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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
Burials in Irish passage tombs tend to be accompanied by a limited and distinctive range of objects. These grave goods include pins fashioned from bone or red deer antler, carved and polished stone pendants, pieces of quartz, flint or chert tools, stone or chalk balls and a distinctive form of pottery called Carrowkeel ware, named thus because it was first noted in Carrowkeel.
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 ...
Glasnevin Cemetery was consecrated and opened to the public for the first time on 21 February 1832. The first burial, that of eleven-year-old Michael Carey from Francis Street in Dublin, [3] took place on the following day in a section of the cemetery known as Curran's Square. The cemetery was initially known as Prospect Cemetery, a name chosen ...
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.
Dean's Grange Cemetery (Irish: Reilig Ghráinseach an Déin; also spelled Deansgrange) is situated in the suburban area of Deansgrange in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland. Since it first opened in 1865, over 150,000 people have been buried there.
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.