Places

Just in from a great day spent with the Lisdowney historic graveyard group.

Victorian Cemeteries

Bohermore graveyard in Galway, or the ‘new cemetery’ as it is called was opened in 1880.

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.

Introduction to Renvyle Church and Graveyard

In February 2010 the island of Madeira was hit by a series of storms which resulted in major floods and landslides, causing at least 42 deaths.

Introduction to Aghaboe

Our visiting gravestone memorial iconography expert, Gerry Mullins, got very excited in Kilmanman graveyard, during the second of the Historic Graves, graveyard recording workshops in Co. Laois on Saturday the 2nd of April.

The first of the Historic Graves graveyard recording workshops in Co. Laois took place in Aghaboe Graveyard on Saturday the 26th May. John Tierney, Maurizio Toscano and myself Finn Delaney were joined by Tori McMorran.