Wordless Wednesday, almost: Royal Irish Constabulary, Glasnevin

This memorial to members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, who are interred at Glasnevin, marks interments which took place between 1884 and 1965.  If you have an ancestor who served with the RIC and you believe they may be named on this stone, send me an email at irisheyesjennifer @gmail dot com and I will check the photos with a loupe to draw out the information.

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Burial Ground of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, Glasnevin

In addition to this burial plot of Dublin Metropolitan Police Officers at Glasnevin, there is also a DMP gravesite at Mount Jerome (click for link).

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Intriguing names in the Necropolis: Hercules and Achilles

Sometimes I find myself drawn to tombstones, not only because of their beauty, but because of the names which they bear.  Here are a couple of examples from Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, namely Hercules Ellis and Achilles Daunt:

Hercules Ellis

The stone reads:

Here lieth all that was mortal

of

Hercules Ellis

of

83 Stephens Green

"The well beloved and devoted son

of

Sarah and Nicholas Ellis"

Whose spirit passed to God

On the 29th of August 1879.

Achilles Daunt, D.D., 1832-1878

The stone reads (in part):

Erected

By the members of his family

In Memory Of

ACHILLES DAUNT D.D.

DEAN OF CORK

Born At Kinsale August 23rd 1832

Click on the links below for biographical information about the interred:
Achilles Daunt
Hercules Ellis
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Tombstone Tuesday: To the memory of Spring

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Tombstone Tuesday: Across a bridge to the ever after...

Far back in the Prospect Cemetery at Glasnevin you will find this sort of 'island' of graves. You must cross a bridge over a 'moat' of crypt doorways in order to get to the graves. As you walk through the cemetery, observing fields of graves row upon row, this 'island' set apart seems a strange find.

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The history of a life: Captain James Vaughan 1829-1873

The epitaph on this beautiful stone tells the story of almost the entire life of James Vaughan, from the time he joined the navy at the age of 12 until his death at the age of 44.

The stone reads:

Sacred

To The Memory Of

Captain James Vaughan R.N_C.B.,

Who depart this life 29th April 1873 Aged 44 years

He entered the Royal Navy in the year 1841 on board H.M.S. Scout

and was present at the operations on the River Plate.

As Lieutenant he served in the Baltic and Black seas during the years 18?4 - ?

and in the latter on board H.M.S. Britannia took part in the attack on the

Batteries of Sebastopol.

In 1857 he joined H.M.S. Shannon Captain Sir William Peel V.C._K.C.B. as senior

lieutenant and proceeded to India. During the Mutiny he served as second in

command of the naval brigade under that officer and on his death from small pox

assumed the sole command. He advanced to the Relief of Lucknow and there

distinguished himself by his coolness and daring in taking his guns with a few yards

of the walls and breaching them for the storming party.

For his services with the brigade he was promoted to the rank of commander, was

awarded the Companionship of the Bath, and on his arrival in England was further

advanced to the rank of captain.

As well as being a thorough sailor, he was an accomplished and gallant officer,

an affectionate and devoted husband, a warm and sincere friend, and died beloved

and regretted by all who knew him.

This monument is erected by his widow,

Margaret Vaughan

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Tombstone Tuesday: Little Girl Lost, Deansgrange, Blackrock, Ireland

The stone reads:

In Loving Memory Of

Mary Olive (Olif) Hamilton Hardy

Only Child of Major W. A. & Emily G. Hardy

Died on the 13th Jan. 1913

Aged 12 Years

“That (Her) Rock was Christ”

I. Cor. X. 4.

“So Shall We Ever Be With The Lord”

1 Thess. IV. 17

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Tombstone Tuesday: 'Remember me when I am gone away...'

Remember me when I am gone away,

Gone far away into the silent land;

When you can no more hold me by the hand,

Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay.

Remember me when no more day by day

You tell me of our future that you plann'd:

Only remember me; you understand

It will be late to counsel then or pray.

Yet if you should forget me for a while

And afterwards remember, do not grieve:

For if the darkness and corruption leave

A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,

Better by far you should forget and smile

Than that you should remember and be sad.

The lines of poet Christina Rossetti's 'Remember' are very meaningful to me because I recited the poem at the interment of my own father. I like to keep the poem in mind when I am walking among the tombs of those who have gone before us. It serves as a good reminder to not only observe and record what we see, but to remember that those interred were once real flesh and blood individuals with hopes and dreams, not so different from our own, who want to be remembered.

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Wordless Wednesday: Burial Place of Dublin Metropolitan Police: Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin

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Tombstone Tuesday: Captain Holland Lecky McGhee: 20 January 1844

Offering little information about him this teetering stone reads:

Captain Holland Lecky McGhee

He fell asleep looking unto Jesus

as all his Salvation

on the 20th day of January 1844

in the 45th year of his Age.

Mystery Monday: Widow of Francis Mills

Her maiden name is unrecorded; her forename will soon be dust, but we are told Anne was the Widow of Francis Mills.  As is often the case in this period, Anne is remembered by virtue of her connection to her husband.

The stone reads:

In Memory of

Anne

Widow of Francis Mills

Died

13 February

1869,

Aged

80 Years

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"Bury me in Ireland, the land of my adoption...": Thomas Drummond: 1797-1840

The epitaph bears a paraphrase of what were allegedly his last words:

BURY ME IN IRELAND

THE LAND OF MY ADOPTION

I HAVE LOVED HER WELL

AND SERVED HER FAITHFULLY.

During his short life of only 43 years, Scottish-born, Thomas Drummond served as a Captain in the Royal Engineers, Head of the Boundary Commission (1832), Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Under Secretary of Ireland (1835 until his death 1840).

Popularly known as 'The Drummond Era', it is his time as Under Secretary of Ireland for which Thomas Drummond is best remembered. It is said that he was respected by the Irish because he ruled from Dublin Castle with impartiality and fairness. During his tenure, Drummond grappled with injustice in the legal system, monitored issues accruing as a result of the growing Orange Order movement, and established a centralized Police Service. He had other initiatives planned as well when he died while in office, 15 April 1840.

For more information see: Thomas Drummond.

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Wordless Wednesday: Cruciform: The traditional and the untraditional

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Tombstone Tuesday: Cruciform City

Just inside the main gates of Glasnevin Cemetery, on the left hand side, lie row upon row of cruciform tombs. Interred within are members of the clergy, priests and canons, and other men of stature within the religious community. Many of the tombs have ornately carved celtic crosses adorning them, and some bear only simple crucifixes.

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Among the rows of cruciform tombs: William J. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin

Towering over the rows of cruciform tombs in Glasnevin cemetery is the final resting place of William J. Walsh, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, and Primate of Ireland. Walsh was born in Dublin 30 January 1841. He was educated at the Catholic University, under Cardinal Newman, and continued his clerical studies at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. After graduation, he was appointed Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology, a post he held from 1867 to 1878. He became president of Maynooth College in 1881.

Walsh took an active part in public affairs, and was a leading nationalist in the hierarchy of the Irish clergy. Walsh openly endorsed the land agitation movement of the 1880s. Possibly because of the stand that he took, the British government opposed his appointment as Archbishop of Dublin in 1885. He was a strong supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party and founder of the Irish National Land League; however, when the scandal broke of Parnell’s relationship with Mrs Kitty O’Shea, Walsh turned against Parnell.

William J Walsh died in Dublin in 9 April 1921. Following his death he was described as “the greatest Archbishop of Dublin since St Laurence O’Toole”. His monument in Glasnevin cemetery was sculpted by renowned Irish sculptor Albert Power.

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Biographical Reference: Glasnevin Trust.

Tombstone Tuesday: The Anchor of the Family

The stone reads:

Erected by

Kate Barry

In Loving Memory of Her Husband

George David Barry

Late of William Street, Limerick

Who Died 26th November 1887 Aged 46

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Wordless Wednesday: Gated Community: Glasnevin

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Tombstone Tuesday: A family, one of many: Glasnevin

The stone reads:

Erected by

Mr. Henry Chapman

of Great Brunswick Street

in memory of his beloved Daughter

Elizabeth

who departed this life 31st May 1834

Aged 1 year

Also his Daughter Maria who died 8th Dec. 1838

In the 4th year of her age

Her also the remains of his beloved Wife Sarah

who departed this life the 15th of December 1840

Aged 42 Years.

Here also lie the remains of the above named

Henry Chapman who died October the 25th, 1846

Aged 64 years.

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