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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

MOTION NO. 15

MOTION: Councillor S. Moynihan

To call on the Chief Executive to commit to digitise all paper local burial records for Lucan and Palmerstown (where available), with a particular emphasis on older records, and make these available and searchable to the public as soon as possible, as per the example of DLR https://dlrcc.discovereverafter.com/ and to include photos of all the graves in due course.

REPORT:

In May 2022, a review of burial grounds was initiated at the Environment, Public Realm & Climate Change Strategic Policy Committee (SPC). As part of this review, there are a number of strands which we are currently reviewing. One of these is the digitisation of our burial ground records.

Part of this plan is to create a cloud based integrated Cemetery Management system, to accommodate mapping of plots in all SDCC cemeteries including photographs, record management and an online payment system that will integrate with our current financial system. As part of this, we want to create a public facility whereby members of the public and historians can access burial information.

As part of our draft budget for 2024, we have included €50,000 for the digitisation of Burial Grounds which we are hopeful the Members will agree and approve.