Before this burial ground opened, there were two other burial grounds in Dublin. One in Cork Street and the other located off
St. Stephen's Green on York Street. The ground on York Street was sold in 1805 for the building of the
Royal College of Surgeons. Today there is nothing to be seen of this old burial ground. The Cork Street burial ground, which dates from the 1690s, is located beside the James Weir Home for Nurses, opposite the old
Cork Street Fever Hospital. The Friends Burial Ground at Temple Hill is in size and opened with the first interment on 6 March 1860 of Hannah Chapman. All the gravestones in the burial ground are uniform in size and are inscribed with only the names and dates of who they are for. This is in keeping with the Quaker rules for interment. It is noted that some of the Quaker families interred here are Allen, Grubb, Fairbrother, Goodbody, Haughton, Pim, Todhunter, Sparrow Walpole and Waring. The burial grounds are under the care of the Dublin Monthly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends in Ireland. ==Notable burials==