The cemetery was placed provocatively next to Richmond Barracks, a British Army installation.

Complaints by the 92nd Regiment of Foot about noise and commotion caused by funeral processions passing their barracks led to a hearing by the Privy Council of Ireland.

Abraham Brewster, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, limited future interments to those with burial rights only.

Until 2017, the last burial was of W. T. Cosgrave in 1965, first President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

[4] The cemetery now forms part of a tourist attraction with nearby Richmond Barracks.