35-651: Tolka may refer to: River Tolka , a river in Dublin, Ireland Tolka Park , a football stadium in Dublin Tolka (Taz) , a river in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia Tolka, Krasnoselkupsky District , a village in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
70-537: A campaign and prepare a legal opinion proving that there was actually no law passed forbidding praying for a dead Catholic in a graveyard. O'Connell pushed for the opening of a burial ground in which both Irish Catholics and Protestants could give their dead dignified burial. Glasnevin Cemetery was consecrated and opened to the public for the first time on 21 February 1832. The first burial, that of eleven-year-old Michael Carey from Francis Street in Dublin, took place on
105-463: A heart attack 4 days after her rescue from her home. Fairview Park was completely flooded. In the North Strand area, the flood water was up to 4 feet deep. 400 residents were evacuated. The Irish Press called it "the worst day following the worst night in memory". A number of animals died as a result of the flooding, including 12 cows, a donkey, a pig, and pups and poultry. As a result,
140-467: A limited version of their own funeral services in Protestant churchyards or graveyards. This situation continued until an incident at a funeral held at St. Kevin's Churchyard in 1823 provoked public outcry when a Protestant sexton reprimanded a Catholic priest for proceeding to perform a limited version of a funeral mass. The outcry prompted Daniel O'Connell , champion of Catholic rights, to launch
175-517: A major feature of the park. Continuing on past Our Lady's Park, Drumcondra and under Frank Flood Bridge (previously known as 'Drumcondra Bridge'), the river runs behind housing, and the green spaces at the Archbishop's Palace and Clonliffe College, before coming to Ballybough . Below Annesley Bridge at Fairview, around which was originally the river mouth, before reclamation, it runs beyond one last green space, Fairview Park, and turns to reach
210-617: A pack of bloodhounds who roamed the cemetery at night. In 2009, Glasnevin Trust in co-operation with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) began identifying the graves of Irish service personnel who died while serving in the Commonwealth forces during the two world wars . These names are inscribed on two memorials, rededicated and relocated in 2011 to near the main entrance. A Cross of Sacrifice
245-514: Is a large cemetery in Glasnevin , Dublin, Ireland which opened in 1832. It holds the graves and memorials of several notable figures, and has a museum. The cemetery is located in Glasnevin, Dublin, in two parts. The main part, with its trademark high walls and watchtowers, is located on one side of the road from Finglas to the city centre, while the other part, "St. Paul's," is located across
280-689: Is celebrated by members of the parish clergy every Sunday at 9.45 am. The annual blessing of the graves takes place each summer as it has done since the foundation of the cemetery in 1832. The cemetery contains historically notable monuments and the graves of many of Ireland's most prominent national figures. These include the graves of Daniel O'Connell , Charles Stewart Parnell , Michael Collins , Éamon de Valera , Arthur Griffith , Maude Gonne , Kevin Barry , Roger Casement , Constance Markievicz , Seán MacBride , Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa , James Larkin , Brendan Behan , Christy Brown and Luke Kelly of
315-794: Is complicated by connections with the Wad River system). Fingal County Council area tributaries include the East and West Pinkeen Streams, and another waterway in semi-rural Dublin. While Dublin City Council area tributaries include the Scribblestown Stream (visible from Abbotstown to past Dunsink), the Finglaswood (or Mount Olivat) Stream from around Cappagh, the Finglas River (joined by a stream from St. Margaret's Road),
350-720: Is one of Dublin's three main rivers , flowing from County Meath to Fingal within the old County Dublin , and through the north of Dublin city, Ireland (the other main rivers are the Liffey and the Dodder ). By flow of water, the Tolka is the second largest river in Dublin, following the Liffey, but runs more slowly than the Dodder. The Tolka rises east of Dunshaughlin , County Meath , and by-passes Dunboyne , from where it receives
385-531: Is the setting for the "Hades" episode in James Joyce 's 1922 novel Ulysses , and is mentioned by Idris Davies in his poem Eire . Shane MacThomais, the cemetery's historian, was the author and contributor to a number of published works on the cemetery, prior to his death in March 2014. The documentary One Million Dubliners was released in 2014, featuring stories about the history and operation of
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#1732775482683420-537: The Castle Stream tributary. From Clonee, where it is joined by the Clonee Stream at the eastern end of the village, it flows into County Dublin. The river continues through Damastown and Mulhuddart , Blanchardstown , and Ashtown (southwest of Finglas ), and the southern edges of Finglas itself, and then the north Dublin suburban districts of Glasnevin and Drumcondra where it comes closest to
455-790: The Royal Canal near Binn's Bridge. At the southern side of Tolka Park it forms the border between Ballybough and Fairview , Fairview and North Strand , before entering Dublin Bay between East Wall and Clontarf . The Tolka has many tributaries, the first major one being the Castle Stream at Dunboyne, then it's the Clonee Stream East of Clonee, which both fall within the borders of County Meath. There are at least fourteen infalls within Dublin City boundaries (the count
490-703: The Claremont Stream which joins the Tolka near Bon Secours Hospital, the Cemetery Drain (so-called as it runs near Glasnevin Cemetery ) before joining the Tolka just past the Botanic Gardens , the Hamstead Stream (from the area now occupied by Hamstead Park and DCU ), inflowing somewhat downstream of Mobhi Bridge, and a small stream from around St. Patrick's Teacher Training College, Drumcondra . The last few tributaries connect to
525-599: The Dubliners . The grave of Michael Collins, the nationalist leader who was killed in the Irish Civil War in 1922, is among the most visited sites in Glasnevin. Around him were buried at least 183 soldiers of the Irish Free State. In 1967 their names were recorded on a memorial around Collin's grave. In 1993 a mass grave at the site of a Magdalene laundry , institutions used to house "fallen women",
560-639: The River Tolka flooded areas in Glasnevin, Drumcondra, Fairview, Ballybough, North Strand and East Wall. North Strand was particularly badly hit, and it became known as the Great North Strand Flood. The heavy rainfall began on 8 December 1954, with the emergency services deploying boats to rescue residents from Botanic Avenue, the Richmond Road, Grace Park Avenue, and the wider North Strand area. The spring tide happened at 12:40am on
595-692: The Tolka, most notably via a link with the Claremont Stream, and with the Wad River Diversion, which flows along Ballymun Road and Glasnevin Avenue (the Wad's main outfall to the sea is at Clontarf, not far east from the Tolka's mouth). The path of the river through Dublin takes it through a number of parks. It passes initially through the Tolka Valley Linear Park near Blanchardstown, then between trees north of River Road, then along
630-492: The Tolka. On 22 July 2014, it was reported that a pollution incident had led to a major fish kill on the river. Others of note are regular sightings of kingfisher , bats and grey heron . The river holds a large stock of small wild brown trout, this is topped up a few times a year by the angling club for competitions. Glasnevin Cemetery Glasnevin Cemetery ( Irish : Reilig Ghlas Naíon )
665-585: The area of the cemetery has now grown to approximately 124 acres. This includes its expansion on the southern side of the Finglas Road with the section called St. Paul's. The option of cremation has been provided since March 1982. Glasnevin Cemetery is under the care of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee. The development of the cemetery is an ongoing task, and includes a number of expansion and refurbishment tasks. The Catholic Mass
700-473: The austere, simple, high stone erections of the period up until the 1860s, to the elaborate Celtic crosses of the nationalistic revival from the 1860s to the 1960s, to the plain Italian marble of the late 20th century. The high wall with watchtowers surrounding the main part of the cemetery was built to deter bodysnatchers , who were active in Dublin in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The watchmen also had
735-466: The classic conditions for a severe flood in the Tolka occurred, these being winter conditions with heavy rain in the previous days and weeks leading to saturated conditions followed by sustained severe rain over around 48 hours. On 28 September 2011, it was reported in the press that salmon have returned to spawn in the River Tolka for the first time in over 100 years. It was reported in 2013 that an Irish Wildlife Trust survey found otters living along
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#1732775482683770-521: The following day in a section of the cemetery known as Curran's Square. The cemetery was initially known as Prospect Cemetery, a name chosen from the townland of Prospect, which surrounded the cemetery lands. Besides the famous interred at Glasnevin, nearly 800,000 people have been buried in Glasnevin in unmarked mass graves due to the death toll from the Great Famine of the 1840s and a later cholera epidemic. Originally covering nine acres of ground,
805-669: The morning of 9 December, seeing the River burst its banks at 1:30am and led to the Great National Railroads Bridge railway bridge which served the Belfast line at East Wall Road being swept away at 4:30am. The debris from the collapsed bridge blocked the river and exacerbated the local flooding. There were 2 fatalities: one elderly woman died in her flooded home in St Bridget's Cottages, and another died of
840-406: The mouth of the River Tolka was widened east of Annesley Bridge a number of years later. This helped to restore the flow of the river which had been affected by the reclamation of the sloblands. The railway bridge was eventually replaced with a Bailey Bridge . In November 2002, flooding caused extensive damage to residential areas along the Tolka banks. After this, much work was done to strengthen
875-452: The river's flood defences, and following heavy flooding in 2005, major works to deepen and widen the river were carried out on a number of stretches most notably at Glasnevin Woods and at Drumcondra Bridge. Controversially, the small natural waterfall at Glasnevin Woods was replaced by an artificial stepped fall. Analysis of the hydrological conditions giving rise to the 2002 flood showed that
910-562: The road and beyond a green space, between two railway lines. A gateway into the National Botanic Gardens , adjacent to the cemetery, was reopened in recent years. Prior to the establishment of Glasnevin Cemetery, Irish Catholics had no cemeteries of their own in which to bury their dead and, as the repressive Penal Laws of the eighteenth century placed heavy restrictions on the public performance of Catholic services, it had become normal practice for Catholics to conduct
945-560: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tolka&oldid=1092594691 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages River Tolka The River Tolka ( / ˈ t ɔː l k ə / ; Irish : An Tulcha , "the flood"), also once spelled Tolga ,
980-491: The sea between East Wall and western Clontarf. The river floods infrequently but with occasional severity. It is not "flashy" like the Dodder but builds up over a period. Notable floods occurred in October 1880, December 1954, November 1965, August 1986 ( Hurricane Charley ), November 2000, November 2002, January and April 2005, August 2008 and October 2011; those of 1954 and 2002 were the most severe. In early December 1954,
1015-474: The southern edge of the Tolka Valley Park in the western City Council area, where it receives a tributary which provides the source of water for a pond featuring considerable birdlife, including swans, ducks and herons. A large landscaped pitch and putt facility operated by Dublin City Council is situated on the southern side of the park, just south of the meandering river. The river then flows past
1050-462: The tidal part of the Tolka, or its estuary, but have been confused by the merging of natural watercourses and city drainage lines. There are at least four such watercourses, including the multi-branched water sometimes called the "Grace Park Stream", another sometimes "Middle Arch Stream" and the Marino Stream. In 1973, historian Michael J. Tutty wrote of the Finglas River tributary that it
1085-568: The tree-lined recreational areas adjacent to Glasnevin Woods and Violet Hill and forms the northern boundary of Glasnevin (Prospect) Cemetery before meeting the National Botanic Gardens. The river forms the northern border of the Botanic Gardens except for the beautiful Rose Gardens situated on the northern side and accessed via a bridge. Thereafter it passes Glasnevin village and flows into Griffith Park where it forms
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1120-552: Was constructed within the cemetery grounds by Glasnevin Trust. Since then, the service has been used for people of various religious denominations who wished to be cremated. A feature of the cemetery is the Glasnevin Trust Museum, designed by A&D Wejchert & Partners Architects and opened in 2010. It includes a café. The cemetery also runs tours, hosts educational groups and has support for genealogists and those studying family history. Glasnevin Cemetery
1155-518: Was discovered after the convent which ran the laundry sold the land to a property developer. The Sisters from the Convent arranged to have the remains cremated and reburied in a mass grave at Glasnevin Cemetery, splitting the cost of the reburial with the developer who had bought the land. The cemetery also offers a view of the changing style of death monuments in Ireland over the last 200 years: from
1190-532: Was erected in the cemetery, in a joint Irish-British commemoration ceremony, to mark the First World War centenary . As of July 2019, there are 215 service personnel of the Commonwealth of both wars identified as buried here. Glasnevin is one of the few cemeteries that allowed stillborn babies to be buried in consecrated ground and contains an area called the Angels Plot. In 1982, a crematorium
1225-490: Was named from the Irish Fiona Glass meaning a clear stream, "...but in the occasional glimpse one can get of the stream now-a-days it is far from clear. The river Tolka itself for miles in either direction is in a filthy condition and our "clear stream" in joining it carries even more dangerous pollution into an already poisonous flow of water". The Wad River system, coming from north Ballymun, interconnects with
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