New crematorium planned for Dardistown cemetery

A NEW state-of-the-art crematorium is to be built on the Northside of Dublin.

The crematorium, which will be constructed at the Glasnevin Trust’s Dardistown Cemetery site in Cloghran, will be a non-denominational facility that will offer an alternative to traditional burials in Ireland.

Funeral services provider Glasnevin Trust said construction will begin this month and the facility is due for completion by the summer of 2016. The crematorium, designed by A&D Wejchert & Partners Architects, will cost

?¬5 million to build.

It meets the highest standards of emissions control and will be one of the most environmentally friendly crematoria in the country.

The public area of the building will be separated into two congregation spaces, each holding 150 people.

In the event of a larger service the two congregation spaces can be merged into one, accommodating up to 300 people.

The congregation space will be designed as an open transparent glazed space surrounded by a row of steel columns supporting the deep overhang of the roof.

The space will be covered with a zinc clad fan shaped roof rising from the south entrance façade to the height of the chimney at the north end of the building.

A high wall of weathered limestone will enclose the crematorium and functional areas.

The building will be set in a grove of trees and high quality exterior lighting and finishes are proposed. Chief executive of Glasnevin Trust, George McCullough, said that once open, the Dardistown crematorium will operate six days a week.

Mr McCullough said it will provide a much-needed service for the greater north Dublin area, as well as Louth, Meath and Cavan.

“The new crematorium will offer a peaceful and tranquil environment for people to visit and pay their respects to their loved ones,

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“All of the Glasnevin Trust cemeteries are non-denominational in keeping with our mission to bury and cremate people of all religions and no religion with dignity and respect.

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Glasnevin Trust opened the first crematorium in the Republic of Ireland in Glasnevin in 1982.

Another one was opened at Newlands Cross on the Southside in 2001.