Heritage Week in Dublin: Cholera graves and moving statues
Seminar to highlight discoveries made during development works for Luas Cross City
A statue of Sir Thomas Moore being moved in Dublin city centre in May 2014. It is to be reinstated later this year. File photograph: Donncha Ó Dúlaing/TII
The excavation of a cholera burial ground at Grangegorman in 2015, during development works for Luas Cross City. File photograph: Barrow Photography
The discovery of a 19th century cholera graveyard in Grangegorman and the decline of Dublin’s trams following the 1916 Rising will be highlighted at a seminar in Dublin to mark Heritage Week.