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# shane macthomais

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# graves on film
Visitors flock to Glasnevin Cemetery thanks to moving documentary
The cemetery is the last resting place of the likes of Michael Collins, as well as over 1.5 million other people.
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Nov 25th 2014, 9:48 AM
# Glasnevin
One Million Dubliners got such an emotional response, it's still trending on Twitter this morning
There was an overwhelming response to the story of Glasnevin Cemetery and Shane MacThomais.
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Nov 21st 2014, 10:13 AM
Voices
Video column: The Historian – a tribute to Dublin's Shane Mac Thomais
As part of a series of interviews with Dubliners, journalist Eoin Lynch and photographer Deirdre Brennan paint a picture of the characters of the capital.
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Apr 6th 2014, 7:00 PM
Voices
Column: Shane MacThomais was a tireless champion of those forgotten by our history books
Following the untimely passing of the Glasnevin Cemetery historian Shane MacThomais, his friend and fellow historian Donal Fallon remembers a man who was “beloved of Dubliners of all classes and professions”.
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Mar 25th 2014, 8:00 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Mar 21st 2014, 4:48 PM
# RIP
Glasnevin historian Shane MacThomais dies
Colourful tour guide, passionate about preservation of cemetery’s legacy, passed away yesterday.
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Mar 21st 2014, 10:41 AM
# tomb with a view
Bombed staircase in O'Connell Tower at Glasnevin to be rebuilt
Planning permission secured to rebuild structure, 40 years after loyalists blew up original wooden stairs which led to top windows.
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Dec 26th 2013, 8:00 AM