Friends Burial Ground
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Friends Burial Ground

Also known as Saint Stephen's Green

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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    Dublin, County Dublin Ireland
    Coordinates: 53.33807, -6.28514
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There were two Friends burial grounds in Dublin prior to the opening of the one on Temple Hill. One in Cork Street and the other located off St. Stephen's Green on York Street. The burial ground at Cork Street was bequeathed in 1697 by Roger Roberts, a Quaker and innkeeper. It was enclosed by a 9ft high wall, which was paid for by 102 subscribers and was open for burials in 1698. In 1727 Friends built their poor house on the adjoining plot. In 1805 the Society of Friends sold its other burial ground on York Street to the Royal College of Surgeons. They exhumed all of the burials and reburied them in Cork Street – so all Dublin Quakers prior to the 1860s are now buried in Cork Street ground. The Cork burial ground was closed for interments in 1868 by order of the Privy Council under the Health in Towns Act and sold to Cork Street Fever Hospital to be used as a garden for the adjoining nurses' home. Interments of Quakers now take place at Temple Hill Cemetery. Discussions are currently underway between the HSE, the National Monuments Service (NMS) and Dublin City Council (DCC), with a view to restoring the Cork burial ground, on a phased basis. The burial ground has 17 visible headstones, with dates inscribed from 1848 to 1860, most of which are lying horizontally on the grass.
There were two Friends burial grounds in Dublin prior to the opening of the one on Temple Hill. One in Cork Street and the other located off St. Stephen's Green on York Street. The burial ground at Cork Street was bequeathed in 1697 by Roger Roberts, a Quaker and innkeeper. It was enclosed by a 9ft high wall, which was paid for by 102 subscribers and was open for burials in 1698. In 1727 Friends built their poor house on the adjoining plot. In 1805 the Society of Friends sold its other burial ground on York Street to the Royal College of Surgeons. They exhumed all of the burials and reburied them in Cork Street – so all Dublin Quakers prior to the 1860s are now buried in Cork Street ground. The Cork burial ground was closed for interments in 1868 by order of the Privy Council under the Health in Towns Act and sold to Cork Street Fever Hospital to be used as a garden for the adjoining nurses' home. Interments of Quakers now take place at Temple Hill Cemetery. Discussions are currently underway between the HSE, the National Monuments Service (NMS) and Dublin City Council (DCC), with a view to restoring the Cork burial ground, on a phased basis. The burial ground has 17 visible headstones, with dates inscribed from 1848 to 1860, most of which are lying horizontally on the grass.

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  • Added: 4 Jan 2015
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2564901