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PARK AND CEMETERY 
The remains of Mrs. Delia Parnell were, in 1898, in- 
terred at Glasnevin in the grave of her celebrated son, 
Charles Stewart Parnell. 
TROSPECT CEMETERY, AT GLASNEVIN. 
The first cemetery promising in no long time to be- 
come overcrowded, a second was established in 1831. 
THE O'CONNELL MONUMENT, 
GLASNEVIN CEMETERY, DUBLIN. 
Nine statute acres were purchased and laid out at 
Glasnevin, a suburb some three and one-half miles 
northwest of Dublin, — being a part of the grounds 
formerly attached to the house of the poet Tickell, and 
adjoining the Botanic Garden belonging to the Dublin 
Royal Society. In 1892, at which time an elaborate 
system of arterial drainage was introduced, this area 
had been increased to 58 acres and 36 perches, all in- 
closed by a substantial boundary wall, and having two 
entrances. A more recent purchase brings the present 
area up to 86 acres, 1 rood and 21 perches, statute. 
Apropos of the old, or eastern entrance, it is re- 
corded that two roads or turnpikes led to Glasnevin, 
but that “one of those unpopular obstructions known 
as turnpike gates” stood on each of them, and it was 
feared that the heavy tax imposed on carriages by the 
toll-keepers would unfavorably affect the success of 
the enterprise. O’Connell, still a prime mover in these 
matters, disposed of this difficulty by making a new 
road directly between and only a few yards distant 
from the old turnpikes. To this action, and to the 
fact that an Act of Parliament had long been supposed 
to bar the establishment of separate burial grounds for 
Catholics, is attributed the boast of O’Connell that he 
would “drive a coach-and-six through an Act of 
Parliament.” 
This, “the greatest Catholic Cemetery of Ireland,” 
popularly known as “Glasnevin,” occupies historic 
ground, and is itself closely bound up with stirring 
events of Irish history. It includes the spot known' as 
“Bloody Acre,” where the army of King Roderick 
O’Connor was slaughtered by forces led by Strong- 
bow ; and, in direct contrast to this event, there still 
remain some gnarled trunks, hoary with age, that 
mark the site of an ancient, elm-shaded road from 
Finglas to Clontarf. 
Many of Ireland’s famous sons and beautiful daugh- 
ters sleep at Glasnevin, but its chief heritage of glory 
is the revered dust Of its founder, Daniel O’Connell, 
who, dying in 1847 at Genoa, is said in his last illness 
to have bequeathed, 
“My Body to Ireland, 
My Heart to Rome, 
My Soul to Heaven.” 
It was the idea of George Petrie, L.L. D., an Irish 
archaeologist of note, that O’Connell’s monument 
should consist of “a group of buildings, including a 
chapel of the earliest Christian architecture, a Celtic 
stone cross, and an accurate reproduction of one of 
those wonderful Round Towers, which lend to Ireland 
a peculiar interest and charm.” 
In this case, however, the last became first, and the 
lofty, circular tower, tapering from base to summit, 
copying those of great antiquity but taller than the 
highest of them, was built first, the entire sum avail- 
able for the memorial being expended upon it. This 
monument was built at some distance from the orig- 
inal resting place of the body, which was removed 
with imposing ceremonies. May 14, 1869, to the crypt 
beneath the Round Tower. In 1878 the omissions in 
O'CONNELL'S TOMB, GLASNEVIN CEMETERY. DUBLIN. 
the first plan were in a measure supplied by the 1 erec- 
tion of a mortuary chapel, in the Romanesque style 
favored by Petrie, at a cost of £8,000. At the same 
time a new entrance, with separate exits, was provided 
near the Tower, which is said to “grandly dominate” 
the cemetery. 
(To be continued.) 
