Ireland Memorial Inscriptions

We have transcribed or recorded the valuable details found in the memorial inscriptions. Most records will include combination of the following:

• Name
• Birth year or date
• Death year or date
• Description – Location of the memorial
• Place and county

Ireland Memorial Inscriptions images were created by Louise Cocker from four different cemeteries in Dublin. The images are from the oldest cemeteries in Dublin. The Arbour Hill Cemetery is the burial place of the 14 leaders of the 1916 Rising. The names on their memorials are in Gaelic, but have been transcribed in English for searching. The leaders were executed at Kilmainham and then buried at Arbour Hill. Christ Church Cathedral was a Viking church with its foundations built over 1,000 years ago. The Huguenot Cemetery is located near St Stephen’s Green and is the burial place for the descendants of the French Huguenots who fled France in the 17th century.

• Arbour Hill Cemetery, Dublin
• Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
• Huguenot Cemetery, Dublin
• St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

We will be adding more memorial inscriptions found in a wide range of publications.

Use the name variant options.

Some of the Gaelic memorials have been transcribed in English by our partners.

Use the plus or minus option on the year to check more results especially if someone died towards the end of the year, their burial may have taken place in the following year.

You can use the keyword search if you want to discover more about a specific parish or cemetery.