Environmental Issues

Gravespace Purchase

Cemeteries and Crematoriums

You can buy a single burial plot only after death of a person.

A single plot can generally accommodate up to 3 burials.

You can’t buy a plot before someone dies and you can’t buy more than one.

The following burial grounds are in use and plots are available to buy:

Ardla
Baldungan
Balgriffin
Ballyboughal
Ballymadun
Balrothery
Balscadden
Donabate
Fingal
Flemington
Garristown
Hollywood
Mulhuddart
Rolestown
St. Fintan's
The Grallagh
The Naul
Westpalstown
Whitestown

The following burial grounds are full and there are no plots available to buy:

Balbriggan
Chapelmidway
Holmpatrick
Kenure
Kilbarrack
Kileek
Killossary
Kinsealy (St. Nicholas)
Malahide
Old Abbey (Howth)
Old Portmarnock
Palmerstown (Oldtown)
Portrane
St. Mobhi
St. Margarets
The Tower (Lusk)
The Ward (Dublin 15)

How much does it cost?

A grave space without foundation for a headstone costs €1,400.

A grave space with foundation for a headstone costs €1,900 - except in Flemington burial ground, where the cost is subject to 13.5% VAT, bringing the total to €2,156.50.

You must have a headstone permit to put a headstone on a burial plot. The person who is making the headstone must apply for a permit on your behalf.

The permit costs €246.

Application for Erection of Headstone (27582 C)

Application & Guidelines for Headstone Flemington (27852 B)

Headstone Application Guidelines for Balgriffin Extension (27582 X)

Ashes can be buried in:

cremation chambers (Fingal and Flemington burial grounds only)
a new burial ground plot
an existing plot

You must contact us before burying ashes.

A cremation plot at Fingal costs €624.25

Charges for the Columbarium Wall/Ashes Niches in Flemington and Balgriffin Burial Ground are as follows;