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Situated south of the modern village of Glynn, it is said that the church ruin there dates back to a foundation established by St. Patrick. There are many old stones, including some bearing coats of arms....

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...

This area is rich in sites that stretch much further back into history, back to the beginnings of Christianity in Ireland, and back still further to the time of the Celts. Ardstraw Graveyard is all that remains of the church founded by St Eoghan in the 6th Century which remained the seat of the local bishop until the 12th century, when it came under the power of the bishop of Derry....

The ruins of what is believed to be an old church are within the bounds of the cemetery, where many armorial stones relating to early Scots families who settled in the area in the 17th century can be found....

This is the oldest of the burying grounds in the town, and among the families associated with it are the Smiley's, who were prominent in bygone years. Buried in the Smiley plot is Dr. James McHenry, a local author who spent some time in the United States....

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

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....

Many of the plots of families who trace their roots to the 17th century settlement of the area can be found here. St. John's Parish Church, around which the cemetery is sited, dates back over 400 years....

A shallow bank and ditch some 270 feet in diameter encloses an earthen cairn about 50 feet in diameter and 10 feet high. Excavation of the cairn in 1980 showed the mound to have contained a stone-lined chamber with the remains of a Stone Age adult male and a child buried around 350 B. C. and accompanied by decorated Neolithic pottery....

An old spanish Chestnut tree which can be found there is said to have grown from a seed in the pocket of a sailor drowned off the coast during the time of the Spanish Armada in 1588; legend has it that his body was washed ashore and buried at Cairncastle. Other interesting graves in the cemetery include that of local clergyman and historian Rev. Classon Porter, who once lived at nearby Ballygally Castle and whose tombstone is in the shape of a Celtic Cross. Inside the church is a baptismal fon...