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From: "acfullam goeke" <>
Subject: Re: [DUBLIN IRELAND] Goldenbridge Cemetery
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 11:54:30 -0400
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Thanks for all the info, Anthony.

The Glasnevin site is interesting, and I went there first when I got back
home, after trudging through various cemeteries from Louth to Dublin. I
ran out of time ... 10-hour days at the NAI interspersed with rainy walks
through graveyards...it really was very exciting, just ran out of time!

Spent evenings visiting with cousins ... we're not sure exactly how we're
related yet, but we know we are... faces, personalities, voices, habits
... it was eerie. Separated since 1849, but closer than one would imagine
before our historic reunion.

Anyway, is Inchicore the location of Goldenbridge? I know the cemetery is
southwest of the city, and about a mile from where they lived on Vicar
Street, but I need clarification. What was on the site prior to a
cemetery? Or was it an old cemetery that was reopened?


On Sat, 20 May 2006 06:58:26 -0400, Anthony J. Roche <>
wrote:

> At 02:11 20/05/2006, you wrote:
>> Goldenbridge is the first and earliest part of Glasnevin.
>> I'm looking for my ggggrandfather Martin Fullam, a bricklayer, who died
>> c.1850.
>> The name could be spelled Fulham/Fullom/etc.
>
> Just by way of clarification. Goldenbridge Cemetery was the first to be
> established for Catholics who were discriminated against by what are
> generally known as the 'penal laws' but it was not at Glasnevin, but in
> Inchicore on the south west side of Dublin. In 1824 an act of parliament
> called the 'Act of Easement of Burial Bill' Which was championed by
> Daniel O'Connell who formed the committee that set up Goldenbridge, this
> allowed for Catholics to be buried with the city limits, a practice
> which had up till then been forbidden by law.
>
> Where the confusion may arise, it was as a result of the small size
> and popularity of Goldenbridge that a bigger site had to be obtained,
> this was originally 9 acres on almost the opposite side of the city that
> became known as 'Prospect Cemetery' Glasnevin, which through popular
> usage became known as simply 'Glasnevin'.
>
> In more modern times most public burial grounds became incorporated
> under the Dublin Cemeteries Act (1970) which appoints a committee to
> manage the affairs of the burial grounds. It was as result of this and
> the closure to new burials that the records of Goldenbridge were moved
> to Glasnevin where they are now held. They have a web presence at
> http://www.glasnevin-cemetery.ie/
>
> Regards
>
> Anthony J. Roche
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