Experience Glasnevin - Ireland's National Cemetery

Welcome to Glasnevin Cemetery, a place often referred to as Ireland’s necropolis. As you stand within these one hundred and twenty-four acres, you are in the company of more than one and a half million souls—a population greater…

Our first stop is the Glasnevin Museum, an award-winning facility that serves as the gateway to the cemetery's history. One of its most profound features is the archive of ledgers. …

Rising one hundred and sixty-eight feet into the sky, the O'Connell Round Tower is the tallest building of its kind in Ireland. Completed in 1869, it stands as a monument to the man who gave the Irish people their political voice. …

We stand now at the most visited grave in all of Glasnevin—and perhaps all of Ireland—that of Michael Collins. Known as the 'Big Fellow,' Collins was a central figure in the War of Independence and the subsequent Civil War. …

The Republican Plot is a concentrated area of Irish revolutionary history. Here lie the men and women who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence, and the Civil War. …

Charles Stewart Parnell, known as the 'Uncrowned King of Ireland,' led the Irish Parliamentary Party in its struggle for Home Rule in the late nineteenth century. His career ended in scandal due to his relationship with Katharine…

As we walk along the perimeter, the high walls and stone watchtowers come into focus. In the early nineteenth century, the demand for cadavers by medical schools led to a flourishing trade in body snatching. …

As you prepare to leave the gates of Glasnevin, take a final look across this vast landscape of stone and memory. You have walked through nearly two centuries of Irish history, seeing how the dreams of Daniel O'Connell for a…