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This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland , and include burial sites (including passage tombs , portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens) ) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows ).
This is a list of cemeteries in Ireland. It includes cemeteries in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Only cemeteries which are notable and can be visited are included. Ancient burial grounds are excluded. Ballybough Cemetery, Dublin – old Jewish cemetery opened in 1718 last burial 1957; Ballyoan Cemetery, Derry
The Cabbage Garden (Irish: Garraí an Chabáiste), [1] also known as the Cabbage Patch, [2] is a former burial ground in Dublin, Ireland. It is located off Upper Kevin Street in Dublin's south inner city. [3] Used as a cemetery from 1666 until the 1890s, it is now laid-out as a public park.
Today there is nothing to be seen of this old burial ground. [2] 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 5.8 acres (2.3 ha) in size and opened with the first interment on 6 March 1860 of ...
Ennistymon: This was the first memorial in Ireland to honour those who suffered and were lost during the Great Famine. It is erected across the road from Ennistymon Hospital, built on the grounds of the local workhouse where an estimated 20,000 Irish died and a mass graveyard for children who perished and were buried without coffins. [1]
Donnybrook Cemetery (Irish: Reilig Dhomhnach Broc) is located close to the River Dodder in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland. The cemetery was the location of an old Celtic church founded by Saint Broc and later a church dedicated to St. Mary. The site has been in use between 800 and 1880 with the exception of some burial rights.
It is sometimes referred to as St George's Churchyard, or Saint George's Burial Grounds, Drumcondra. Established on land donated by Luke Gardiner, 1st Viscount Mountjoy in 1793. The Cemetery was adjoining the proposed location for, which instead became the temporary location for St. George's Church, Dublin , which became Whitworth Fever ...
Bully's Acre (officially, the Hospital Fields; Irish: Acra an Bhulaí) [2] is a former public cemetery located near the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin, Ireland. It is 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) in extent.