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Things to do in Western Ireland, Ireland: The Best Cemeteries
Discover the best top things to do in Western Ireland, Ireland including Old St. Dympna's Church, Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, Church of the Seven Daughters, Carrowkeel, Bohermore’s Victorian Cemetery, Famine Graveyard Sligo, Kildownet Old Cemetery Headstones, Turlough Round Tower, Yeats's Grave, St. Colman's Church.
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1. Old St. Dympna's Church
2. Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 531 reviews
Reviewed By SFDANR
Get the leaflet at the visitor centre and do the self-guided tour- many intriguing passage tombs - one of the largest neolithic burial sites Probably best for people who thrill on archeology We enjoyed our visit.
3. Church of the Seven Daughters
4. Carrowkeel
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 148 reviews
Reviewed By grainner_313 - Dublin, Ireland
A really impressive site of a number of passage tombs. Some of which you can get into and they are much bigger than you wouod imagine. The signage could be better as you think that you're gone wrong a few times and there is a bit if a climb to get to them. But the views are incredibly impressive when you get there. You can see 4 counties, seeing Croagh Patrick and beautiful lakes. We'll worht a visit
5. Bohermore’s Victorian Cemetery
6. Famine Graveyard Sligo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 8 reviews
Reviewed By UrbanAngel5 - Belfast, United Kingdom
I had read in advance of my trip that this graveyard was difficult to find but in the event I actually happened upon it quite easily. There seems to be two entrances: one through the estate services area of St John’s community hospital. And the one that my Apple maps took me to which is off the Clarion road near St Edwards school. There is a car park and a gate with an interesting choice of design...! The separate Famine Family memorial in a different part of Sligo town is hugely emotive and also well worth a visit.
7. Kildownet Old Cemetery Headstones
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By jamescQ3446OD - Achill Sound, Ireland
So much history and tragedy here in this wild place overlooking the sea. The memorials to the two great Achill tragedies ( Clew Bay and Scotland) recall the unbearable sorrow experienced by this small island community.. Since I first came to Achill 14 years ago, several friends have passed away and are buried in this quiet graveyard. Despite this, there is an overwhelming sense of peace and tranquillity here.
8. Turlough Round Tower
9. Yeats's Grave
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 313 reviews
Reviewed By 442joeo
In his fine poem "Under Ben Bulben" Yeats famously requested his burial place and epitaph, leading to the exhumation of his remains from a grave in France, where he had died in 1939, and their return to this spot in 1949. The final stanza, which concludes with the actual epitaph, reads: Under bare Ben Bulben's head In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid, An ancestor was rector there Long years ago; a church stands near, By the road an ancient Cross. No marble, no conventional phrase, On limestone quarried near the spot, By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! The 6th century Catholic monastery was razed by a local Irish Chieftan in the 12th century, and the 19th c. neo-gothic St. Columba's Church of Ireland built upon it is of only slight interest, but the 10th-11th c. Celtic Cross and Tower that remain are worth seeing, as is the river walk, tea shop, and art gallery. Interestingly, the graves contain both Church of Ireland and Catholic dead and are mostly in separate sections of the grounds. However, a woman connected with the Church's tea shop told me that her Protestant family, much liked by the Catholic population, is buried in the Catholic sections, and that relations between both faiths are very amiable these days.
10. St. Colman's Church
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