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 tomb 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.

53°23′16″N 6°08′01″W / 53.38778°N 6.13361°W / 53.38778; -6.13361

[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.

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