A contemporary postcard image of the 'IRA and Fenian plots' (later the republican plot), and of Ashe's grave; the current headstone had not yet been erected. Having been the location of his funeral in 1917, this area of the cemetery would subsequently be developed very deliberately as a memorial space for Irish republicans and is now the most famous single area of the cemetery (Glasnevin Trust).
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