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Eamon De Valera

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceGlasnevinEN

14/10/1882 – 29/8/1975 | Revolutionary, MP, TD, Taoiseach and President of Ireland.Éamon de Valera, or “Dev” as he is commonly known by the Irish, was the most significant, influential and some say divisive public figure in twentieth-century Ireland. In his...

Kevin Gerard Barry

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceGlasnevinEN

20/1/1902 – 1/11/1920 | Irish medical student who fought in the Irish War of Independence.Kevin Barry was born in January 1902 in Fleet Street, Dublin. He was the fourth of seven children of Thomas and Mary Barry. Thomas died when Kevin was only 6, and the...

Christy Brown

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceGlasnevinEN

5/6/1932-6/9/1981 | Irish author, painter and poet.Christy Brown was born in Crumlin in Dublin on the 5th of June 1932. He was one of 13 surviving children of Bridget and Paddy Brown. Disabled from birth by cerebral palsy, for years he was unable to speak or make...

Liam Whelan

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceGlasnevinEN

1/4/1935 – 6/2/1958 | FootballerWilliam Augustine Whelan was born in Dublin on the 1st April 1935. Also called Billy, he was best known as Liam and he came from a large devout Roman Catholic family. His father John died in 1943 when Liam was just 8 years old. He...

Commonwealth War Graves

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceGlasnevinEN

The 208 graves of Irish servicemen and women who were part of the Commonwealth forces.On Armistice Day (11th November 2009), Glasnevin Trust and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) began a special project of marking the 208 graves in Glasnevin Cemetery of...

Arthur Griffith

by | Jan 1, 2010 | asceGlasnevinEN

31/3/1872 – 12/8/1922 | Patriot, Writer, journalist, and TD.Arthur Griffith was born at Upper Dominick Street, Dublin in March 1872. After leaving school he followed his father into the printing trade and worked with the “Irish Independent” and...