Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium

Mount Jerome Cemetery
Reilig Chnocán Iaróm
The entrance to Mt. Jerome, on right.
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Established1836
Location
158 Harold's Cross Road, Harold's Cross, Dublin
CountryIreland
Coordinates53°19′29″N 6°17′03″W / 53.32472°N 6.28417°W / 53.32472; -6.28417
Typegarden cemetery
Owned byGeneral Cemetery Company of Dublin
Size20.2 ha (50 acres)
No. of gravesOver 300,000
Websitemountjerome.ie
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Mount Jerome Cemetery & Crematorium (Irish: Reilig Chnocán Iaróm) is situated in Harold's Cross on the south side of Dublin, Ireland.[1] Since its foundation in 1836, it has witnessed over 300,000 burials. Originally an exclusively Protestant cemetery, Roman Catholics have also been buried there since the 1920s.

  1. ^ Somerville-Large, Peter (1988). Dublin: The First Thousand Years. Belfast: The Appletree Press. p. 226. ISBN 0862812062.