Friends Burial Ground, Dublin
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The Friends Burial Ground is a Quaker burial ground located at Temple Hill, Blackrock, Dublin. It opened in 1860 and is the only Quaker burial ground in Dublin.
on York Street. The ground on York Street was sold in 1805 for the building of the Royal College of Surgeons
. Today there is nothing to be seen of either of these old burial grounds.
The Friends Burial Ground at Temple Hill is 7 acres (28,328 m²) in size and opened with the first interment on 6 March 1860 of Hannah Chapman. All the gravestones in the burial ground are uniform in size and are inscribed with only the names and dates of who they are for. This is in keeping with the Quaker rules for interment.
It is noted that some of the Quaker families interred here are Allen, Grubb, Fairbrother, Goodbody, Pim, Todhunter, Sparrow Walpole and Waring. The burial grounds are under the care of the Dublin Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland.
(1806–1885) was a founding member of the Dublin Statistical Society and president for many years. During the Great Famine (1845-1852) he was noted for offering relief to those who were suffering. He wrote Condition and Prospects of Ireland and Transactions which appealed for radical land reform in Ireland. After the famine he bought an estate in the west of Ireland for the purpose of benefiting the tenants. After the first Irish Land Act
was passed he swiftly gave the tenants the opportunity to own the land.
Sir John Barington (1824–1887) was the Lord Mayor of Dublin
in 1865 and 1879. He was a member of Barrington and Co. of Great Britain Street. He died at his home in Kiliney.
Alfred Webb (1834–1908)
was an Irish Parliamentary Party politician and Member of Parliament. He is also noted as a biographer, publisher and a contributor to the Freeman's Journal and other papers. He is best known for A Compendium of Irish Biography (1877). He died on 30 July 1908
Horace Walpole (1880–1964) was mostly involved in the caring and planting of the burial grounds and was a member of the Walpole family whose business on Suffock Street, Dublin specialised in damask
and linen manufacturing.
John Richardson Wigham (1829–1906) lighthouse engineer and inventor.
History
Before this burial ground opened, there were two other burial grounds in Dublin. One was in Cork Street and the other located off St. Stephen's GreenSt. Stephen's Green
St Stephen's Green is a city centre public park in Dublin, Ireland. The park is adjacent to one of Dublin's main shopping streets, Grafton Street, and to a shopping centre named for it, while on its surrounding streets are the offices of a number of public bodies and the city terminus of one of...
on York Street. The ground on York Street was sold in 1805 for the building of the Royal College of Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland , is a Dublin-based medical institution, situated on St. Stephen's Green. The college is one of the five Recognised Colleges of the National University of Ireland...
. Today there is nothing to be seen of either of these old burial grounds.
The Friends Burial Ground at Temple Hill is 7 acres (28,328 m²) in size and opened with the first interment on 6 March 1860 of Hannah Chapman. All the gravestones in the burial ground are uniform in size and are inscribed with only the names and dates of who they are for. This is in keeping with the Quaker rules for interment.
It is noted that some of the Quaker families interred here are Allen, Grubb, Fairbrother, Goodbody, Pim, Todhunter, Sparrow Walpole and Waring. The burial grounds are under the care of the Dublin Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland.
Notable burials
Jonathan PimJonathan Pim (1806–1885)
Jonathan Pim was an Irish Liberal Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Dublin City at the 1865 general election, and held the seat until the 1874 general election.- External links :...
(1806–1885) was a founding member of the Dublin Statistical Society and president for many years. During the Great Famine (1845-1852) he was noted for offering relief to those who were suffering. He wrote Condition and Prospects of Ireland and Transactions which appealed for radical land reform in Ireland. After the famine he bought an estate in the west of Ireland for the purpose of benefiting the tenants. After the first Irish Land Act
Irish Land Acts
The Land Acts were a series of measures to deal with the question of peasant proprietorship of land in Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Five such acts were introduced by the government of the United Kingdom between 1870 and 1909...
was passed he swiftly gave the tenants the opportunity to own the land.
Sir John Barington (1824–1887) was the Lord Mayor of Dublin
Lord Mayor of Dublin
The Lord Mayor of Dublin is the honorific title of the Chairman of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The incumbent is Labour Party Councillor Andrew Montague. The office holder is elected annually by the members of the...
in 1865 and 1879. He was a member of Barrington and Co. of Great Britain Street. He died at his home in Kiliney.
Alfred Webb (1834–1908)
Alfred Webb
He was first elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 24 February 1890, when he won a by-election for the West Waterford constituency. He was again returned for West Waterford in the 1892 general election, this time as an anti-Parnellite MP....
was an Irish Parliamentary Party politician and Member of Parliament. He is also noted as a biographer, publisher and a contributor to the Freeman's Journal and other papers. He is best known for A Compendium of Irish Biography (1877). He died on 30 July 1908
Horace Walpole (1880–1964) was mostly involved in the caring and planting of the burial grounds and was a member of the Walpole family whose business on Suffock Street, Dublin specialised in damask
Damask
Damask is a reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. Damasks are woven with one warp yarn and one weft yarn, usually with the pattern in warp-faced satin weave and the ground in weft-faced or sateen weave...
and linen manufacturing.
John Richardson Wigham (1829–1906) lighthouse engineer and inventor.