U.S. News Insider Tip: After visiting the cemetery, stop by John Kavanagh – better known as "The Gravediggers" – for a pint. This bar's nickname was coined because gravediggers used to visit this pub ...

No trip to Dublin is complete without visiting Glasnevin Cemetery, one of the most beautiful and historically significant sites in all of Ireland. There you can immerse yourself in Irish history and ...

One hundred years ago, on September 30th 1917, Thomas Ashe was buried in what would become known as the ‘Republican plot’ of Glasnevin Cemetery. The Kerry-born Ashe had died tragically after being ...

A newly installed staircase in the O’Connell Tower at Glasnevin Cemetery means visitors can now climb to the top of the 55-metre-high tower where they will be greeted by truly unique and spectacular ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. While World War I raged through mainland Europe, Dublin was center stage for events that would rock the British Empire and set Ireland on a course for ...

Visitors hear stories of patriots, pulling pints and dead pigeons Ultan Moran speaking from Daniel O'Connell's crypt at the relaunch of the visitor experience at O’Connell Tower in Glasnevin Cemetery.

I studied history and Irish at UCD, where I was active in the drama society too. There’s a pretty well-established “theatre kid to tour guide” pipeline, and I got my first tour-guiding job doing ...

It draws thousands of visitors anually, all seeking a glimpse of the final resting place of some of Ireland’s most famous. While Glasnevin Cemetery is often associated with nationalist history and ...

Mimeograph print depicting the body of Cathal Brugha, who fought in O'Connell Street, Dublin, on the Republican side in the Civil War and died on 7 July 1922 in the Mater Hospital from wounds ...

Little is known about Anthony Donlevy, a Co Sligo man, who died and was buried in Dublin nearly 200 years ago. A tombstone bearing his name was discovered between late 2015 and early 2016 by ...