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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Five

The penultimate part of our tour takes us to Section D, which primarily consists of four rows, along with a short fifth row at the far end, of mainly CWGC headstones, all casualties of the First World War or the … Continue reading

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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Four

Section H contains just a few scattered graves, so next we shall visit Section C (above & below), where we will find many more victims of the First World War and of the R.M.S. Leinster disaster, as well as a … Continue reading

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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Three

The third part of our tour of Grangegorman Military Cemetery takes us to Section G (see cemetery plan below).  The graves here, all Roman Catholic, and nearly all bearing CWGC headstones, are mainly First World War burials, but there are … Continue reading

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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Two

Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Section E.  The row of CWGC headstones in the background contains more victims of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster on 10th October 1918, just a month before the end of the First World War. 

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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part One

Last year I found myself in Dublin for a few days, and while the missus was meeting up with friends one afternoon, I took the opportunity to visit a cemetery that I had wanted to see for quite some time.  … Continue reading

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