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51: 31: 270:. However, archaeological investigations have failed to find any human remains and its status as a grave is uncertain. The precise site of the burials was long disputed, all being known was that the dead had been buried on marshy ground near the Royal Barracks. Other reports mentioned that the corpses of the executed were thrown into the Liffey as a public deterrent; the river being tidal at this point. In addition, the 58: 176: 680: 1052: 1207: 790: 1057: 895: 880: 730: 855: 1252: 1232: 1107: 297: 1117: 1072: 1047: 1007: 940: 840: 800: 810: 795: 735: 695: 101: 1237: 1222: 1012: 982: 967: 875: 820: 775: 770: 765: 650: 1177: 1132: 1032: 915: 870: 835: 660: 1242: 1217: 1137: 1027: 972: 640: 635: 1262: 992: 910: 815: 780: 705: 1227: 1082: 900: 700: 1042: 1192: 1162: 1267: 1257: 785: 1202: 690: 920: 935: 1308: 987: 860: 645: 557: 720: 865: 725: 715: 493: 1152: 512: 50: 116: 274:
was realigned in this area to extend the city's quays. The supposed "Croppies' Acre" was for a long time a soldiers' playing field.
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maintains that it was also used after 1798 to bury veterans of the conflict, including Matthew Tone, brother of
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due to anti-social behaviour, including drunkenness and the use of hard drugs. Ownership was transferred to
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Forgetful Remembrance: Social Forgetting and Vernacular Historiography of a Rebellion in Ulster
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Who Fears to Speak of '98'?: Commemoration and the Continuing Impact of the United Irishmen
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at the time. Some rebels' bodies were also exhibited at the Croppies' Hole, tied to
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was also supposedly buried at Croppies' Acre after being hanged at Provost Prison,
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List of monuments and memorials to the Irish Rebellion of 1798
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Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500–2001
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The Memorial Park was designed and laid out in 1998.
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due to their short-cropped hair. It was also called
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(1978). 218: 1053:Fernhill Park and Gardens 954: 609: 546:– via Google Books. 448:– via Google Books. 377:– via Google Books. 350:– via Google Books. 165: 155: 147: 108: 94: 83: 75: 44: 35:The Croppies' Acre, with 28: 23: 746:Farmleigh Estate Gardens 666:Blessington Street Basin 151:1.8 hectares (4.4 acres) 1299:Irish Rebellion of 1798 1218:Sandymount Green (park) 530:McNally, Frank (2019). 334:Collins, Peter (2019). 1289:Parks in Dublin (city) 993:Bridgefoot Street Park 926:Stardust Memorial Park 856:Pope John-Paul II Park 731:Eileen McLoughlin Park 282:Office of Public Works 192: 180: 132:53.347464°N 6.287136°W 1213:Saint Stephen's Green 1158:Mount Pleasant Square 1128:Lansdowne Valley Park 1098:Irishtown Nature Park 1068:Grattan Crescent Park 955:South of River Liffey 756:Garden of Remembrance 239:; they were known as 178: 1073:Griffeen Valley Park 896:St. Catherine's Park 419:"Life in Old Dublin" 390:"Life in Old Dublin" 361:Beiner, Guy (2018). 137:53.347464; -6.287136 751:Father Collins Park 626:Albert College Park 286:Dublin City Council 264:Bartholomew Teeling 160:Dublin City Council 128: /  1123:Killiney Hill Park 1063:Fitzwilliam Square 1043:Éamonn Ceannt Park 841:Oscar Traynor Park 821:Mount Bernard Park 691:Clontarf Promenade 481:. 11 October 2013. 195:), officially the 193:Acra na gCraipithe 181: 1276: 1275: 1198:Saint Enda's Park 1193:St. Audoen's Park 1113:Kenilworth Square 1108:Jim Mitchell Park 1048:Eaton Square Park 946:Wolfe Tone Square 931:Tolka Valley Park 921:Spencer Dock Park 901:St. Michan’s Park 886:Saint Anne's Park 796:Lanesborough Park 696:Coolock Lane Park 511:Falvey, Deirdre. 173: 172: 87:Wolfe Tone Quay, 1316: 1058:Fitzsimon's Wood 1023:Dartmouth Square 936:Tyrrelstown Park 881:Royal Canal Park 871:Rivervalley Park 791:Lady's Well Park 786:King's Inns Park 671:Bram Stoker Park 595: 588: 581: 572: 571: 566: 565: 554: 548: 547: 536:. 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Collins Barracks
Croppies' Acre is located in Central Dublin
Dublin 7
OSI/OSNI grid
O 141 344
Coordinates
53°20′51″N 6°17′14″W / 53.347464°N 6.287136°W / 53.347464; -6.287136
Dublin City Council

Irish
public park
Dublin
Ireland
1798 Rebellion
River Liffey
Collins Barracks
mass grave
1798 Rebellion
Croppies
pikes
National Graves Association
Wolfe Tone
Bartholomew Teeling
Arbour Hill
River Liffey
Office of Public Works
Dublin City Council
List of monuments and memorials to the Irish Rebellion of 1798
"Acra na gCraipithe/Croppies' Acre"

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