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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 08, 2020

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor R. McMahon

To ask the Chief Executive to give an update on survey of the Old Cemetery in Bohernabreena - St Joesph’s Cemetery - as to the number of unused plots and ownership of same and also to the legal situation and practicalities in regard to taking these plots back.

REPLY:

The Burial Grounds administration team in Public Realm have commenced the transfer of burial ground records from a paper format to a digital format. This will take a considerable period to complete. The old paper records make the extraction of details for requests such as this one difficult and require confirmation of records against the actual situation in the burial ground.

The oldest section of the St Joseph’s Cemetery in Bohernabreena is section A, which has 421 plots. A preliminary audit of this section indicates that there are 4 unassigned and unmarked plots. Further detailed investigations would need to be undertaken to ensure that these 4 plots (or any of them) could be made available for sale.

There are currently over 245 plots available in Bohernabreena Cemetery with the capacity to expand by a further 2,000 plots as required.