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Dublin and Monaghan Bombings Memorial (Glasnevin Cemetery)

Information on memorial
Memorial ID No.:
2
Memorial Title:
Dublin and Monaghan Bombings Memorial (Glasnevin Cemetery)
Commemorating:
The 33 victims of the four bombings that took place in Dublin and Monaghan on 17 May 1974.
Information about person(s) commemorated
Date of Incident:
17 May 1974
Description:
Small single-sided inscribed stone slab containing a dedication to the victims. A small slab of roughly cut granite (??) with one prepared face containing the dedication.
Inscription(s):
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Location Address:
Glasnevin Cemetery, Finglas Road, Dublin,
County Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
n.a.
Location Guide:
Located close to the main entrance to Glasnevin Cemetery. Go through the main entrance on Finglas Road then turn to the left and pass the Chapel building and then approach the monument to Charles Stewart Parnell. The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings Memorial is on the right.
Map Grid Ref:
IO144372
X,Y Co-ordinates:
X: 314450, Y: 237250
Previous Location:
This monument has been in two previous locations. The memorial was first unveiled by Michael Donnelly, then lord mayor of Dublin, in May 1991 and was originally sited close to the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square. The monument was then moved to Cathal Brugha Street before finally being moved to Glasnevin Cemetery in 2002 (??)
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Nature:
Civilian
Physical Type:
Memorial Stone
Physical Materials:
Stone Granite (??)
Setting:
Cemetery
Access:
Public Restricted
Post Unveiling:
A larger memorial to the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings was unvelied on Talbot Street in the centre of Dublin on 26 September 1997. See monument no.1.
Commissioned By:
Justice for the Forgotten
Artist(s):
Date Unveiled:
01/05/1991
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First Viewed:
12 October 2006
Last Viewed:
12 October 2006
Photographs:
4
Comments:
Glasnevin Cemetery is also known as Prospect Cemetery. Saturday, 7 September 2002 at 1.30pm The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Dermot Lacey, attended an interdenominational ceremony of blessing and dedication in Glasnevin Cemetery to mark the opening of a Memorial Garden for victims of the Dublin & Monaghan Bombings of 17 May 1974 and of the earlier bombings in Dublin on 1 December 1972 and 20 January 1973. Dublin City Council has funded the Memorial Garden which was designed and landscaped by the Cemetery Board.
Compiler:
Martin Melaugh; Sara McDowell

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