Bully’s Acre

It became part of the lands of the Royal Hospital under the charter of King Charles II, but by 1680 the area that adjoined the Common Green of Old Kilmainham village, now the site of Kilmainham Gaol, had become widely used as a burial ground. After the dissolution of the monasteries the land where the Knights Hospitaller Priory once stood, evolved into the main graveyard for Dublin city. It is possible that a small cemetery associated with the Priory or Parish Church of St. John eventually spread out across the entire hill terrace of Kilmainham.

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