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Dublin Festival of History : Arbour Hill Tour

Price

Free of charge

Dates

09/10/2026 - 09/10/2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location

Arbour Hill Cemetery

Curved wall of Wicklow granite with hand carved lettering by Michael Biggs of the 1916 proclamation.

Arbour Hill Cemetery is the final resting place of fourteen leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. Following their executions at Kilmainham Gaol, their bodies were transported here for burial. The graves are located beneath a low granite mound with an impressive memorial behind the graves.

Contact

Arbour Hill
Dublin 7
D07 YRR2

01 677 0095 (Guided Tours) / 01 821 3021 (Cemetery)

Getting Here

Arbour Hill is located at the rear of the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, which currently houses an exhibition of 1916 related material.

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