Bohermore Cemetery (also known as ''New Cemetery'') is a large cemetery located in

Bohermore Bohermore () is an area of Galway City, Galway, Ireland. It got this name as it was the main road into Galway City from the east in medieval times. The area is known as the location of the large Bohermore Cemetery, also called the "New Cemeter ...

, an area of

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Location

The ''New Cemetery'', as it is more popularly known in Galway, was opened in 1880. It contains two mortuary chapels, one

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and the other

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. It is one of two cemeteries operated by

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, the other being ''Mount St. Joseph Cemetery'' (also known as ''Rahoon Cemetery''). The

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cares for 17 graves from the

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and for 3 from the

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. A memorial to the 99 people who died on 14 August 1958 when Dutch aeroplane KLM Flight 607-E crashed into the sea 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 Pádraic Ó Conaire (28 February 1882 – 6 October 1928) was an Irish writer and journalist whose production was primarily in the Irish language. In his lifetime he wrote 26 books, 473 stories, 237 essays and 6 plays. His acclaimed novel ' ...

(1882–1928),

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author and journalist *

Lady Gregory Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, and wrot ...

(1852–1932), founding member of the

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William Joyce William Brooke Joyce (24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946), nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Fascism, fascist and Propaganda of Nazi Germany, Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the World War II, Second World War. After moving from ...

(1906–1946, known as

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), Irish-American Nazi propagandist, executed for treason * Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin (1826–1901), lawyer and judge *

Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, (30 July 1914 – 25 April 1999) was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), seeing from 1972 to 1980. He succeeded Martin Henry Fit ...

(1914–1999), president of the

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* Victims of the KLM Flight 607-E disaster (1958)

Gallery

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New Cemetery Bohermore-154214 (48318165976).jpg, Family vault of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin New Cemetery Bohermore-154216 (48318286567).jpg, Mortuary chapel Galway, Ireland - panoramio - georama (1).jpg, Mortuary chapel and graves Galway, Ireland - panoramio - georama (3).jpg, KLM Flight 607-E disaster memorial New Cemetery Bohermore-154246 (48318292522).jpg, KLM Flight 607-E memorial and graves File:New Cemetery Bohermore - 154217 (48318167886).jpg, Graves in the cemetery File:New Cemetery Bohermore-154240 (48318175151).jpg, Graves in the cemetery

References

External links

{{commonscat, New Cemetery Bohermore, Bohermore Cemetery
Bohermore’s Victorian Cemetery - Resting Place of the Famous
Geography of Galway (city) Cemeteries in Ireland