St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton
{{short description|Cemetery in Sutton, Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox Cemetery
|name = St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton
|image = Fintans-church-sutton-adamkeegan.jpg
|caption =St. Fintan's cemetery
|established =
|country = Ireland
|location = Carrickbrack Road, Sutton, Dublin
|coordinates = {{Coord|53.378292|N|6.092058|W|display=it}}
| map_type = Dublin
|type = Public
|owner = St. Fintan's Parish
|size =
|graves = 1,400+
|website ={{URL|stfintansparish.ie}}
|findagraveid = 639641
}}
St. Fintan's Cemetery is located in Sutton, on the south side of Carrickbrack Road in Dublin, Ireland.
The cemetery is laid out in several sections: original with a ruined keeper's cottage and the remnants of old St. Fintan's Church, 1889, 1907 and 1954 extensions, and St. Fintan's Lawn Cemetery divided to St. Marnoc's, St. Assam's, St. Barroc's, St. Nessan's a St. Polan's. Just beyond the older portion is the still-flowing, still-visited St. Fintan's Holy Well.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
History
The original St. Fintan's church and cemetery is believed to be a monastic site dating from the 6th or 7th century although the remaining church is likely an early Norman structure.{{cite web |title=St Fintan’s Well {{!}} Fingal County Council |url=https://www.fingal.ie/arts-and-culture/st-fintans-well |website=www.fingal.ie |access-date=9 September 2024 |language=en}}
Notable people buried in the cemetery
{{further|Category:Burials at St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton}}
- Jack Belton, TD, Lord Mayor of Dublin
- Frankie Byrne, Broadcaster
- Gay Byrne, RTÉ radio and TV presenter{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/on-gay-byrnes-final-journey-from-his-beloved-howth-town-falls-silent-remembering-one-of-its-own-38673903.html|title=On Gay Byrne's final journey from his beloved Howth, town falls silent remembering one of its own|newspaper=Irish Independent|first=Liam|last=Collins|date=8 November 2019|accessdate=15 February 2022|archive-date=17 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017044655/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/on-gay-byrnes-final-journey-from-his-beloved-howth-town-falls-silent-remembering-one-of-its-own-38673903.html|url-status=live}}
- Frank Cahill, Irish nationalist, teacher and political
- Frank Cluskey Leader of the Labour Party 1979–1981
- Pádraic Colum and Mary Colum, writers{{cite web|url=http://leabharlann.spd.dcu.ie/EnglishSite/Collections/r.html|title=Cregan Library, Padraic Colum|last=Leen|first=Brendan|access-date=4 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716142440/http://leabharlann.spd.dcu.ie/EnglishSite/Collections/PadraicColum3.html|archive-date=16 July 2012|df=}}
- Maureen Cusack, actress
- Hilton Edwards, director, buried with Micheál Mac Liammhóir
- Gerald FizGibbon, judgeDictionary of National Biography 1912 Supplement p. 31
- Charles Haughey, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland who was buried here following a State funeral{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/haughey/newsstory1.htm|title=Haughey laid to rest after sombre State funeral|publisher=The Irish Times|date=16 June 2006|access-date=4 February 2010|archive-date=28 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128061257/http://www.irishtimes.com/focus/haughey/newsstory1.htm|url-status=live}}
- Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0416/hillerypj.html|title=Hillery laid to rest after State funeral|publisher=RTÉ News|date=16 April 2008|access-date=4 February 2010|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024130528/http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0416/hillerypj.html|url-status=live}}
- John Hunt, antiquarian
- Mainie Jellett, artist
- Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus, Irish politician, lawyer, and environmentalist
- Phil Lynott, iconic rock musician, formerly of the band Thin Lizzy{{cite web|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2878088.html|title=Phil Lynott: an epitaph|last=Graham|first=Bill|publisher=Hot Press|date=9 August 2006|access-date=4 February 2010|archive-date=12 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212175203/http://hotpress.com/archive/2878088.html|url-status=live}}
- Micheál Mac Liammóir, author and playwright{{cite web|url=http://www.dublin.ie/cemeteries/?pageID=8&siteID=872|title=Dublin Cemeteries|access-date=4 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104170548/http://www.dublin.ie/cemeteries/?pageID=8&siteID=872|archive-date=4 November 2009|df=}}
- Christopher Nolan, author{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0224/1224241710974.html|title=Christy Nolan's remains taken to Sutton church|last=McGarry|first=Patsy|publisher=The Irish Times|date=24 February 2009|access-date=4 February 2010|archive-date=19 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019221428/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0224/1224241710974.html|url-status=live}}
- Tommy Potts, Irish traditional fiddle player and composer{{Cite web|title=Fiddler Tommie Potts Dies|url=https://www.rte.ie//archives/2018/0314/947319-fiddler-tommie-potts-dies/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=RTÉ Archives|language=en|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215142502/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0314/947319-fiddler-tommie-potts-dies/|url-status=live}}
- Feargal Quinn, founder of Superquinn and Senator
- Tom Stafford, Mayor of Dublin
- William Stokes, physician
- Stardust fire, victims of the nightclub fire in 1981
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission registers and maintains two graves of British service officers of World War II, one of the Royal Air Force (in the old ground) and another of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (in the newer extension).{{Cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2069288/sutton-st-fintan-s-cemetery/|title=Sutton (St. Fintan's) Cemetery {{!}} Cemetery Details {{!}} CWGC|website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|access-date=26 April 2023|archive-date=26 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426014413/https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2069288/sutton-st-fintan-s-cemetery/|url-status=live}}
References
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