How many! All these here once walked around Dublin. Faithful departed.’-Ulysses, James Joyce. So wondered Leopold Bloom as he wandered through Glasnevin Cemetery. Within the pages of this book the author Shane MacThomáis, historian to the Cemetery, brings just some of the 1.2million residents here in Ireland’s necropolis back to life. From sporting legends, paupers, children, writers, musicians, artists, revolutionary leaders and political giants, this book records the stories of some of the people who helped shape Ireland’s past and present over the last one hundred and seventy eight years.