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Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin. / 53.3594; -6.3060. Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Grangegorman Military Cemetery ( Irish: Reilig Mhíleata Ghráinseach Ghormáin) is a British military cemetery in Dublin, Ireland, located on Blackhorse Avenue, parallel to the Navan Road and beside the Phoenix Park .
Grangegorman ( Irish: Gráinseach Ghormáin) is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city, Ireland. The area is administered by Dublin City Council. It was best known for decades as the location of St Brendan's Hospital, which was the main psychiatric hospital serving the greater Dublin region.
People buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland. Pages in category "Burials at Grangegorman Military Cemetery" This category contains only the following page.
Awards. Victoria Cross. Military Medal. Martin Doyle VC, MM (25 October 1891 – 20 November 1940) was an Irish member of the British Army during the First World War, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the barracks was handed over to the Army of the Irish Free State on 17 December 1922 and renamed McKee Barracks (after Brigadier Dick McKee, a prominent IRA officer and Officer in Command (O/C) of the Dublin Brigade) at some stage between 1926 and 1930. [3][2][4] McKee Barracks is now an administrative centre ...
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army created in 1881 and disbanded in 1922. It was one of eight 'Irish' regiments of the army which were raised and garrisoned in Ireland, with the regiment's home depot being located in Naas. The regiment was created via the amalgamation of the Royal Bombay Fusiliers and Royal ...
Coordinates: 53.3440°N 6.3170°W. The Irish National War Memorial Gardens (Irish: Gairdíní Náisiúnta Cuimhneacháin Cogaidh na hÉireann) is an Irish war memorial in Islandbridge, Dublin, dedicated "to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914–1918", [1] out of a total of 206,000 Irishmen who ...
Friends Burial Ground, Dublin – a Quaker burial ground in Blackrock, Dublin Glasnevin Cemetery , Dublin – this cemetery has over 1,500,000 people buried in it – many were victims of the great famine of 1845 ; there are also many prominent Irish figures buried here such as Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera