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Margaret Corcoran attended our second ever Historic Graves workshop at Kilmanman graveyard in Co. Laois.
Margaret Corcoran attended our second ever Historic Graves workshop at Kilmanman graveyard in Co. Laois.
In the porch of St Peters Church in Ennisnag (http://www.historicgraves.ie/graveyard/st-peters/kk-spen) is a 13th century graveslab which is inscribed Johannes Filius Galfridi (John Fitz Geoffry). The slab was situated in the eastern portion of the graveyard and was relocated to the porch some time after 1952.
The British Cemetery in very accessible in Funchal town centre and should be on every tourist's itinerary if they have any interest in history. Over ten different nationalities are represented in the two sections of the cemetery as Funchal was a key node in global trade networks.
The Jewish Cemetery can be found at the western end of the Rua da Lazareto in Funchal.