Arbour Hill Cemetery — Attraction in Dublin

This is one of the few places in the general area that does not appear to suffer from anti-social behaviour so you can feel safe when you visit. The main reason to visit the military cemetery is that it is the burial place of fourteen of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Among those buried there are Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Major John MacBride. The leaders were executed in Kilmainham Gaol and their bodies were transported to Arbour Hill for burial.

The graves are located under a low mound on a terrace of Wicklow granite in what was once the old prison yard. The grave site is surrounded by a limestone wall on which the names are inscribed in Irish and English. On the prison wall opposite the grave site is a plaque with the names of other people who were killed in 1916.

A little doorway to the right of the memorial area leads to the Irish United Nations Veterans' Association house and memorial garden which is also...

Arbour Hill Cemetery is the burial place of many of the dignitaries of the 1916 Rising. The graves of Padraig Pearse and James Connolly, among others, are located under a low mound on a terrace of Wicklow granite.

The gravesite is surrounded by a limestone wall on which the names of the fallen leaders are inscribed in Irish and English. There are no tours of the graveyard available as it is the property of the...

Beautiful setting. Old military Graveyard. Resting place of 14 of the Exected Leaders of the 1916 Rising. A part of Irish history. Nearby Collins Barack history museum. Croppies Acre 1798 Grave and Memorial. Royal Hospital Kilmainham, and Kilmainham Jail. Dublin Castle Close bye. Fantastic historical...