 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Bohermore Cemetery" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Bohermore Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Established | 1880 (144 years ago) (1880) |
| Location | Bohermore, Galway |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°16′52″N 9°02′18″W / 53.2812°N 9.0384°W / 53.2812; -9.0384 |
| Owned by | Galway City Council |
| Find a Grave | Bohermore Cemetery |
.jpg)
Bohermore Cemetery (also known as New Cemetery) is a large cemetery located in Bohermore, an area of Galway, Ireland.
Location
The New Cemetery, as it is more popularly known in Galway, was opened in 1880. It contains two mortuary chapels, one Catholic and the other Protestant. It is one of two cemeteries operated by Galway City Council, the other being Mount St. Joseph Cemetery (also known as Rahoon Cemetery). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cares for 17 graves from the First World War and for 3 from the Second World War. A memorial to the 99 people who died on 14 August 1958 when Dutch aeroplane KLM Flight 607-E crashed into the sea 180 km (112 mi) west of Galway is located just inside the main gates. Several bodies of the passengers are buried around the memorial.
Notable burials
People buried here include:
- Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928), Irish language author and journalist
- Lady Gregory (1852–1932), founding member of the Irish Literary Theatre
- William Joyce (1906–1946, known as Lord Haw-Haw), Irish-American Nazi propagandist, executed for treason
- Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin (1826–1901), lawyer and judge
- Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–1999), president of the International Olympic Committee
- Victims of the KLM Flight 607-E disaster (1958)
Gallery
-
Grave of Pádraic Ó Conaire
-
Family vault of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin
-
Mortuary chapel
-
Mortuary chapel and graves
-
KLM Flight 607-E disaster memorial
-
KLM Flight 607-E memorial and graves
-
Graves in the cemetery
-
Graves in the cemetery
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
References
- ^ "GalwayCity - Cemeteries". www.galwaycity.ie.
- "Bohermore's Victorian Cemetery - Resting Place of the Famous". Historicgraves. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- "City remembers memorial for 99 plane crash victims". independent.ie. Irish Independent. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2023.