Relatives of Easter Rising dead reject Glasnevin wall

Relatives of those who fought and died in the Easter Rising will not rule out taking legal action to stop a wall being unveiled at Glasnevin cemetery which commemorates the British army dead alongside their descendants.

Opposition has been mounting in recent months to the ‘necrology’ wall, which is due to be unveiled by the Glasnevin Trust early next month. The trust has described the wall as an initiative “to remember in a non-judgemental way, all who died as a result of the conflict from 1916-1923”.

Fresh from their High Court victory in having an expanded section of Moore Street declared a national monument, James Connolly Heron of 1916 Relatives Centenary Initiative described the plan as “disgraceful”.