- Bohermore Cemetery in Galway City, Pádraic Ó Conaire, the renowned Irish author who passed away in 1928. He was famously commemorated with a statue by Albert Power in Eyre Square, which was later moved to the Galway City Museum.
- Renville, Connemara, Des O’Malley, the former Irish government minister and founder of the Progressive Democrats, was laid to rest in July 2021 alongside his wife, Pat, following a funeral mass held at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook, Dublin.
- Church of St Nicholas, Galway city, Christopher Bodkin (Bodekin/Bodikin) (c.1505–1572), Catholic archbishop of Tuam during the turbulent Reformation period; navigated church politics under Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. Buried in the Church of St Nicholas, Galway city (a major medieval collegiate church).
- Abbey of St Francis, Galway city, Valentine Blake (d. 1652?) Prominent Galway merchant, mayor, and commissioner for the county; representative of the powerful Blake family (one of the Tribes of Galway) in civic and political affairs during the Confederate Wars era.
- Church of St Nicholas, Galway city, Edward Eyre (d. 1683), Cromwellian settler and landowner; acquired estates around Galway (including what became Eyre Square) post-1650s land settlements; influential in developing the city region.
- Abbey of St Francis, Galway city, Helen (Mary Gabriel) Martin (1610–1673, Foundress of the Poor Clares convent in Galway; a key figure in establishing female religious orders in 17th-century Ireland amid penal laws and persecution.
- Church of St Nicholas, Dominick Lynch (d. 1508), Wealthy Galway merchant and civic leader from one of the prominent Tribes families; involved in medieval Galway’s trade and governance.
- Bohermore Cemetery (New Cemetery), Galway City, Lady Augusta Gregory (1852–1932), A playwright and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre, she was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival,
- Bohermore Cemetery (New Cemetery), William Joyce (“Lord Haw-Haw”) (1906–1946), Galway City, Propagandist who worked initially for the English in Ireland during the war of independence and then for Nazi Germany, hanged for treason by his former employers, later reinterred in Galway in 1976,
- Bohermore Cemetery (New Cemetery), Galway City, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–1999), A journalist, author, and former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),
- Forthill Cemetery, Galway City, Mary Devenport O’Neill (1879–1967), A poet and playwright who was a cousin of W, B, Yeats,
- Forthill Cemetery, Galway City, Spanish Armada Sailors (c, 1589), Commemorated by a plaque on the east boundary wall, these are sailors from the Spanish Armada massacred in Galway
- Kiltartan, County Galway, Ellen Quinn, shot by the British army on November 1 1920 with her child in her arms, the famous “two Catholics for the price of one bullet” murder still referenced with pride in British army history and with dismay in a poem by WB Yeats, “Reprisals.”.
- Bohermore Cemetery (New Cemetery), Galway City, Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin (1826–1901), A prominent Irish judge and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland,
- Bohermore Cemetery (New Cemetery), Galway City, KLM Flight 607-E Disaster Victims (1958), A memorial and several victims of this 1958 air crash are buried here,
- New Rahoon Cemetery, Galway City, James Joyce (1882–1941), While the famous author is buried in Zurich, a notable memorial/grave exists in New Rahoon,
- Forthill Cemetery, Galway City, The Blake Family (Various dates), The prominent Galway “Tribes” family, featuring the historic Blake Mausoleum,
List of Graveyards in Galway
Abbey (Knockmoy) Graveyard, Abbeygormacan Graveyard, Addergoole Cemetery (Liscarney), Ahascragh (Fohenagh Graveyard), Annaghdown (St. Brendan’s Churchyard), Annaghdown Cemetery, Aran Islands (Inishmore, Killeany Graveyard), Aran Islands (Inishmore, Kilmurvey Graveyard), Aran Islands (Inisheer, St. Gobnait’s Churchyard), Aran Islands (Inishmaan, St. John’s Churchyard), Ardrahan (St. Teresa’s Churchyard), Athenry (Dominican Priory Graveyard), Athenry (St. Mary’s Churchyard), Ballinakill Churchyard (Letterfrack), Ballinasloe (Creagh Cemetery), Ballinasloe (St. Michael’s Churchyard), Ballindoon Graveyard, Ballybrit Cemetery, Ballyconneely (St. Brendan’s Churchyard), Ballymacward (St. Bernard’s Churchyard), Ballynacourty Churchyard, Ballynakill (Marble Hill Graveyard), Barna (St. James’ Churchyard), Beagh (St. Anna’s Churchyard), Belclare Cemetery, Bohermore (New Cemetery, Galway City), Bullaun (St. Patrick’s Churchyard), Bushypark Cemetery (Galway City), Caherlistrane (St. Mary’s Churchyard), Caltra Cemetery, Cargin Churchyard (Headford), Carna (Moyrus Graveyard), Carraroe (Barraderry Cemetery), Carrowbrowne Cemetery (Galway City), Cartron (Kilconly Graveyard), Castlegar Cemetery (Galway City), Claregalway (Franciscan Abbey Graveyard), Clifden (St. Joseph’s Churchyard), Cloghmore Graveyard, Clonbur (St. Patrick’s Churchyard), Clonfert (St. Brendan’s Cathedral Graveyard), Clontuskert Graveyard, Cloughanover Graveyard, Cummer Cemetery, Donaghpatrick Churchyard, Drumacoo Churchyard (Ballinderreen), Dunmore (St. Nicholas’ Churchyard), Eyrecourt (St. John’s Churchyard), Fahy (St. Jarlath’s Churchyard), Fohenagh Graveyard (Ahascragh), Forthill Cemetery (Galway City), Furbo (St. Colman’s Churchyard), Glenamaddy (St. Patrick’s Churchyard), Gort (St. Colman’s Churchyard), Gurteen (St. Colman’s RC Cemetery), Headford (St. Mary’s Churchyard), Inishbofin (St. Colman’s Churchyard), Inishbofin (St. Leo’s Graveyard), Kilbannon Graveyard (Tuam), Kilbeacanty Churchyard, Kilbegnet Cemetery, Kilchreest (St. Kyran’s Churchyard), Kilconickny Graveyard, Kilconierin Graveyard, Kilconnell (Franciscan Abbey Graveyard), Kilcooley Churchyard, Kilcooly (St. Colman’s Churchyard), Kilcummin (Oughterard Churchyard), Kilkerin Graveyard, Killian Cemetery, Killimordaly (St. Joseph’s Churchyard), Killinny Graveyard, Killora Churchyard, Killower Cemetery, Killursa Churchyard (Headford), Kilmaine (St. Mary’s Churchyard), Kilmeen Churchyard (Loughrea), Kiltartan Churchyard, Kiltullagh Churchyard, Kinvara (St. Coman’s Churchyard), Lackagh (St. Mary’s Churchyard), Letterfrack (Ballinakill Churchyard), Lisheenkyle Graveyard, Liss Cemetery (Portumna), Loughrea (St. Brendan’s Cathedral Graveyard), Menlo Cemetery (Galway City), Milltown Cemetery, Monivea (St. Nicholas’ Churchyard), Moycullen (St. James’ Churchyard), Moyrus (Carna Graveyard), Muckanagh Graveyard, Oranmore (St. Mary’s Churchyard), Oughterard (Kilcummin Churchyard), Peterswell (St. Thomas’ Churchyard), Poor Clare’s Monastery Graveyard (Galway City), Portumna (St. Brigid’s Churchyard), Presentation Sisters Graveyard (Galway City), Rahoon (Old Cemetery, Galway City), Rahoon (St. James’ Churchyard), Renvyle (St. Columba’s Churchyard), Roscam Cemetery (Galway City), Ross Errilly Friary Graveyard, Roundstone (St. Mary’s Churchyard), Salthill Upper Cemetery (Galway City), Shanaglish Graveyard, Sisters of Mercy Convent (Forster Street, Galway City), Sisters of Mercy Convent (Francis Street, Galway City), Spiddal (Knockanima Graveyard), St. Columba’s Cemetery (Galway City), St. Mary’s Dominican Graveyard (Galway City), St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Churchyard (Galway City), St. Patrick’s Cemetery (Galway City), Temple Jarlath (Tuam), Toberbrendan Graveyard, Tooreen Cemetery, Tuam (St. Mary’s Cathedral Graveyard), Turlough Graveyard, Tynagh (St. Laurence’s Churchyard), United Methodist Cemetery (Galway City), Williamstown (St. William’s Churchyard), Woodford (St. John’s Churchyard)
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County Galway:
Ireland’s county Galway offers a delightful mix of cultural heritage and coastal beauty, with Galway City’s Latin Quarter showcasing historic streets and traditional music venues. The Connemara National Park provides hiking trails through rugged mountains and bogs, while the Aran Islands offer ancient stone forts like Dún Aonghasa. Other favourite stop is ithe Kylemore Abbey’s Victorian gardens and coastal cliffs. Galway is Ireland’s second largest county by size (5,939 sq km) and fifth largest by population (277,737). Population peaked at 440,198 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 148,340 in 1966. In terms of hospitality, Galway is Ireland’s third most visited tourist county with around 1,028,000 international visitors per year.
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