Yesterday was #WorldPoetryDay, so here’s a useful little Dublin rhyme Brendan Behan used to explain the difference between prose and poetry!

#glasnevincemetery #irishhistory #brendanbehan

Solumn Irish History. #GlasnevinCemetery #IrishHistory #CelticCross #Dublin #Ireland #historicalplace #smartphonephotography #photography

Did you know that Michael Collins was a great dog lover?

Ultan tells the story of his love for the Kerry Blue!

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It was fantastic to see such an impressive crowd enjoying our annual festivities for Bloomsday yesterday (as well as the great weather of course!)

We're already looking forward to next year!

#Bloomsday #GlasnevinCemetery #JamesJoyce

Threads of the Past. #GlasnevinCemetery #Dublin #Ireland #history #cemetery #graveyard #roundtower #celticcross #smartphonephotography #photography

"When an impossible dream comes true, we must move on to another." —Charlotte Despard

Happy International Women's Day!

#InternationalWomensDay #GlasnevinCemetery

Glasnevin Cemetery. Final resting place of One Million Dubliners.

The O'Connell Tower, where Daniel O'Connell is interred. Now open to the public again, you can climb up to the top for great views of the city.

#onemilliondubliners
#danieloconnell
#thegreatemancipator
#glasnevincemetery
#dublin

The incredible story of Bruce the Gorilla’s visit to Glasnevin Cemetery in 1925, and how it influenced a very famous movie! 🦍

#glasnevincemetery #glasnevin #dublin #kingkong #gorilla #irishhistory #aprilfoolsday #aprilfools

Tombs and Monuments. #GlasnevinCemetery #DublinHistory #IrishHeritage #DublinCemeteries #HistoricDublin #CelticCross #IrishGraveyard #Glasnevin #Ireland Travel #DublinLandmarks #CemeteryPhotography #smartphonephotography #photography

#roundtower #glasnevin #dublin #glasnevincemetery #cemetery

My #photo of the day. #GlasnevinCemetery #Dublin #Ireland #cemeteryphotography #photographersofbluesky

Today, we remember Grace Gifford Plunkett (b. #OTD 1888). Following the execution of her husband Joseph Plunkett in 1916, she became an activist, and used her skills as an artist to oppose British rule, and later, the Anglo-Irish Treaty. She is buried in #GlasnevinCemetery.

A week of diverse heritage meetings, talks & launches - Plas Newydd in #wales, #kilmainhamGaol, #GlasnevinCemetery, #heritageireland2030 Irish Museums
Association conf at #nationalmuseum.
@irishmuseums.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @curioustravellers.bsky.social @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce that in celebration of Pride month in June, we'll be running our first ever series of Queer History Tours of Glasnevin Cemetery!

Tickets available on our website! www.dctrust.ie/products/pri...

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The famous advice for women given by Constance Markievicz was, "dress suitably in short shirts and strong boots, leave your jewels and gold wands in the bank and buy a revolver".

#OTD 1927 she was buried in #GlasnevinCemetery alongside many of her comrades.

#IrishHistory