Kilbarrack Cemetery

Kilbarrack Cemetery is a graveyard located in North Dublin.

History

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

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 tome was later smashed with sledgehammers and there is no trace of its remains today.[9]

References

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.

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[1] Behan, Brendan (2009). Borstal Boy. Random House. p. 371.

[2] Liddy, Pat (2005). Walking Dublin Twenty-four Original Walks in and Around Dublin. Interlink Books. p. 146.

[3] Igoe, Vivien (2001). Dublin Burial Grounds & Graveyards. Wolfhound Press. p. 137.

[4] Doran, Beatrice (2021). From the Grand Canal to the Dodder Illustrious Lives. History Press.

[5] "[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-6] Kennedy, Michael (2009). "McNeill, Josephine". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[7] O'Halpin, Eunan; O Corrain, Daithi. The Dead of the Irish Revolution. Yale University Press. p. 445.

[8] Conlon, Padraig (25 August 2020). "NEW LEASE OF LIFE FOR HEALTHIEST GRAVEYARD IN IRELAND". Dublin People.

[9] Hopkins, Frank (2003). Rare Old Dublin Heroes, Hawkers & Hoors. p. 53.