Glasnevin Trust is the largest provider of funeral services in Ireland serving 2,500 burials and 1,300 cremations annually. The Trust is run by an executive management team and governed by the Dublin Cemeteries Committee, a voluntary not-for-profit body originally established by Daniel O’Connell in 1828. The Committee was subsequently re-established under the Dublin Cemeteries Committee Acts of 1846 and 1970.
The Trust’s mission today remains as it was handed down from Daniel O’Connell; “to bury people of all religions and none”
It operates five cemeteries (Dardistown, Glasnevin, Goldenbridge, Newlands Cross and Palmerstown) and two crematoria (Glasnevin and Newlands Cross). Glasnevin Museum is to generate the funds to ensure the Cemeteries are maintained to the highest standards. The Group also provides florist and monument works services to the bereaved.
From the opening of its first Cemetery in Goldenbridge in 1828, Glasnevin in 1832 right through the establishment of our other Cemeteries in Dublin - Palmerstown Cemetery (1978), Dardistown Cemetery (1990) and Newland Cross (2000). To the establishment of the first Crematorium in the Republic of Ireland in Glasnevin Crematorium (1982) and subsequently in Newlands Cross Crematorium (2001) and its many Florist and Monument Works outlets in each Cemetery. Glasnevin Trust is at the heart of the nation as it embraces the remains of so many patriots and others who have and will in the future, frame the country’s history and culture.
