dublin union 1921?..

[anncor]

i have just received details of a grave in glasnevin.Iwas looking for a patrick deegan and trying to figure out if this was my relation.There are 6 names in the grave .None of them are connected to each other and all death dates are the same month and the same year.It also has union order or dublin union on them.Does anyone have any idea what this means.Surnames in grave are Deegan,Malone,Brennan,Devine,Mc Hughand Kerley.

[shanew147]

probably refers to the workhouse of the North Dublin Union, which was on Nrth. Brunswick Street


Shane

[anncor]

yes but what im trying to figure out is why they were all buried together with the same death date?

[Pastmagic]

Is the extended record available? This might give cause of deaths, ages etc. Could be an epidemic of flu, ora group of elderly people dying around the same time. Is the owner of the Grave given as the Dublin Union Workhouse?

[anncor]

Thanks for replying.Igot the extended version and 2 of the six names have Dublin Union and the third one says Union Order and the other 3 have adressess in Dublin and no cause of death .Any ideas? 

[Pastmagic]

Is Patrick Deggan one of the Union ones or does he have an address?

[anncor]

Patrick Deegan has an address of 61 Cork Street  and Union Order underneath that and he is the first name on the page. Thanks again for your time .It has me baffled.

[ambyrne1]

Its probarly a paupers grave they didnt have the money to bury their loved ones. The graveyard could have one or two graves open at a time and whoever dies in that period is buried in one of these graves...

Just my idea on why you have all different names in the one grave. My GGrandfather is buried the exact same way in Glasnevin

[Pastmagic]

There was a Fever Hospital in Cork St for several decades. It was still in use in 1921. Don't know the number, but it is possible he died  a pauper there, hence the Union Ref. PM