Established 1860 Type Quaker Size 2.35 ha (5.8 acres) | Country Republic of Ireland Style garden cemetery | |
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Location Temple Hill, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Burials Joseph Henry Sharp, Joseph Pease, Lydia Shackleton, Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet, Joseph Sharp | ||
The Friends Burial Ground (Irish: Reilig Chumann na gCairde), also called Temple Hill Burial Ground or the Friends Sleeping Place is a Quaker burial ground located at Temple Hill, Blackrock, Dublin. It opened in 1860 and is the only Quaker burial ground in Dublin.
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History
Before this burial ground opened, there were two other burial grounds in Dublin. One was in Cork Street and the other located off St. Stephen's Green on York Street. The ground on York Street was sold in 1805 for the building of the Royal College of Surgeons. Today there is nothing to be seen of either of these old burial grounds.
The Friends Burial Ground at Temple Hill is 5.8 acres (2.3 ha) in size and opened with the first interment on 6 March 1860 of Hannah Chapman. All the gravestones in the burial ground are uniform in size and are inscribed with only the names and dates of who they are for. This is in keeping with the Quaker rules for interment.
It is noted that some of the Quaker families interred here are Allen, Grubb, Fairbrother, Goodbody, Pim, Todhunter, Sparrow Walpole and Waring. The burial grounds are under the care of the Dublin Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland.