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I
must
admit
that
I
was
more
surprised
by
the
fact
that
I
could
access
the
cemetery
as
the
gates
are
generally
locked
because
of
anti-social
actives
[real
or
exaggerated].
Goldenbridge
Cemetery
is
a
Roman
Catholic
garden
cemetery
located
in
Inchicore,
Dublin,
Ireland.
Under
the
Penal
Laws,
Irish
Catholics
could
only
be
buried
in
Church
of
Ireland
(Anglican)
cemeteries,
and
the
full
graveside
rites
could
not
be
performed
—
only
prayers
from
the
(Anglican)
Book
of
Common
Prayer
were
permitted.
Catholic
emancipation
came
in
the
1820s,
and
the
three
acres
at
Goldenbridge,
purchased
by
the
Catholic
Association
for
£600,
formed
the
first
Catholic
cemetery
in
Ireland
since
the
Reformation.
The
first
burial
took
place
on
15
October
1828.
A
mortuary
chapel
in
the
form
of
a
Roman
temple
was
erected
in
1829.
The
cemetery
was
placed
provocatively
[?]
next
to
Richmond
Barracks,
a
British
Army
installation.
Complaints
by
the
92nd
Regiment
of
Foot
about
noise
and
commotion
caused
by
funeral
processions
passing
their
barracks
led
to
a
hearing
by
the
Privy
Council
of
Ireland.
Abraham
Brewster,
Lord
Chancellor
of
Ireland,
limited
future
interments
to
those
with
burial
rights
only.
Glasnevin
Cemetery
opened
in
1832.
Mass
burials
took
place
during
the
Great
Famine
(1845–49)
and
during
a
cholera
epidemic
of
1867.
Until
2017,
the
last
burial
was
of
W.
T.
Cosgrave
in
1965,
first
President
of
the
Executive
Council
of
the
Irish
Free
State.
His
grave,
along
with
26
others,
were
vandalised
in
2014
but
restored
in
2016.
On
4
October
2017,
the
son
of
W.
T.
Cosgrave,
Liam
Cosgrave,
who
had
been
Taoiseach
from
1973
to
1977
died,
and
was
subsequently
buried
in
the
family
plot
at
Goldenbridge
on
7
October
2017.
The
cemetery
now
forms
part
of
a
tourist
attraction
with
nearby
Richmond
Barracks.
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