Ireland

MOUNT JEROME CEMETERY

October 13, 2023 by infomatique

13 OCTOBER 2023

Today I had to visit the Harold’s Cross area of Dublin so I took the opportunity to visit Mount Jerome Cemetery where two of my Grandparents are buried even though they were Catholics and were involved in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Mount Jerome Cemetery & Crematorium is situated in Harold’s Cross on the south side of Dublin, Ireland. Since its foundation in 1836, it has witnessed over 300,000 burials. Originally an exclusively Protestant cemetery, Roman Catholics have also been buried there since the 1920s.

The cemetery is also known for its beautiful Victorian architecture, including the Victorian Chapel, which is still used for funeral services today.

SAINT BRIGID’S CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCH

October 9, 2023 by infomatique

CASTLEKNOCK VILLAGE

Detached Church of Ireland church, built 1806, with three-stage tower to west gable. Flanking side aisles added c.1860, comprising three-bay side elevations with gabled terminating bays to east forming transepts. Stained glass window dedicated to Saint Hubert by Harry Clarke.

In May 1177, Henry II and Hugh de Lacy granted 12,001 acres of land in Castleknock to Hugh Tyrell, first Baron of Castleknock. A copy of the charter of the grant in Latin was discovered in 1933 by Eric St. John Brooks in the London Public Records Office. In 1185, Richard Tyrell, son of Hugh Tyrell, gave a grant to the Benedictine monks from the Abbey of Little Malvern in Worcestershire to endow a religious house in Castleknock in honour of St. Brigid.

They founded a monastery beside St. Brigid’s Well called the Abbey of St. Brigid in Castleknock and it was a dependent priory of Little Malvern. The lands and priory were transferred to the ownership of St. Mary’s Abbey in 1486 and on the dissolution of the monasteries after Henry VIII broke with Rome, it became the property of the Luttrell family. The first church was built here in 1609 on the site of the monastery of St. Brigid. In 1803, the foundation stone was laid by Hans Hamilton for the re-building of St. Brigid’s, the present day Castleknock parish church.

TODAY I MANAGED TO VISIT KILBARRACK CEMETERY

September 21, 2023 by infomatique

AFTER A NUMBER OF FAILED ATTEMPTS OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS

I tried to visit the cemetery when Covid restrictions were in operation but I discovered that the gates were locked which was somewhat annoying as I had walked to get there. Last week I was on my way by train with the intention of walking from Bayside Station but I received a message informing me that my mother [103 year old] had had fall so I had to abandon my visit.

This cemetery is 6 miles from Fairview Park on the coast road to Howth. It is situated on the grounds of an old church and is still active. This cemetery is now under the care of the Fingal County Council

The church, believed by many to have been here since the 6th century, was built for the assistance of shipwrecked sailors and is sometimes known as ‘the Mariner’s Church’.

The old and new grounds adjoin, and the old ground contains the ruins of a Church. There are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 1 of the 1939-1945 war here. Visitors to Kilbarrack Cemetery are advised that the main gates are sometimes locked and that the gate into the Old Church ruin where the grave of J D Butterly is located are permanently locked. Keys are available from Fingal County Council Tel: 00 353 1 890 5950/5943.

1623599 Sergeant [Flight Engineer]
John Desmond Butterly
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
12 Squadron.

aged 33.

Son of Joseph Butterly and Mary Teresa Butterly, formerly Quinn, of Waterside, Howth, Co. Dublin.
His father was a Grocer and a Publican.
His father died on 4 August 1936, aged 71

In 1943, 12 Squadron was based at Wickenby, Langworth, Lincolnshire.
It flew Vickers Wellington bombers until the Autumn of 1942, and Avro Lancaster bombers from late 1942 until the end of the war.

His death was not registered in Ireland or Britain.
Cemetery records note the following.
John Desmond Butterly, aged 33, single, an Engineer with The Royal Air Force, died on 7 July 1943, at Lindholm, Lincoln. He was buried on 21 July 1943. Joseph Butterly had charge of the arrangements of the burial.

Inscription
the crest of the Royal Air Force

1623599 Sergeant
J. D. BUTTERLY
Flight Engineer
Royal Air Force
7th July 1943 age 33

R. I. P.
lamb of god who takest away
the sins of the world
grant us peace

ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH MARINO

September 14, 2023 by infomatique

GRIFFITH AVENUE

The suburb of Marino was developed in 1924 when Dublin Corporation decided to build a revolutionary type of housing in the area of Fairview. This represented a radical departure for the Corporation of that time, and created a unique development of housing and roads in a previously rural environment.

The estate lands of Lord Charlemont formed part of the first phase of development, and eventually both the Charlemont and Croydon estates formed the Parish of Marino as we know it today.

All that now remains of the former rural landscape is the exquisite Casino, an 18th century architectural gem, set to the rear of Marino Church. I will photograph the Casino next week, all going well.

The Church Of St.Vincent De Paul, Marino was completed in 1928 on the old Charlemont estate, on the initiative of the Very Rev.John Flanagan P.P, of Fairview parish to which the new suburb belonged. The foundation stone of the Church of St. Vincent de Paul was laid on 2nd May, 1926, and it was consecrated on the 7th. October by Dr.Edward Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin.

INSIDE ST PATRICK’S CHURCH IN RINGSEND

August 16, 2023 by infomatique

ON THORNCASTLE STREET

I entered into this church from Thorncastle Street which features a complex of flats designed by Herbert G Simms. There were two people inside but they immediately left which is a pity because I do not like disturbing people at prayer.

The name Thorncastle dates back to the 1200s, when the Fitzwilliams granted land to their ally, Walter de Ridelford the Lord of Bray. On this land, he built a fortress surrounded by a whitethorn hedge (hence, ‘thorn’ ‘castle’) within his South Dublin township.

I checked Wikipedia for information relating to the church and I must admit that it must be the shortest entry that I have seen to date: “St. Patrick’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in Ringsend, Dublin”. There was a photograph but it is one of my photographs.

A different source provided the following information: “St Patrick’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland. It was built in 1832-33 to a design by William Henry Byrne.