THE MONUMENT OF RICHARD J STOWELL AND HIS BROTHER ROBERT

Richard Joseph Stowell was sentenced to penal servitude. His weak frame broke down as a result of his prison treatment and he was released to die. His brother Robert Francis Stowell died on 14th January, 1873. “Erected By His Friends And Associates. To Perpetuate The Memory Of His Love Of Country, And His Death, Caused By A penal Imprisonment, Which Destroyed His Weak Frame. But Could Not Extinguish His ardent Aspirations For Ireland’s Freedom” “Here Also Are Interred The Remains Of Patrick O’Byrne, Dearly Beloved Uncle (Of The Stockwell Brothers) Died 1St March 1895, Aged 77 Years)” “Under This Cross Rest The Mortal remains Of Richard Stowell. Died 18th July 1855. Aged 44 Years. Also His Eldest Son, John Patrick Stowell Died 31st March 1869. Aged 25 Years & 10 Months. Grant Their Souls O Lord Eternal Rest. Amen.” “Here Also rest The Remains Of The Youngest Of The Patriot Brothers. Robert Francis Stowell. Who Died On The 14th January 1873. At Eden Quay Dublin. Aged 25 Years Faithfull And True To Ireland He Laboured And suffered Much In Her Cause. R.I.P.” “To The Memory Of Richard Joseph Stowell, Whose Name Was Enrolled On The Political Martyrology Of Ireland On 16th May 1867, In The Twenty Second Year Of His Age. Nine Hours After His Release From Naas Gaol His Pure Soul Passed From Earth To Heaven To Receive The Crown His Stainless Faith In Life And Heroic Fortitude In Death Had Won. R.I.P.”

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PHOTOGRAPHING OLD GRAVEYARDS CAN BE INTERESTING AND EDUCATIONAL [THIS TIME I USED A Sony SEL 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS LENS]

On the last day of August 2016 I visited Glasnevin Cemetery and took about 90 photographs using a Sony SEL 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS LENS. The completed collection is available at the Streets Of Dublin Site.

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A SQUIRREL IN A CEMETERY - VERY MUCH ALIVE

This photograph needs no explanation

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VIEW OF THE O’CONNELL TOWER - GLASNEVIN CEMETERY IN DUBLIN

The tower was built between 1855 and 1869 to commemorate the death of Daniel O’Connell, who established the cemetery in 1832. The iconic memorial was designed by George Petrie. The tower was closed to the public for about 40 years because the internal stairway was destroyed by a bomb in 1971. The attack was attributed to Loyalist paramilitaries and was carried out as a reprisal for the destruction of Nelson’s Pillar on O’Connell Street. In 1847 Daniel O’Connell died in Genoa on May 15h 1847. His dying wish was that his heart be buried in Rome and his body in Glasnevin cemetery. Daniel O’Connell was buried in the O’Connell Circle in Glasnevin cemetery on August 5th 1847. On May 14th 1869 the remains were exhumed and reinterred in a crypt beneath an Irish round tower.

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THE RIC PLOT IN GLASNEVIN [THE ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY]

Friday, August 24, 2012: “A number of retired police officers from the Republic and Northern Ireland intend gathering at Glasnevin Cemetery this coming Saturday at 2.30pm to commemorate the disbandment of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP)” The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland from the early nineteenth century until 1922. A separate civic police force, the unarmed Dublin Metropolitan Police controlled the capital, and the cities of Derry and Belfast, originally with their own police forces, later had special divisions within the RIC. About seventy-five percent of the RIC were Roman Catholic and about twenty-five percent were of various Protestant denominations, the Catholics mainly constables and the Protestants officers. The RIC's successful system of policing influenced the armed Canadian North-West Mounted Police (predecessor of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police), the armed Victoria Police force in Australia, and the armed Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in Newfoundland. In consequence of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the RIC was disbanded in 1922 and was replaced by the Garda Síochána in the Irish Free State and the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland.

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