Survey Data
Reg No
50130092
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical
Original Use
Mausoleum
In Use As
Mausoleum
Date
1925 - 1930
Coordinates
314677, 236893
Date Recorded
12/06/2018
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding Romanesque Revival mausoleum, built 1926-9, including canopied recumbent effigy of and sarcophagus for Archbishop William Walsh (1841-1921). Pitched scalloped limestone canopy with moulded ridge and cross finials; barrel vaulted underside with interlace ribs. Canopy carried on round-headed arcade on coupled colonnettes on plinths on stepped base with clustered colonnettes to corners having ribboned shafts and foliate capitals. Spandrels at gable ends have Archbishop's blazon flanked by ribbon-tied palm leaves. Recumbent effigy on cushion slab on volute feet on sarcophagus with scrolled consoles to corners. Set in Glasnevin Cemetery with box hedge border to grass plot.
Appraisal
A mausoleum including the recumbent effigy of and the sarcophagus for William Joseph Walsh (1841-1921) who was appointed Archbishop of Dublin in 1885: Walsh succeeded Archbishop Edward McCabe (1816-85) who is interred in an adjacent plot (see 50130091). The mausoleum was designed by John Joseph Robinson (1887-1965), best known as an architect of Catholic churches and as a founding partner, with Cyril Keefe (c.1889-1965), of an architectural practice subsequently known as Robinson, Keefe and Devane or RKD. The mausoleum is in the Romanesque Revival style and is distinguished by fine carving, in limestone and marble, by Albert George Power (1881-1945). The mausoleum forms part of an important grouping alongside the McCabe Mausoleum and the Mortuary Chapel (see 50130075).