Make It Happen

Celebrating Famous Women of Glasnevin Cemetery

All around the world, International Women's Day represents an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality.

Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for our internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women.

Each year International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. The first International Women's Day was held in 1911. Thousands of events occur to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. Organisations, governments, charities, educational institutions, women's groups, corporations and the media celebrate the day.

To mark International Women's Day at Glasnevin Cemetery on 8th March 2015, we are offering a specialWomen's Tour at 3pm. Please keep eye on this page as this tour is very popular so additional tours might be at different times.

This tour will celebrate the famous women of Glasnevin Cemetery including female rebels, romantics and heroines.

"I should like the words 'alien' and 'foreigner' to be banished from the language." Charlotte Despard.

Amongst the graves you will visit are Anne Devlin, Countess Markievicz, Charlotte Despard, Margaret Burke Sheridan, Sinéad De Valera and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington.

Tickets are €12 per adult or €8 concession. All tickets include entrance into Glasnevin Museum.

Booking is advised. For further information please contact our booking team at (0)1 882 6550 or email booking@glasnevintrust.ie