gallery graves ireland

Six miles from Sligo lies the peaceful setting of Drumcliffe. It was here WB Yeats asked to be buried "Under Bare Ben Bulben's Head". In the nearby churchyard, a simple headstone marks the spot. A monastic establishment was founded at Drumcliffe in AD 745 by Saint Columba. There remains the lower portion of a round tower and an intricately sculptured Celtic Cross. Some of the panels are particularly interesting....

One of the mot significant prehistoric cemeteries in Europe. Despoiled by quarrying over many years, the remaining monuments consist mostly of dolmens and small passage tombs. Now under the protection of the office of Public Works, which provides a guide service during the summer months, the preservation of these remarkable stones is ensured....

The ancient Graveyard of Killbroney is situated on the Hilltown Road about a half a mile from Rostrevor. The ruins of the 12th Century Church of St. Bronach can be found here and nearby, St Bronach's Well (over which a shrine was erected in 1938) is said to have curative properties. St. Bronach's Bell, which dates back to the early Christian era is now on display in the local Roman Catholic Church, having been discovered in a fallen oak tree near the Old Chapel in 1855. The Giant Murphy's Gr...

Last resting place of John Redmond, who became leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party at Westminister in 1900. He brought the Party together after it was fragmented by the scandal of Charles Stewart Parnell and his affair with Kitty O' Shea. Parnell was a charismatic leader who fought the cause of the Irish tenant farmer and Home Rule for Ireland through the Parliament at Westminister. He died in 1891, leaving a nation bitterly divided after his controversial downfall. Redmond actively rec...

On Merrion Row, look out for the wought iron gates of the recently restored Huguenot graveyard. Last used in 1901 it is evidence that Dublin was once home to many Huguenots who fled to Ireland throughout the 17th and 18th centuries to escape persecution in Europe....

Twenty one burials of a similar date were identified in Professor O'Kelly's excavation of this wedge-shaped gallery grave....

This area has strong connections with the Anglo-Norman Agnew family, and the cemetery has many stones of early families associated with the castle and surrounding areas....

"Glen of the Army" this is the age old home of the McDonnell's accient clan....

Glencloy :- "Glen of Hedges" this is and area of stone dykes....

Glenballyeamon :- "Eamon's townland Glen", here you can find traces of the Glen's ancient forts....