THE CHAPEL AND O'CONNELL TOWER, GLASNEVIN
From Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
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MORTUARY CHAPEL AND O'CONNELL'S TOWER, GLASNEVIN.—Glasnevin is the Campo Santo of Ireland, where repose the remains of most of the orators, statesmen and patriots who have won the affections of the Irish people during this century. The cemetery, which is one of the most beautiful in Europe, was established through the instrumentality of O'Connell, as a burial place for Catholics, and has been enlarged until it contains 59 acres. O'Connell's remains were removed to the crypt where they now repose in 1869. The crypt is tastefully decorated and colored, and is an object of great interest. On the walls are O'Connell's dying words: "My heart to Rome, my body to Ireland, my soul to Heaven." The commemorative round tower, fit monument for the great patriot, has an elevation of 150 feet. The mortuary chapel erected close to the tower is of Dalkey granite, and carved in Romanesque in the style of Irish architecture.
The O'Connell Tower, Glasnevin
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