School Trips at Glasnevin Museum
Introduction by Glasnevin Trust CEO George McCullough
It is my great pleasure as the CEO of Glasnevin Trust and as a parent of both primary and secondary level children to invite you to Glasnevin Cemetery, our new museum and all that is contained within and around it.
Glasnevin Cemetery or “Ireland’s Necropolis”, is a wondrous place which over the many years I have worked here, never ceases to amaze surprise and delight me. Containing as it does some 200 years of Irelands social, political, military, artistic and sporting histories – we are only a handshake away from Ireland’s great leaders such as Daniel O’ Connell, Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Collins, Eamon De Valera, Countess Markievicz. Intermingled with Ireland’s great statesmen lie the poorest and humblest of Irish society - Angels, the famine burial ground, those who died in extreme poverty of small pox, cholera, diphtheria, flu – diseases that today a trip to the chemist or indeed supermarket would cure.
Glasnevin Cemetery is a truly amazing and sacred place, containing our ancestors or grand and great grandparents.After over twenty years working here, every day brings new surprising little nuggets of information that can delight, sadden or enlighten the visitor.
I hope you enjoy your visit to Glasnevin Cemetery, we have a vast wealth of information on Ireland and its society contained both in the ground and in our archives. If you want to know more – ask!
George McCullough
CEO
Glasnevin Trust
Glasnevin Museum for Primary Schools
Glasnevin Museum holds a number of exciting interactive exhibitions such as The City of Dead, The Milestone Timeline and Daniel O’Connell: The Man Who Discovered Ireland. Suitable for all ages, each exhibition seeks to illustrate the social, historical, political and artistic development of modern Ireland through the lives of the generations buried in Ireland’s Necropolis. Each exhibition in Glasnevin Museum demonstrates and interprets for pupils a number of the Skills and Strands within the Primary SESE History Curriculum. In addition, the exhibitions appeal to multiple learning styles such as Visual, Auditory, Tactile, and Kinesthetic.Glasnevin Museum has also produced a selection of Cemetery Tours specifically devised for Infants to 6th Class students incorporating suitable learning opportunities.
Workshops for Primary Schools
Glasnevin Museum has developed workshops suitable for a range of Primary School Students including:
- Stories of the High Cross Workshop
- Genealogy: My Family Workshop
Download Primary School Brochure Information
Glasnevin Museum for Secondary Schools
Glasnevin Museum has devised an innovative programme of learning experiences for Second level students at are both engaging and educational.
Junior Certificate
- History Programme
- Religious Education Programme
Transition Year
- Tour Guide Project
Leaving Certificate
- History Programme
- Special Projects
Download Secondary School Brochure Infromation here
Education Resource Packs
Primary School Pack
This pack offers a wide range of educational information and activities which will make your schools visit to Glasnevin Museum both engaging and fun. The factsheets and activity sheets within the pack are intended for use by both Junior and Senior Classes and link directly to many of the Skills and Strands within the Primary SESE History Curriculum.
Secondary School Pack
Includes:
- Factsheets and introductory information on each of the following personalities and topics:
Daniel O Connell, Michael Collins, Charles Stewart Parnell, Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, Éamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, Countess Markievicz, Michael Cusack, Robert Erskine Childers, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Anne Devlin, Grave Robbers and Unmarked Graves.
- Source Documents:
A Copy of Grave Papers for Michael Collins, Minutes of Dublin Cemeteries Committee Meetings(Chairman Daniel O Connell), Registry entry for Éamon de Valera, An engraving of a Victorian funeral, An engraving of Grave Robbers in action, A Map of Glasnevin Cemetery 1906, An engraving of Daniel O’Connell’s funeral and a copy of the O’Donovan Rossa funeral papers.
On confirmation of your booking and a deposit paid, a Secondary School Teacher’s Pack will be sent via email or post. Teachers can use these resources either pre or post Glasnevin Museum visit.
Tour Menu
In addition to tours designed for key stages in the educational curricula, Glasnevin Museum offers special interest tours which can be booked for groups:
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Women of Glasnevin Tour
Celebrating Rebels, Romantics and Heroines, amongst the graves the tour will visit are Anne Devlin, Countess Markievicz, Margaret Burke Sheridan, Sinead De Valera and Hanna Sheehy Skeffington.
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Literary & Culture Tour
From Arthur Griffith to Zozimus, via Brendan Behan and Gerard Manley Hopkins, this tour visits the graves of some of the literary and cultural figures resting within the walls of Glasnevin Cemetery.
The Religions of Glasnevin Tour
Set up in 1832, Glasnevin Cemetery was for people of all religions and no religion and now is the final resting place of people from 25 religions. This tour explores some of the traditions and beliefs of those buried in the Cemetery.
Joycean Tour
Glasnevin Cemetery, the heart of the Hibernian necropolis, has many links to James Joyce’s life and writing. From the Hades Chapter in Ulysses which takes place in the Cemetery, to the family grave which is the final resting place of his parents. This tour takes a walk through the life, time and imagination of James Joyce.
Military History Tour
Glasnevin Cemetery is the place of rest of many who fought in conflicts around the globe. This tour tells the story of some of these forgotten heroes, from those who fought with Wellington in the Napoleonic campaigns, through to the American Civil War, in the trenches in World War 1 and the Irish Civil War.
School Trips Booking Information:
Download Primary School Brochure Information
Download Secondary School Brochure Infromation here
Download Museum Booking Form for Schools
