximately three hundred identical limestone headstones which give the cemetery an ordered appearance.

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  • Added: 27 Jun 2019
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2687332