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O'Brien Monument — Glasnevin Cemetery

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O'Brien Monument — Glasnevin Cemetery
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Freestanding three-stage neo-Classical granite funerary monument over vault, erected c. 1862 to memory of Timothy and Catherine O'Brien and their daughter and a son. First stage comprises ashlar granite rectangular-plan base with chamfered coping, rock-faced plinth flanked by ashlar corner piers having groined caps and dropped mouldings; second stage is pedestal on moulded plinth, with corniced cap, white marble panel to each elevation inscribed to three sides and blank to north; crowned by Ionic temple with draped urn to interior. Vault entrance to west covered with granite slabs. Located in eastern part of Glasnevin Cemetery.

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