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Other famous graves include those of mathematician William Rowan Hamilton and playwright John Millington Synge. The cemetery was operated from 1837 to 1984 by a private company and now belongs to the Massey family. In the 14th century a gallows there was maintained by the Archbishop. One of her final hopes is that people will make a gift to support the work and the wonderful people that changed her life. You can get involved by making a donation, hosting an event or getting your company involved. Isaac Weld (1774–1856), was an Irish topographical writer, explorer, and artist, he was part of the famous Weld family, the Irish descendants of the family were also residents for a period of time of the mansion at Mount Jerome.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. At one side of Harold's Cross is Mount Jerome Cemetery, as mentioned in Joyce's Ulysses, originally one of the residences of an extensive family named Shaw. People buried there include Thomas Davis, George Russell , and Oscar Wilde's father, William Wilde, and mother, in addition to members of the Guinness family and deceased members of the Royal Irish Constabulary. The remains of French Huguenots once buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, Peter's Row , which was demolished in the 1980s, are interred here.
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Mary Aikenhead, founder of the Sisters of Charity order, lived in Our Lady's Mount from 1845 onwards. She bought a large Georgian house at Greenmount from a famous abolitionist family called Webb who were members of the Society of Friends , after she offered more than a rival bid from Mount Jerome cemetery. A new Hospice building was commenced in 1886, and many more buildings followed. The Complementary & Creative Arts therapies Department has been an integrated part of our services since 1994. They play a key role in the holistic care of our patients and residents. The team provides a range of supports to patients including aromatherapy, massage, reflexology, relaxation and meditation techniques.
The parish is an active one with many contributing to its attendant organisations. The church was built on top of the remains of an old stately house called Mount Harold House at the end of the 19th century. Original floor tiles of the house can still be seen on the chapel floor to this day. Anna Gaynor House is a purpose-built eighty-nine bedded residential unit providing a safe and comfortable living environment to those with high dependencies who require 24-hour nursing care. All residents benefit from working with a multidisciplinary team, regular exercise classes and multisensory work such as music and art therapy etc.
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Harolds cross has a single secondary school Harold's Cross ETSS and is served by a variety of other schools in the immediate area. Mount Argus was the official home of Saint Charles of Mount Argus who was a well known Passionist priest in 19th-century Ireland, mentioned as a miracle worker in the book Ulysses, Circe chapter. It also has long-established links with the Garda Síochána and it was officially the church of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. Paul Mary Pakenham who was the son of the Earl of Longford and nephew of Kitty Pakenham . His first mass took place in a house at the time on 15 August 1856. The creation of the cemetery at Mount Jerome in 1836 by the Protestant Church of Ireland was to counteract the popularity of burials, even among people of their own fraternity at that time, for the new Glasnevin Cemetery opened in 1832.
Initially Mount Jerome was an exclusively Protestant cemetery but was later opened up to Catholic burials. There is now also a distinct Islamic plot, to the right near the entrance. In 1804 the sisters of the order of St. Clare moved to the village to run a female orphanage , founded the previous year. This is now the Saint Clare's Convent and Primary School, and is the oldest Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Dublin. Beside the convent is the national headquarters for the Secular Franciscan Order.
Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services
Holding on to the promises and values of our founder Dr Riad Armanious is the reason we've succeeded this far and will be the reason we excel in the future. The area holds Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic parish church, Mount Argus Monastery and church, Saint Clare's Convent and primary school, and the base of Dublin's Russian Orthodox community. The suburb is also home to Dublin's first hospice, Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross. This palliative care facility was founded in 1879 in a house called Our Lady's Mount , which was previously the Mother House of the Religious Sisters of Charity.
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Due to the complexity of the works the project was carried out on a phased bases. The project was carried out in within a live sensitive & acute environment in which existing operations of the unit were maintained and protected during the works. Our service provides information to health professionals on all aspects of drug therapy used in palliative care. It is provided by our Pharmacy department who are also happy to answer any queries you may have. John Charles D'Arcy, father of a famous Church of Ireland clergyman Charles D'Arcy, had a family home in the Mount Tallant area of Harold's Cross.
It closed in February 2017 due to a need to repay debts arising from a major development in Limerick. Honour Bright, a prostitute (real name Elizabeth O'Neill) was murdered in June 1925, and her body found in the mountains. Witnesses last saw her alive at Leonards' Corner, just to the north of Harolds' Cross. Dr Patrick Purcell, a medical doctor in County Wicklow, and Leopold J. Dillon, a Garda, were put on trial charged with the murder but were acquitted.
The De Meones family, who gave their name to Rathmines, also owned lands at Harold's Cross in the fourteenth century. An aspect of the name theories is that Harold’s Cross lies on the ancient Slíghe Chualann, a major South to North route and one of the ‘Five Great Roads’ of medieval Ireland and a key southern entry point into Dublin City via Clanbrassil Street. An inspiration to all those that visit, the garden reflects our belief that Palliative Care is not preparation for the end of life it is an opportunity to celebrate someone special and their time on earth. Our patients’ spiritual and emotional journeys are echoed in this new garden with areas of social interaction as well as areas for quiet reflection, complimented by a variety of sensory experiences and memories for all who visit. To you – their vital life and legacy – and you’ll be joining in a community of kindness, support and celebration.
Services are conducted both in Church Slavonic and English with a smattering of Irish, and the iconostasis includes St. Patrick and St. Brigid. At the southern end of the district, the river's course splits at the centuries-old "Tongue" or "Stone Boat" with part of its flow diverted underground into the "City Watercourse" culvert, while the mainline continues overground, passing through ponds. The Poddle goes underground between Mount Argus and Mount Jerome, then flows along the cemetery boundary, including the Islamic plot, before going into a culvert at Greenmount, heading for the Grand Canal. Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services is a 218 bed hospice providing specialist care for people with a wide range of needs from rehabilitation to end of life care. This is a high quality, person-centred care facility; this sensitive and acute facility provides specialist care to over 1,500 individuals every year. Annually, over 500 new patients are seen by our community homecare team, with a combined total of over 12,370 home visits carried out between our facilities in Harold’s Cross and Blackrock.
Harold's Cross is served by a large variety of education options, at primary and secondary level. As part of the wider National Transport Authority Bus network redesign program Harold cross will be served by the High frequency Bus Connect Spine-F, with up to 5 Minute frequency to the city centre. Harold's Cross has a number of pubs, shops, cafes, an active credit union, and other businesses. Hilary Mills, Clinical Nurse Manager, speaks about the difference Wicklow Hospice makes to the community. By supporting Light Up A Life, you are bringing comfort and relief to many patients and their families. The works involved careful planning in all aspects and stages of the project requiring continual liaison with the clients representative to ensure all works coordinated in the best possible way.
Your generosity and kindness will help ensure our nurses and team continue to provide compassionate and specialist care for patients in our hospices and within their homes. Key elements requiring detailed planning included existing wards within the live hospice environment and all service tie-ins and alterations that were required throughout the project. Careful consideration was given to the planning, management and control of noise, vibration and dust given the extremely sensitive nature of the surrounding environment throughout the project involving detailed planning and use of precise method statements. All method statements were issued well in advance of planned works to ensure client approval and time for any control or contingency measures to be put in place prior to the elements of work proceeding. 36 bed extension and refurbishment of 800m2 of the existing palliative care unit.
Since opening its doors in 2003, Blackrock Hospice has provided vital palliative care services that have helped tens of thousands of patients and their families. There was a well-established community of Quakers in Harold's Cross that operated a number of industries in the locality including cotton, paper and flour milling during the 19th century. Among these industries was the Greenmount Spinning manufacturing powered by the River Poddle, owned by the well-known Pim family. James Pim was commonly known as the "Quaker father of Irish railways. The former Church of Ireland parish church in Harold's Cross, overlooking the Poddle and Mount Jerome Cemetery to the rear, is leased to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church and operates as the Church of Ss Peter and Paul. A substantial congregation, made up of Orthodox immigrants to Ireland along with native Irish Orthodox attend services here.
Harold's Cross Park, a small and well-maintained city park, occupies the site of the original village green and contains a playground, water feature and coffee kiosk. Harold's Cross is situated north of Terenure and Rathgar, west of Rathmines, east of Crumlin and Kimmage, and directly south from the Grand Canal at Clanbrassil Street. It lies within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, and straddles the boundary of Dublin 6, Dublin 6W and Dublin 12 postal districts. Now, we’ve embarked on a state-of-the art refurbishment project to upgrade the facilities at Blackrock Hospice costing €7m. Our aim is to create a high-quality and comforting environment for our patients and their families. The new “state of the art “Palliative Care unit was finished to the highest standards and without impacting on the surrounding services and to full client satisfaction.
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