“To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.” - Oscar Wilde
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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.
*Click on photographs to view larger version.
All Photographs Copyright©J.Geraghty-Gorman 2011.
Monday, December 5, 2011
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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All Photographs Copyright©J.Geraghty-Gorman 2011.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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:
The stone reads:
The stone reads (in part):
Click on the links below for biographical information about the interred:
Achilles Daunt
Hercules Ellis
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Copyright© J.Geraghty-Gorman 2011.
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Hercules Ellis |
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.
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Achilles Daunt, D.D., 1832-1878 |
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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Copyright© J.Geraghty-Gorman 2011.
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