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Glasnevin Museum and Tours

Glasnevn Cemetery, Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11

There are over one million stories buried within Glasnevin Cemetery. Historical figures and ordinary people. Divided by different pasts but united in their extraordinary stories. We want to share these stories with you. Glasnevin Museum offers wonderful tours of the cemetery where you can learn about people and periods of recent Irish history. Our tour will give you unique access to Daniel O’Connell’s crypt beneath the O’Connell Round Tower. Glasnevin Museum holds a number of exciting and interactive exhibitions, which illustrate the social, historical and political development of modern Ireland through the stories buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.  We are family friendly and run special events throughout the year.

Glasnevin Museum has an engaging Education Programme for Primary and Secondary Schools with great curriculum links. Our aim is to capture the imagination and send your class away inspired.

Opening Times:

Monday-Friday: 10am-5pm

Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays: 11am-5pm

Cemetery Tours:

Daily at 11.30am and 2.30pm

Additional 1pm tour in the summer

Booking essential for private groups of 10+

Admission Prices:

Adult: €12

Concession: €8

Family: €25

School Groups: €6 per student/pupil

To commemorate this year’s 1916 Easter Rising anniversary, Glasnevin Museum presents The Story of 1916.

Glasnevin Cemetery is the burial place of over 1.2 million people from all walks of life. Among them are sporting legends, writers, musicians, artists, revolutionary leaders and political giants, all of whom shaped Ireland’s past and present.

Ninety-seven years ago in Dublin, seven visionaries led a small army of Irish men and women in a revolutionary enterprise. Their vision was that Ireland might be free. This dream was an age-old one and was at first half-formed and rough shaped but became clearly defined down through the years. The United Irishmen gave it substance; Wolfe Tone delineated it, Emmet, the Young Irelanders and the Fenians strove to achieve it.

The battle of Easter 1916 raged for six days and resulted in the destruction of many parts of Dublin city. Many who participated in Ireland’s fight for independence were laid to rest here at Glasnevin Cemetery.

Join us at Glasnevin Museum to take in our Revolutionary Tour by Glasnevin Trust Historian and Resident Author Shane MacThomáis.

Tours last an hour and a half and visit the graves of Parnell, Maude Gonne MacBride, Daniel O’Connell, Éamon DeValera, Michael Collins and many more.

Price

€12 Adult €8 Concession

€25 Family (two adults & two children)

All tickets include the tour and entrance into our interactive museum exhibition

All proceeds will go towards the restoration of the cemetery.

Daily Revolutionary Tours are by Shane MacThomáis at 2.30pm during Easter.

Booking is advised. Contact our booking team.

Directions
Glasnevin Museum is located in north Dublin City, on the Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11. No matter which direction you are travelling from, Glasnevin Museum is easily accessible. Located just inside the main gates of Glasnevin Cemetery, it is serviced by the 140 and 40 buses from OConnell St. For those travelling by coach or car, there is on-site parking available.

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