Dublin Explorer - Mount Jerome: Cemeteries are remarkable places. During the early Victorian Period politicians, town planners and others were beginning to foresee the demographic consequences of the industrial revolution. Populations growing as employment was created and, crucially, these populations were increasingly urban. As a consequence, they foresaw a problem with burial space in the decades to come. Mount Jerome was an answer to this problem. And they were private enterprises! Mount Jerome is nothing short of fantastic. It's worth a visit for the granite work alone. It's also the burial place of Oscar Wilde's father and, poignantly, the site of mass graves of children from various orphanages around the city.
