GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county DOWN
Down Cathedral / Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Downpatrick, Saint Patrick (Patricius, Pátraic, Pádraig) (5th century), Ireland’s patron saint,…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county DUBLIN
Deansgrange Cemetery Dermot Morgan (1952–1998): An acclaimed Irish actor and comedian, best known for starring as the irascible Father Ted…
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GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county LIMERICK
Caherelly Cemetery, Herbertstown, Dolores O’Riordan (1971–2018) was the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county LONGFORD
Saint John’s Churchyard, Edgeworthstown. Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), a pioneering novelist in literature, known for “Castle…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county MAYO
Ballintober abbey, Theobald (Teabóid na Long / Tibbott-na-Long) Bourke (Burke) (c.1567–1629), Gaelic lord of Mayo…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county MEATH
Dunboyne, Rooske Cemetery former Taoiseach John Bruton was laid to rest there following a State…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county MONAGHAN
Saint Mary’s Churchyard, Inniskeen. Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967), Ireland’s premier poet and novelist in literature, renowned…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county OFFALY
Clonmacnoise. Rory O’Connor (c. 1116–1198), a political and military leader as the last High King…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county ROSCOMMON
Portahard Churchyard, near Frenchpark, Douglas Hyde (1860–1949), First President of Ireland (1938–45), a leading figure…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county SLIGO
Drumcliffe Churchyard (St. Columba’s Church) – The poet and Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats…