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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 ).
Carrowkeel is a cluster of passage tombs in south County Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic era. [2] The monuments are on the Bricklieve Hills (An Bricshliabh, 'the speckled hills'), overlooking Lough Arrow, and are sometimes called the Bricklieve tombs. [3]
The Shankill Graveyard is one of the oldest cemeteries in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was used for active burials for more than 1,000 years. [1] Since 1958 it has no longer been an active burial site. The oldest standing headstone was erected to the memory of George McAuley who died in 1685.
The last major conflict in the 26 counties involving the British Army was the Irish War of Independence. There are graves of soldiers killed between 1919 and 1921. [18] There are also the graves of 12 British military personnel (one of whom is an unidentified airman) who died in World War II. [19] The last burial took place in 1999. [20]
Jack Doyle's grave Sinking of RMS Lusitania Memorial. The Old Church Cemetery (also known as Cobh Cemetery) is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193 [1] victims of the passenger ship RMS Lusitania which ...
Loughcrew or Lough Crew (Irish: Loch Craobh, meaning 'lake of the tree') is an area of historical importance near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland.It is home to a group of ancient tombs from the 4th millennium BC, some decorated with rare megalithic art, which sit on top of a range of hills.
Kilmorgan Church and Burial Ground consists of the remains of a small church, likely from the 17th century, and a now disused burial ground containing a variety of graves including family vaults. It lies in the townland of Kilmorgan ( Irish : Cill Mhurchon ), also giving its name to the civil parish and half parish where it resides.
St. Mary's church is built on the site of another pre-reformation church dating to the 12th century. This site includes both war and Irish Famine memorials. County Westmeath. Mullingar: the Famine Memorial Fountain stands on Oliver Plunkett Street in the town. County Wicklow. Ballyhogue Famine Wall, Ballyhogue, Bree [3]