mount jerome

Fin, they did that in Wolfetone Park.

Some of them were left imbedded into the ground (I am not sure what that stylye is called. It is where the headstone is on the ground as opposed to standing vertically.) It looks like most of them were moved to the south end of the park and piled up against the wall. Of course it could have been that some of the headstones had been piled like this before the park was converted, but it is hard to tell.

yea. i can understand that . i have seen that done before. it just is that the space is needed for more dead. it’s a shame they are not preserved but it’s church property and of course their may have to be permission from the families. which just thinking there may bring up a point. are they family plots? cos if they are then the family have removed them to replace with their own stones…
and yea graham i would presume that they would protect the larger tombs/crypts.
it would be nice to preserve the headstones but that costs money and who is going to pay for it!

I heard somewhere that a graveyard can use existing plots for new burials after a period of time. I don’t know much about land law but I think the plot needs to be bought outright to avoid this.

It does seem like the ultimate invasion of privacy, I do feel that the management company should have looked at other means of increasing revenue such as increasing management charges on the common areas.

To be honest i would be totally annoyed if someone was to use my grave full stop i own thw land i have the deeds, so i think its a total disgrace for anyone to do this , secondly the state that some of the graves up in Mount Jerome are left in is an absolute disgrace, i can understand that some people die and there is no one to look after them etc

So if the managaement were to charge a nominal fee for this provision at the request of the owners etc it might not be a bad idea
😎

Ok Folks Let Us Bring This Matter Up With The Joe Duffy Show Or The Gerry Ryan Show ???

Going Of The Subject All Togehtehr Are Diplomatic Cars Exempt From Prosecution ??

@ctesiphon wrote:

Headstones lying flat on the ground are called slab graves (or slab stones) as far as I know- don’t know if this applies to headstones that were formerly upright and have been laid flat. There are also a couple of them behind Dublin Civic Offices, at the top of the hill above the amphitheatre- almost completely illegible now.
The ones in Wolfetone Park were moved to the edge prior to the redesign (ahem) of the park. What concerns me now is their future, in light of the planning application for the redevelopment of the site adjacent to, i.e directly south of, the park, with which the park shares a boundary.

Are they redeveloping the FAS building? If so – good, it’s awful particularly when viewed from the park with its barbed wire on the rere wall.

What’s going in its place?

And anyone know what’s happening to St. Mary’s Church conversion to a boozer which must be into its 4th year at this stage…

I was in the square a couple of weeks back with a classmate (Planners) and we noticed a site notice on the adjacent building (I presume that’s the FAS building?). If memory serves, it was for apartments with, presumably, some sort of retail outlet on the ground floor, though I could be mistaken. I do remember thinking that it would be taller than the existing building (currently 3 storeys?).
St Mary’s Church seemed to be almost there (I know, I know…), with the hoardings gradually being removed. It was my first time seeing the glazed addition to the north-east corner, not unlike IM Pei’s Deutsches Historiches Museum glazed cone ramp thingy.
I agree that the FAS site redevelopment is welcome, but I must say I quite like that southern end of the park with the blank wall, the trees, the sandy floor, the table-tennis table- it makes a change from the bleak, hard-edged body of the rest of the park. (Not a fan, in case you couldn’t tell.)