GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county KERRY
Listowel, John B. Keane (1928–2002), Prolific playwright, novelist, and humorist; one of Ireland’s most popular 20th-century writers, known for works…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county KILDARE
Bodenstown Graveyard, near Sallins, Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763–1798). Known as the father of Irish republicanism and a leader of…
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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…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county TIPPERARY
Rock of Cashel, Kings of Munster such as Cormac Mac Cuilennáin d. 908, the Rock…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county TYRONE
Clogher cathedral, Pádraig Ó Cuilín (Patrick O’Cullen, d. 1534), Catholic bishop of Clogher; a 16th-century…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county WESTMEATH
Lickbla graveyard near Castlepollard, Joe Dolan (1939–2007) legendary Irish singer and entertainer. Templecross Chapel Cemetery,…
GRAVEYARDS in Ireland’s county WEXFORD
Bunclody Cemetery , Nickey Rackard (1922–1976), the legendary Wexford hurler during the county’s golden age…