Templeogue, an Anglicised corruption of the Irish language, Teach Mealóg, meaning the house (or church) of Mealog.
Teampaill Mealóg meaning the Church of St. Mealóg, shortened to Templeogue.

The cemetery was opened in the early 1930's as an extension to the old graveyard surrounding an early medieval period church, now in ruins.
Templeogue Cemetery (Old Section)

The district was then a predominantly agricultural area.
In the late 1970's, the surrounding area was developed for housing, to meet the needs of the expanding city.

Amongst those buried here are,

Colm Barnes Businessman [Glen Abbey Ltd.]
George J. Colley Politician
Fr. Jack Hanlon Artist
Seamus McHugo Civil Servant
Maj.Gen Donncadh Ó hAnnagáin Irish Army
P. S. O'Hegarty Civil Servant
Kenneth Sheils Reddin Judge
Cornelius J. Ryan Publican - "The Morgue"

1916-1923 "Old IRA" veterans.

Thomas Allen
Máire O'Neill Cassidy
Joseph Collier
Lawrence Corbally
Patrick Harmon
Joe O'Connor
John O'Mara
Kenneth Sheils Reddin
Somairle P. Tonge
Patrick Whelan

The cemetery is "closed" for burials, apart from those for whom there is space in a family grave, and has been replaced by
Bohernabreena Cemetery

Approximately 10 headstones are so badly worn that they were not legible.

To assist in finding a grave in the cemetery, note the Row/Line number on the individual's memorial.

The graves are laid out along the three boundary walls,
West wall. Coolican - O'Callaghan.
North wall. Harmon - Clifford.
East wall. Mooney - O'Tuathail.

There are 19 parallel rows, to the right [eastwards] of the path from the entrance gate. The name on the grave at the end of each row is shown here.
Row 1. Flemming.
Row 2. Rossiter.
Row 3. Hayden.
Row 4. Gilsenan.
Row 5. Guilfoyle.
Row 6. Ryan.
Row 7. Horan.
Row 8. Lynch.

Path intersection.

Row 9. Duffy.
Row 10. O'Connor.
Row 11. Condon.
Row 12. May.
Row 13. Kelly.
Row 14. Kennedy.
Row 15. Fitzgerald.

Path intersection.

Row 16. McCann.
Row 17. Somers/O'Brien.
Row 18. Tonge.
Row 19. Bacon.

Path intersection.

The cemetery was surveyed in the period June - December 2013.
Revised, September 2016.