Arbour Hill Cemetery / Reilig Chnoc an Arbhair

Arbour Hill Military Cemetery is a complex of monuments and buildings dating to the 19th and 20th centuries. These monuments and buildings commemorate diverse strands of Ireland's military past, from the graves of British military personnel and their families in the old cemetery to the burial plot of the leaders of the 1916 Rising who were buried in what was once a drill or parade ground of Arbour Hill Military Prison. More recently the Church of the Sacred Heart has become the Church of the Defence Forces, while the Irish United Nations' Veterans' Association House and Memorial Garden is located on the north side of the complex., The Church of the Defence Forces , The Church of the Sacred Heart was built from 1845-8 as part of a new prison complex at Arbour Hill. It was designed by Richard Cuming under the direction of Major General Griffith George Lewis, of the Royal Engineers. The church is connected to the prison by an elevated corridor, through which the prisoners passed when attending service. A stained glass window (above right) by the famous Harry Clarke Studios in Dublin was erected in 1924 by the officers and men of the Dublin District, in memory of all those who had died in the years between 1916-1923., The church was taken over by the state in 1922 and solemnly consecrated on 13th March 1927 by the most Rev Dr. Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin. It has been used for many national ceremonial events, including the lying in state of Roger Casement in 1965. The church was the garrrison church of the nearby Collins Barracks until 1997, when the garrison moved back to McKee Barracks. Regimental Colours, Overseas Unit Flags and Overseas Unit Pennants of Óglaigh na hÉireann-Irish Defence Forces are laid up in the church. The church is now called the Church of the Defence Forces., The 1916 Rising memorial , To the rear of the Arbour Hill Military Cemetery lie the Easter 1916 commemoration memorials and plot. , There are three main features: , . The burial plot of the leaders of the 1916 Rising , . The Easter 1916 Proclamation Wall , . The 1966 memorial plaque - dedicated to those , who died during the 1916 Rising., IUNVA House and Memorial Garden , The Irish United Nations' Veterans' Association House and Memorial Garden are situated to the right of the 1916 Rising Memorial. A doorway in the boundary wall provides access to the house and garden in the adjacent street., Arbour Hill Military Cemetery , The old cemetery lies to the rear of the church. This area is the last resting place of the British military personnel and their families, who died in the Dublin area in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These people worked in the nearby military barracks and lived in the surrounding streets. Their headstones can be seen along the boundary wall of the cemetery., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . ,