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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eâRemember now as you go by, as you are now so once was I â¦â\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom unmarked plots to striking monuments, Glasnevin Cemetery has become home to a microcosm of Irish society since it opened its gates in 1832. Every grave has a story to tell, but with more than a million souls resting there, many of these stories have been long forgotten.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Once Was I\u003c/i\u003e sets out to celebrate the quirky, strange and sometimes unbelievable tales of lesser-known figures in Irelandâs famous cemetery. Representing all threads of Irish societyâs rich tapestry, from lion tamers to pioneering aviators, the mistress of the macabre to a mysterious, murderous count, forgotten revolutionaries to the mammy of Irish cooking, the cemeteryâs population is reanimated in this book through vivid retellings of their lives. This intriguing tour through the national necropolis brings back to life those Joyce called the âfaithful deadâ, an intricate mosaic of stories rediscovered among the grandeur of Glasnevinâs famed monuments.\u003c/p\u003e |
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