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cbabe

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26. Brought this documentary to mind, beautiful and haunting.
Sun Jan 8, 2023, 12:37 AM
Jan 2023

One Million Dubliners
Documentary
Every plot has a story…

Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of 1.5 million souls; it is Ireland’s national necropolis. ONE MILLION DUBLINERS reveals the often unspoken stories of ritual, loss, love, redemption, emotion, history – and the business of death.

But this is really a film about life: the Saint Valentine’s Day rush in the florists; the American visitors eagerly searching for Irish ancestors; lost and longed for love; discovery and bereavement; earthy gravediggers and musicians in celebration. Above all, it’s the story of an immensely engaging Tour Guide shepherding his charges – and us – through the headstones and monuments, through opinions and beliefs. Filled with the familiar and the fascinating, this is a documentary that offers a glimpse into the unknown, into a world we will all come to share. Often humorous, always affecting, ONE MILLION DUBLINERS explores life, death and the afterlife, and ends in a way that will stay with you forever. Even in a cemetery you never quite get used to death.

https://www.undergroundfilms.ie/onemilliondubliners

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Hello - I like old cemeteries [View all] Oneironaut Jan 2023 OP
I like the stories half-revealed on the epitaphs and on the groupings of graves. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #1
I always look for veterans Effete Snob Jan 2023 #2
Yes, I do. Elessar Zappa Jan 2023 #3
I do, too XanaDUer2 Jan 2023 #4
Yes, a very helpful site. SergeStorms Jan 2023 #14
When I was in SLC decades ago XanaDUer2 Jan 2023 #15
When I was in SLC decades ago XanaDUer2 Jan 2023 #16
If you have a library card you can access some genaeology sites online Marthe48 Jan 2023 #17
Me too! I'm always on there Oneironaut Jan 2023 #22
I like them too, Haggard Celine Jan 2023 #5
When we were kids, my grandmother used to take us to visit cemeteries Rhiannon12866 Jan 2023 #27
We live near this one LakeArenal Jan 2023 #6
My wife is an amateur genealogist Mr.Bill Jan 2023 #7
Nice. Nice you found great grandfather's name and what a nice gentlemen to go so out of his MLAA Jan 2023 #8
I've checked out a few. West Point was interesting--Norman Schwartzkoph, Westmoreland, panader0 Jan 2023 #9
The DH and I GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #10
Agree with the tiny headstones or lists of names GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #11
I used to be the Genealogist.... SergeStorms Jan 2023 #12
Me too. We lived across the street from one in Nee England Bristlecone Jan 2023 #13
Gravestone Recipes Baked by Rosie Grant cbabe Jan 2023 #18
Thanks for posting this Raine Jan 2023 #25
Recent visit to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA Croney Jan 2023 #19
There are some extraordinary ones in Cape Cod. Paladin Jan 2023 #20
I was in Glasgow in October. Our first stop, after settling in, was The Necropolis. NBachers Jan 2023 #21
I find them fascinating. Laffy Kat Jan 2023 #23
Very interesting. SergeStorms Jan 2023 #28
I do, I love them 💕👍 Raine Jan 2023 #24
Brought this documentary to mind, beautiful and haunting. cbabe Jan 2023 #26
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