Goldenbridge Cemetery
Mortuary chapel in the form of a Roman temple
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| Established | 1828 |
| Location | St. Vincent's Street, Inchicore, Dublin |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°20′11″N 6°19′01″W / 53.336328°N 6.316816°WCoordinates: 53°20′11″N 6°19′01″W / 53.336328°N 6.316816°W |
| Type | Catholic |
| Style | garden cemetery |
| Owned by | Glasnevin Trust |
| Size | 1.3 ha (3.2 acres) |
| No. of graves | 1,100 |
| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Goldenbridge Cemetery |
Goldenbridge Cemetery (Irish: Reilig an Droichid Órga) is a Roman Catholic garden cemetery located in Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland.
Under the Penal Laws, Irish Catholics could only be buried in Church of Ireland (Anglican Protestant) cemeteries, and the full graveside rites could not be performed — only prayers from the (Protestant) Book of Common Prayer were permitted. Catholic emancipation came in the 1820s, and the three acres at Goldenbridge, purchased by the Catholic Association for £600, formed the first Catholic cemetery in Ireland since the Reformation. The first burial took place on 15 October 1828. A mortuary chapel in the form of a Roman temple was erected in 1829.
The cemetery was placed provocatively next to Richmond Barracks, a British Army installation. Complaints by the 92nd Regiment of Foot about noise and commotion caused by funeral processions passing their barracks led to a hearing by the Privy Council of Ireland. Abraham Brewster, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, limited future interments to those with burial rights only. Glasnevin Cemetery opened in 1832.
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