Graveyard

The National Monuments Service's description

Annotated 'Cabbage Garden Grave Yard' on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown as a long rectangular shaped graveyard (dims. c. 100m N-S x 50m E-W) aligned N-S and 200m S of St. Patrick's Cathedral (DU018-020086-). The Huguenot burial ground (1660-1858) listed in the Dublin RMP as 'Graveyard Site' (DU018-020163-) appears to be an extension located immediately to the NW of the 'Cabbage Garden Graveyard' which was listed as a 'Graveyard' in the Dublin RMP. The Cabbage Garden Graveyard stands on the former 'gardens and orchards, noted in the Minute Books of the Dean and Chapter of St. Patrick's as Fernley's garden, the Chancellor's garden, Alderman Tighe's orchard, Mr. Kinshelagh's garden, Mr. Forte's garden and Mr. John Cormack's garden' (Fraser 1979, 143). The Cabbage Garden Graveyard was founded around 1666 as an overflow for the crowded cemetery of nearby St. Patrick's Cathedral. An order dated 4th of March 1666 commanded that 'no bodies should, thenceforth, be buried in said church, excepting those who had been at charges in making vaults and erecting monuments there' (Fraser 1979, 143).
The smaller graveyard annotated 'French Burying Ground' is shown on Rocque's 1756 map of Dublin with Old Castle (DU018-020109-) to the N. On this map the Huguenot burial ground is depicted as a narrow L-shaped graveyard aligned on an E-W axis and accessed off the S side of Kevin Street Upper via Cabbage Garden Lane (now Cathedral Lane) which ran S towards the larger graveyard called the 'Cabbage Garden'. The French Burying Ground was an enclosed graveyard attached to the NW corner of the Cabbage Garden graveyard. This is where members of the Dublin Huguenot community who worshipped in St Patrick's Cathedral (DU018-020086-) Lady Chapel were buried (Lennon & Montague 2010, 61). On Rocque's 1756 Map of Dublin City the 'Cabbage Garden is depicted as an enclosed area containing headstones that are depicted on the map. The shape and size of the Cabbage garden depicted on Rocque's 1756 Map matches the shape and size of the graveyard depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map. The present Cathedral Lane was annotated 'Cabbage Garden Lane' on Rocque's 1756 Map of Dublin City. A survey of the graveyard in 1938 by Dublin Corporation recorded the oldest headstone dating from 1703 which belonged to Mr. John Paine. In 1982 Dublin Corporation opened the burial ground as a community park.

Cross-reference with DU018-020163-

See attached section of Rocque's 1756 Map of Dublin showing the 'French Burying Ground' and 'Cabbage Garden and 'Old Castle'.

Fraser, A.M. 1979 The Cabbage Garden. Dublin Historical Record, Vol. 32, No. 4, 142-145.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 2 June 2023

References

Murtagh, D. 1973 Walking around the Liberties. In E. Gillespie (ed.), The Liberties of Dublin. Dublin. O'Brien.

Lennon, C. and Montague, J. 2010 John Rocque's Dublin: a guide to the Georgian City. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.

Rocque, J. 1756 An exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin. Available at https://libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/mapshistDublin Accessed on 5 January .