Founded in 1832, Prospect Cemetery, Glasnevin, rapidly became
the largest cemetery in Ireland and a place of national
importance. This book demonstrates how the Dublin Cemeteries'
Committee conducted its affairs and managed the various aspects
of the operation of the cemetery. In examining the interaction
of the committee with its employees, it focuses on the lives of
the ordinary people connected with the cemetery and provides a
fascinating insight into a particular type of 19th-century
working environment. The establishment of Prospect Cemetery
coincided with burial reform and the rise of the 'garden
cemetery' movement in Britain and Europe. The author examines
the cemetery in that context and assesses how it compared with
its contemporaries in terms of interment practices, design and
layout. This book opens a window onto a broad vista of Victorian
beliefs and attitudes, encompassing moral values, class
consciousness, work practices, approaches to organisation and
management, and design theories and movemen