Bohermore Cemetery
| Bohermore Cemetery | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Established | 1880 | 
| Location | |
| Country | Ireland | 
| Coordinates | 53°16′52″N 9°02′18″W / 53.2812°N 9.0384°W | 
| Owned by | Galway City Council | 
| Find a Grave | Bohermore Cemetery | 
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Bohermore Cemetery (also known as New Cemetery) is a large cemetery located in Bohermore, an area of Galway, Ireland.[1]
Location
The New Cemetery, as it is more popularly known in Galway, was opened in 1880. It contains two mortuary chapels, one Catholic and the other Protestant.[2] It is one of two cemeteries operated by Galway City Council, the other being Mount St. Joseph Cemetery (also known as Rahoon Cemetery).[1] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cares for 17 graves from the First World War and for 3 from the Second World War. A memorial to the 99 people who died on 14 August 1958 when Dutch aeroplane KLM Flight 607-E crashed into the sea 180 km (112 mi) west of Galway is located just inside the main gates. Several bodies of the passengers are buried around the memorial.[3]
Notable burials
People buried here include:
- Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928), Irish language author and journalist
 - Lady Gregory (1852–1932), founding member of the Irish Literary Theatre
 - William Joyce (1906–1946, known as Lord Haw-Haw), Irish-American Nazi propagandist, executed for treason
 - Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin (1826–1901), lawyer and judge
 - Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–1999), president of the International Olympic Committee
 - Victims of the KLM Flight 607-E disaster (1958)
 
Gallery
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Grave of Pádraic Ó Conaire - 
			
Family vault of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin - 
			
Mortuary chapel - 
			
Mortuary chapel and graves - 
			
KLM Flight 607-E disaster memorial - 
			
KLM Flight 607-E memorial and graves - 
			
Graves in the cemetery - 
			
Graves in the cemetery 
References
- ^ a b "GalwayCity - Cemeteries". www.galwaycity.ie.
 - ^ "Bohermore's Victorian Cemetery - Resting Place of the Famous". Historicgraves. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
 - ^ "City remembers memorial for 99 plane crash victims". independent.ie. Irish Independent. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2023.