So Once Was I
eBook - ePub

So Once Was I

Forgotten Tales from Glasnevin Cemetery

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

So Once Was I

Forgotten Tales from Glasnevin Cemetery

About this book

'Remember now as you go by, as you are now so once was I …'

From unmarked plots to striking monuments, Glasnevin Cemetery has become home to a microcosm of Irish society since it opened its gates in 1832. Every grave has a story to tell, but with more than a million souls resting there, many of these stories have been long forgotten.

So Once Was I sets out to celebrate the quirky, strange and sometimes unbelievable tales of lesser-known figures in Ireland's famous cemetery. Representing all threads of Irish society's rich tapestry, from lion tamers to pioneering aviators, the mistress of the macabre to a mysterious, murderous count, forgotten revolutionaries to the mammy of Irish cooking, the cemetery's population is reanimated in this book through vivid retellings of their lives. This intriguing tour through the national necropolis brings back to life those Joyce called the 'faithful dead', an intricate mosaic of stories rediscovered among the grandeur of Glasnevin's famed monuments.

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Information

Publisher
Merrion Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781785375132
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Author bio
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Author’s Note
  9. Foreword
  10. Introduction
  11. Strange Things
  12. Sport
  13. Murder and Mystery
  14. TV, Movies and Stage
  15. Pioneers and Innovators
  16. Chisel and Hammer
  17. Writers and Poets
  18. Religious Figures
  19. Conflict, Revolution and War
  20. Disaster
  21. Politics and Law
  22. Epilogue
  23. The Research: Some Essential Points
  24. Endnotes
  25. Acknowledgements
  26. Index