John Keegan Casey Cross, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin

A postcard print of the Celtic cross memorial over the grave of John Keegan Casey (1846-1870), poet and Fenian activist, in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin. The postcard was published by Walter Benton, Hull.

Details

Level of description: Item
Date: c.1920
Reference: 68
Extent and medium: Postcard print
Scope and content: A postcard print of the Celtic cross memorial over the grave of John Keegan Casey (1846-1870), poet and Fenian activist, in Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin. The postcard was published by Walter Benton, Hull.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > 'The Capuchin Annual' > Photographic Collection > Thematically Arranged Photographs > Churches, Public Buildings and Monuments

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Casey(1)
Day(1)
Patrick(1)
Keegan(1)
Young(1)
Cross(1)

Places

Glasnevin(1)

Sample passages

In Memory of JOHN KEEGAN CASEY, LEO.
BORN BEING AUGUST 1846, DIED ST. PATRICK'S DAY 1870.
BORN BEING AUGUST 1846, DIED ST. PATRICK'S DAY 1870.

Full Transcript (OCR, 1 pages)

Machine-generated OCR transcript. Handwritten material may contain recognition errors.

Page 1

In Memory of JOHN KEEGAN CASEY, LEO. PATRIOT POET NOVELIST MEMBER OF THE IRISH REPUBLICAN BROTHERHOOD AUTHOR OF THE ARLING OF THE NOON AND MANY SOUL STURGING NATIONAL BUILDERS AND SONGS. BORN BEING AUGUST 1846, DIED ST. PATRICK'S DAY 1870. FROM HIS YOUTH HIS LIFE WAS DEFUTED TO THE CAUSE OF IRISH FREEDOM BY THE PAYER OF INTERCESSION FOR HIS COUNTRY'S LIBERTY. AND HIS SOULS SALVATION. WB THIS CROSS IS ENLOTED AS AN HUMBLE TRIBUTE HIS NOBLEST MONUMENT FOR HIS PRESENT COMMITTEE OF THE YOUNG IRELAND SOCIETY LOVE AND TO CONHERORATE HIS PRINCIPAL LIFE HIS WORKS IN WHICH HIS SPIRIT MUST EVER LIVE HIS KEEP IN PRESENCE A Poet's Grave Glasnevin Dublin