Arbour Hill Church & Cemetery (Dublin)

Ireland / Dublin / Dublin
 hill, cemetery, historical building
Church in Arbour hill where members of the 1916 rising are buried

The graves are on an open terrace of Wicklow granite, built in 1956, in what was the old prison yard. The curved wall of Ardbracan limestone with a gilded cross and the proclamation in Irish and English, was designed by G McNicholl.

Those buried here are:
Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas J Clarke, Con Colbert, James Connolly,
Edward Daly, Thomas MacDonagh, Michael O'Hanrahan, Seán Heuston,
John MacBride, Seán MacDiarmada, Michael Mallin, Padráig Pearse,
William Pearse and Joseph Plunkett.
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Coordinates:   53°21'1"N   6°17'14"W
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