gallery graves ireland

Glenballyeamon :- "Eamon's townland Glen", here you can find traces of the Glen's ancient forts....

Glenaan :- "Glen of rush lights" famous for the the grave of the warrior poet Ossian....

Glencorp :- "Glen of the Slaughter", an area of hill farms and whin clad slopes....

Glendun :- "Brown Glen", this glen has the wildest scenery of all the Glens....

On Merrion Row, look out for the wought iron gates of the recently restored Huguenot graveyard. Last used in 1901 it is evidence that Dublin was once home to many Huguenots who fled to Ireland throughout the 17th and 18th centuries to escape persecution in Europe....

Glenshesk :- "Sedgy Glen", wild and unspoilt....

One of the mot significant prehistoric cemeteries in Europe. Despoiled by quarrying over many years, the remaining monuments consist mostly of dolmens and small passage tombs. Now under the protection of the office of Public Works, which provides a guide service during the summer months, the preservation of these remarkable stones is ensured....

Carrowkeel, in the Bricklieve hills, is an ancient cemetery of circular mounds dating from the late Stone Age (2500-200BC).

There are some splendid views from the exposed hilltop site....

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...

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....