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Glasnevin Cemetery
Ireland's national cemetery, where Michael Collins and Daniel O'Connell lie, with a museum and guided tours.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free; paid for the museum and tours
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11Directions
- Getting There
- Bus 40 from the center.
Why Go
Opened in 1832 by O'Connell for people of all faiths, the cemetery holds more than a million burials and the graves of Irish patriots, poets and ordinary Dubliners.
Tours tell stories of the country's history through those buried here.
Nearby in Dublin
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