Dean’s Grange Cemetery, Ireland

Dean’s Grange Cemetery is situated in the suburban area of Deansgrange, County Dublin, Ireland. Since it first opened in 1865, over 150,000 people have been buried there.

The initial cemetery consisted of just 8 acres (3.2 ha) bought by the Rathdown Union from Rev. John Beatty. The price agreed was £200 which Rev. Beatty set as being equivalent to twenty years rent. A committee was formed to run the new cemetery and on 20 November 1861 Sir George Hobson, chairman of the Guardians of the Rural Districts of the Union, signed the deeds establishing the new cemetery.

The cemetery was laid out with just two sections, North for Catholic and South for Protestant religions as well as separate chapels for both. It also consisted of a Gate Lodge (Registrar’s house) and yew trees lining the main walkways.

The first burial in the new cemetery was on 28 January 1865, when Anastasia Carey was buried near the Catholic chapel.

Famous Interments:

• Sinéad O’Connor
• Dermot Morgan
• John D. J. Moore
• Noel Purcell
• Ernest Walton