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in 1720 and by 1827, due to the size of the congregation, a replacement church was built on the corner of
Anglesa Road and Simmonscourt Road and dedicated to St. Mary in 1830. The old church was demolished and the materials sold off. There is a small wall in the middle of the cemetery that is thought
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In 1985 a major programme of restoration was undertaken by the
Donnybrook Community Development Committee availing of the Social Employment Scheme. The DCDC was an initiative of local people Dermot Lacey, Lar Kelly and Tony Boyle. In addition to the restoration works which lasted three years the
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committee also compiled a comprehensive list of burials and published a number of historical accounts of the
Cemetery. In 1988 the work of the staff and Committee was marked with a visit and unveiling of a new Information case and noticeboard by then Lord Mayor of Dublin Carmencita Hedderman.
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Here lyeth the Body of the Right
Honourable And most Noble LORD OLIVER, Earl of Tyrconell, lord Viscount FITZ_WILLIAMS, or Meryonge, Baron of Thorn-Castle, who died at his House in Meryong April 11th 1667, and was Buried the 12th day of the same
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This memorial has been erected by the members of the Dublin Stock
Exchange to the late Thomas Chamney Searight for many years the registrar to their society. He died May 27th 1890 and his remains are buried in this
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The FitzWilliam family had their own chapel built onto St. Mary's Church in the early 16th century. Sir
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which dated back to a bloody massacre by the Danes in the 9th to 10th century. The bodies were removed and buried in the cemetery.
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