RORY GALLAGHER'S GRAVE…read more Rory Gallagher is probably Cork's best known figure internationally and the musician's life is marked by quite a few memorials and plaques around the city. See previous post on his statue in Rory Gallagher Plaza in Paul Street. http://www.qype.co.uk/place/1226575-Rory-Gallagher-Place-Cork?lang=en#review_1195113 His early death caused quite a lot of grief among his fans in the area but at least the music lives on. I saw Rory play in some small venues before he became famous. Quite a few visitors come to check on the places associated with his life and many end up at St Oliver's Graveyard in Carrigrohane, the place where he was buried. Called to St Oliver's myself the other day and you can see my photo attached. St Oliver's is a very large graveyard, with a map on the way in. It is also a lawn graveyard, meaning it is very tidy and graves are easy to find.

ST FINBARR'S CEMETERY St Finbarr's Cemetery on the Glasheen…read moreRoad is one of the oldest and largest in the region. First opened in the middle of the 19th century, it numbers among its graves the final resting places of former Taoiseach Jack Lynch and the rebel Lord Mayors Tomas McCurtain and Terence McSwiney. McCurtain and McSwiney are buried in the Republican plot and other groups to have plots of their own include some religious orders and there is also a baby corner, perhaps the saddest spot of all. Called there today to check some stonework being done on a family grave and had a walk around, taking in the different types of monuments and memorial stones. The graveyard, which has two chapels (no longer used) onsite, had been well laid out from the start and the newer area graves are now devoid of surrounding kerbstones, making it easier to maintain them. You will see different spellings for it but the Cork City Council site uses St. Finbarr's. The site also informs you that there are no longer plots available. For further information on records and so on you may ring the Glasheen Road facility on 021- 4545997 or email, rather ironically, to recreation@corkcity.ie

This cemetery opened in the early 19th century and was the final resting place for many of the…read morericher Corkonians. The place is well laid out and immaculately kept. It is possible to get everywhere by walking on the paths. There is a big chapel there. At the front of the cemetery there is a huge cross and the republican plot. IRA hunger strikers are buried there. Just behind the republican plot of the grave of Tom Barry and his headstone gives his date of death which is often incorrectly given in many books.