Our Purpose

"To honour and care for all who rest with us, of national and personal significance - entrusted to keep their stories alive."

About Dublin Cemeteries Trust

We are a charitable organisation established in 1828, and are Ireland's leading and most experienced community of Cemeteries and Crematoria. The Trust oversees the work of almost 100 staff across five locations, in the delivery of two core services:

Funeral Services

We are the largest provider of funeral services in Ireland, overseeing thousands of burials and cremations annually across our five cemeteries and three crematoria in Dardistown, Glasnevin, Goldenbridge, Newlands Cross and Palmerstown, and also provide an integrated Headstones & Memorials service to the bereaved. Our exceptional team guide people through their personal experience of death and bereavement; and we support them in the final journey of their loved ones.

Heritage and Education Services

At Experience Glasnevin - Ireland's National Cemetery we invite local, national and international visitors of all ages and identities to explore and connect with our special past - through the stories of those buried here. The cemetery has been beautifully restored and sympathetically designed, including state-of-the-art exhibition and education facilities, a visitor centre and interactive tours.

We conserve and preserve the monuments and records which document our social and cultural history, and the Burial Records and Genealogy service continues to forge vital partnerships and connect with academic, heritage and genealogy interests; This unique academic and national resource contains the burial records of almost 1.5 million people, helping people today to experience meaningful and personal journeys of discovery.

Our Mission

Under the Dublin Cemeteries Committee Act 1970 our mission and purpose for the public good is:

Bury and cremate people of all religions and no religion with dignity and respect,
Ensure the financial sustainability of our cemeteries in order to maintain our grounds, monuments, buildings and records,
Develop museum collections and archives relating to Dublin Cemeteries Trust thereby advancing public knowledge and appreciation of the cemeteries and the history of those buried within, through interpretation, exhibitions and preservation.

Awards

Dublin Cemeteries Trust have been recognised by our peers and governing institutions nationally and internationally, for our heritage and education services and experiences.