Conor Dodd

Historian, Dublin Cemeteries Trust. Responsible for conserving and promoting the heritage and history of DCT and the cemeteries under its care.

[Glasnevin Cemetery @ExpGlasnevin]

In memory of Shane MacThomáis, we're proud to launch our first school essay competition.

We hope the essay competition will encourage kids to engage with history, and foster an interest in the subjects to which Shane dedicated himself.

More info below:
https://t.co/v8o4hchiiu

[Glasnevin Cemetery @ExpGlasnevin]

Join us tomorrow evening for 'On Display: Seeing and Experiencing Art in 1840s Dublin' with @katymilligan, in our final Spring Lecture Series with Trinity College Dublin.

The lecture is free to attend, and will be held at 7:30 PM in the Milestone Gallery!

#IrishHistory

[Glasnevin Cemetery @ExpGlasnevin]

Join us tomorrow evening for 'A Demon in Human Shape: Murder in Famine Ireland' with Dr. @ciaranjreilly, in the third in our Spring Lecture Series.

The lecture is free to attend, and will be held at 7:30 PM in the Milestone Gallery.

#IrishHistory #GlasnevinCemetery

[Conor Dodd @conordodd1]

The beginning of the second day of the dead body in modern Ireland interdisciplinary conference today in Glasnevin with ⁦@TLRHub⁩ ⁦@ExpGlasnevin⁩ ⁦@TCDHistHum⁩ organised by ⁦@glaragy_history⁩

[Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin]

"As repositories of public and social history and collective memory, burial grounds are invaluable sources of information."

Dr Georgina Laragy talks to @hmckervey about the history of the dead body in Ireland.

@HistoryTcd @ExpGlasnevin @TLRHub

https://t.co/wPY7jxhcgA

[National Library of Ireland @NLIreland]

We acquired these photos of #MichaelCollins' #funeral #procession, #GraftonStreet, Dublin, which took place #OTD 28 Aug 1922. They show the procession descending Grafton Street past the Provost's house. Crowds line the streets and have climbed the walls; https://t.co/7fonN0ZYkP.

[France in Ireland 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 @FranceinIreland]

#BastilleDay2023 Great honour to hold a commemorative ceremony at Glasnevin Cemetery to honour the Irish soldiers who fought in France for our Freedom during the great wars 🇫🇷🇮🇪

[Conor Dodd @conordodd1]

Bloomsday at Glasnevin. Countless connections here to Ulysses, Joyce and his works.

[Ronan McGreevy @RMcGreevy1301]

Delighted to launch Casualties of Conflict by @ExpGlasnevin resident historian Conor Dodd @conordodd1 311 people who died during the War of Independence and Irish Civil War are buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, each one of them remembered in the beautiful book. @mercierpress

[UCD Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology]

Sad news of the passing of Dr Peter Harbison, MRIA

A renowned scholar & brilliant communicator of Ireland’s cultural heritage, we were privileged to support UCD’s award to Peter of an Honorary Doctorate in 2022

https://t.co/weZfGXkNyW

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.

[NewstalkFM @NewstalkFM]

Coming up on Talking History:

🚀How Ireland became a founding member of the European Space Agency with @Ollopa

🗺We'll explore Europe's old towns with @marekkohn

🔍And we'll hear about Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery with @conordodd1 @MercierBooks

[Conor Dodd @conordodd1]

@shan_devlin It looks like an Irish ‘Comrades of the Great War’ membership badge.

[The GAA @officialgaa]

Uachtarán CLG Larry McCarthy today led a delegation to Glasnevin cemetery to mark the 175th anniversary of the birth of Michael Cusack, the teacher from Clare who was a driving force behind the creation of the GAA. #GAABelong

[The GAA @officialgaa]

Uachtarán CLG Larry McCarthy led a delegation to Glasnevin cemetery today to mark the 175th anniversary of the birth of Michael Cusack

[Conor Dodd @conordodd1]

The graves of Emmet Dalton and Sean O'Connell in Glasnevin today on the centenary of the death of Michael Collins. Dalton stated that after Collins was fatally wounded he bandaged his head while O'Connell said the Act of Contrition into his ear. Note the name of O'Connell's home.

[Bryan O'Brien @BryanJOBrien]

Video: #Bloomsday2022 'funeral' of Paddy Dignam re-enacted at @ExpGlasnevin https://t.co/6QEH5CpIVm @conordodd1

[Conor Dodd @conordodd1]

Great weather and a great turnout this morning to mark #Bloomsday and Glasnevin's place in Ulysses. Thanks to Abby Westover, Darina Gallagher from @JamesJoyceCentr, @glaragy_history, Vivien Igoe and, of course, Val O’Donnell and the Joycestagers for making it possible #Ulysses100

[Conor Dodd @conordodd1]

A reminder for those who might be interested, happening tonight, register at the link below:

[Conor Dodd @conordodd1]

@RMcGreevy1301 I believe it was named after Orwell House which pre-dated it and was the long-term residence of the Todd family. William Todd was well-known merchant and a Presbyterian born in Scotland c.1802/3. I would surmise he named the house after Orwell in Perthshire.

[Conor Dodd @conordodd1]

The graves of George Gavan Duffy, Arthur Griffith, Eamonn Duggan and Michael Collins in Glasnevin this morning on the centenary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. #treaty21