1882 – T.H. Burke Memorial, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Drew
Proposed by the Resident Magistrates of Ireland, 1882. Published in The Building News, August 18th 1882.
Proposed by the Resident Magistrates of Ireland, 1882. Published in The Building News, August 18th 1882.
Premiated designs for memorial to Roman Catholic Prelate Cardinal MacCabe. The competition was won by George C.
Described as “A remarkable monument of great beauty, designed and executed with much artistic skill, bearing date May 24th, 1886, was raised by the Right Hon.
“The terms of the competition required two designs — the second to be a treatment of a cross.
Designed by George Coppinger Ashlin to upstage the recently completed church by J.J. McCarthy who was his main rival for Irish church commissions.
Glasnevin Cemetery is run by the Glasnevin Trust, the cemetery first opened in 1834,