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Grangegorman Military Cemetery – Part Five

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Magicfingers

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

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Magicfingers

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

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Magicfingers

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

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Magicfingers

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

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Magicfingers

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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Dublin – St. Stephen’s Green: Fusiliers’ Arch

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Magicfingers

Fusiliers’ Arch, at the northern end of St. Stephen’s Green, commemorates the men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers who died fighting for the British in the Second Boer War at the start of the 20th Century. Above and below: The … Continue reading →

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Dublin Days

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Magicfingers

I paid a flying visit (literally) to Dublin last weekend (Baldrick was unavailable due to his forthcoming audition for ‘Belgium’s Got Talent’) to visit the little known Grangegorman Military Cemetery in the north west of the city, and to fill some … Continue reading →

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