Memorials and graveyards in County Derry
The Discover Alone map has 252 memorials and graveyards in County Derry, Ireland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Where Jane Ross recorded Danny BoyMemorialCounty Derry holds the memory of Jane Ross recording Danny Boy, though the exact room and moment have faded from public…
War MemorialMonumentWar Memorial stands in County Derry, a stone marker for lives lost in distant conflicts. The exact date and event are…
Ulster War Memorial Clock TowerMemorialUlster War Memorial Clock Tower stands in County Derry, marking the borderlands where memory and marble collide. The…
Siege Heroes MemorialMonumentSiege Heroes Memorial stands in County Derry, marking the defiance of a besieged city rather than a single battle or…
Seamus HeaneyMemorialSeamus Heaney, born in 1939 in Tamniaran and buried in Bellaghy, turned the muddy rhythms of County Derry into poems so…
H-Block MemorialMemorialH-Block Memorial stands in County Derry, marking a place where memory must remain visible rather than buried under…
Diamond War MemorialMemorialDiamond War Memorial rises almost forty feet of bronze and Portland stone on The Diamond in Derry, bearing the names of…
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILREA OLD CHURCH or KILREA O'DIAMOND in KilreaCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILREA OLD CHURCH or KILREA O'DIAMONDKilrea Old Church stands in County Derry as a medieval and post-medieval worship site where living people once prayed…
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in DownhillCHURCH & GRAVEYARDDownhill church and graveyard stand scheduled in County Derry, preserving a medieval to seventeenth-century place where…
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ENAGH or DOMNACH DOLA in TempletownCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ENAGH or DOMNACH DOLAEnagh or Domnach Dola in Templetown, County Derry, is a scheduled medieval church and graveyard where stone boundaries…
Bloody Sunday MemorialMemorialBloody Sunday Memorial stands in County Derry, marking a terrible loss and refusing to let the event fade into…
MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christain-C18th) in CumberMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christain-C18th)The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christain-C18th).…
Seán Ó CianáinMemorialSeán Ó Cianáin belongs to County Derry, where memory and stone still touch. The name resists forgetting, even when…
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYWILLIN in GlebeCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYWILLINBALLYWILLIN in Glebe, County Derry, Ireland, holds a MED/L.MED church and graveyard marked as Scheduled. The place…- Sampson's Memorial TowerMemorialSampson's Memorial Tower stands in County Derry, a stone marker for someone the surrounding land still remembers. The…
- PLANTATION CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in TamniaranPLANTATION CHURCH & GRAVEYARDTamniaran holds a post-medieval church and graveyard dating to the 18th century. The plantation label points to…
- MULTIPERIOD CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; SAINT'S GRAVE; HOLY WELL: TAMLAGHTARD DOMNACH AIRTHIR ARDDA in TamlaghtMULTIPERIOD CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; SAINT'S GRAVE; HOLY WELL: TAMLAGHTARD DOMNACH AIRTHIR ARDDAThe official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MULTIPERIOD CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; SAINT'S GRAVE; HOLY WELL…
- MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in BallinderryMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARDMedieval and post-medieval hands built and buried inside the same Ballinderry earth, layering worship and death across…
- MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christian-Modern): LISSAN CHURCH in Tullynure, ChurchtownMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christian-Modern): LISSAN CHURCHLissan Church in Tullynure, County Derry, has witnessed continuous Christian life from the Early Christian period…
- MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christian-Modern) in Town Parks MagherafeltMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christian-Modern)Magherafelt’s multiperiod church and graveyard has marked the same ground from Early Christian times to the modern day…
- MEDIEVAL & POST MED. PARISH CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DESERTMARTIN CHURCH in KnocknaginMEDIEVAL & POST MED. PARISH CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DESERTMARTIN CHURCHDesertmartin Church stood in Knocknagin, County Derry, as a parish centre from the medieval period through later…
- MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH (in ruins), MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: CLUAIN DA FHIACH in ArdmoreMEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH (in ruins), MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: CLUAIN DA FHIACHCLUAIN DA FHIACH in Ardmore, County Derry, still holds the ruined bones of a medieval parish church beside a modern…
- MEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ST. JOHNSTOWN, SINGINGTONE, RATHSYNE or COULFADE in GlebeMEDIEVAL PARISH CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ST. JOHNSTOWN, SINGINGTONE, RATHSYNE or COULFADEFour names still argue over one buried church in County Derry, but the ground remembers the shape beneath all of them.…
- Martin McCrossan MemorialMemorialMartin McCrossan Memorial stands in County Derry, marking a life or event now faded from ordinary memory. The stones or…
- Largantogher Plantin St Lurachs Church GraveyardCemeteryLargantogher Plantin St Lurachs Church Graveyard is a cemetery in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps buried men and women…
- Graveyard (Possible) in BallynagalliaghGraveyard (Possible)Graveyard (Possible) in Ballynagalliagh, County Derry, Ireland, may hold burials from the C16TH, though no certain…
- GRAVEYARD: PORTVENAGH (unlocated) in MovanagherGRAVEYARD: PORTVENAGH (unlocated)Venagh is an unlocated graveyard in Movanagher, County Derry, recorded for the post-medieval period. The official point…
- GRAVEYARD & Man-made underground passage: NICHOLL'S GROUND in KiltestGRAVEYARD & Man-made underground passage: NICHOLL'S GROUNDNicholl's Ground in Kiltest, County Derry, is a scheduled graveyard and man-made underground passage, though the exact…
- GRAVEYARD & KILLEEN: KILLE BRIEDA in THE Creagh-OtreGRAVEYARD & KILLEEN: KILLE BRIEDAKille Brieda remains a graveyard and killeen within The Creagh-Otre, County Derry, preserving a sacred boundary that…
- GRAVEYARD: KILDOLLAGH in Mill LoughanGRAVEYARD: KILDOLLAGHKildollagh remains a buried graveyard in Mill Loughan, County Derry, preserved only through official recognition rather…
- GRAVEYARD: KELLYMUCK (unlocated) in MovanagherGRAVEYARD: KELLYMUCK (unlocated)Kellymuck is an unlocated late medieval graveyard in Movanagher, County Derry. It is not a display chamber or a modern…
- GRAVEYARD in CroaghanGRAVEYARDYou stand in a graveyard in Croaghan, County Derry, where the land still holds the shape of buried lives. The exact age…
- GRAVEYARD in Ballyneill BegGRAVEYARDBallyneill Beg holds a graveyard whose age and owners have slipped from memory. The land may have swallowed names…
- GRAVEYARD? in AnnaghmoreGRAVEYARD?Annaghmore holds a graveyard marker shrouded in question marks, its exact age and purpose still unknown. The official…
- Giants GraveArchaeological placeGiants Grave sits in County Derry, carrying a name that suggests something larger than human scale. The ground may have…
- Giant's GraveArchaeological placeGiant's Grave marks an ancient burial or ceremonial site in County Derry, where the land still carries the weight of…
- First Magherafelt GraveyardGraveyardFirst Magherafelt Graveyard is a graveyard in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the soil remembers every breath held back…
- Eglish Burial GroundGraveyardEglish Burial Ground is a graveyard in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps rain fills shallow holes before anyone remembers…
- EARLY CHRISTIAN, MEDIEVAL & POST MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYNASCREEN CHURCH in MoneyconeyEARLY CHRISTIAN, MEDIEVAL & POST MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYNASCREEN CHURCHBallinascreen Church in Moneyconey, County Derry, has stood through Early Christian, Medieval and Post Medieval…
- Desertlynn Old GraveyardArchaeological placeDesertlynn Old Graveyard marks a buried chapter in County Derry, where forgotten hands may have laid others to rest…
- Claudy Burial GroundCemeteryClaudy Burial Ground is a cemetery in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps death itself became a character in Claudy, wearing…
- City CemeteryCemeteryCity Cemetery is a cemetery in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the dead lie shallow under grass that breathes with the…
- CISTERCIAN MONASTERY, MEDIEVAL & POST-MED. CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: CLARUS FONS in MacosquinCISTERCIAN MONASTERY, MEDIEVAL & POST-MED. CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: CLARUS FONSClarus Fons, a Cistercian monastery in County Derry, has watched the borderland since medieval times. Its church and…
- CHURCH; GRAVEYARD; 2 BULLAUNS: KILLELAGH CHURCH in TirnonyCHURCH; GRAVEYARD; 2 BULLAUNS: KILLELAGH CHURCHKillelagh Church stands in Tirnony, County Derry, holding a graveyard and two bullauns that have watched the land since…
- CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: STRAIDARRAN or BALLYARRAN in StraidCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: STRAIDARRAN or BALLYARRANStraidarran church and graveyard have watched the Straid valley since late medieval times, their stones marking burial…
- CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILLEA in KilleaCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILLEAKillea holds a church and graveyard whose age remains uncertain, marking one of those places where human memory…
- CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILCRONAGHAN CHURCH in MormealCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILCRONAGHAN CHURCHKilcronaghan Church stands in Mormeal, County Derry, preserving a sacred boundary between the living and dead since…
- CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in MulkeeraghCHURCH & GRAVEYARDMulkeeragh holds a church and graveyard spanning medieval to post-medieval times, marking it as a continuous worship…
- CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in Moyletra KillCHURCH & GRAVEYARDIn Moyletra Kill, County Derry, a church and graveyard mark the edge of human memory, their stones worn smooth by…
- CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in DrumnacanonCHURCH & GRAVEYARDDrumnacanon still holds a church and graveyard though no exact date remains attached to its stones. That absence does…
- CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in ClondermotCHURCH & GRAVEYARDClondermot holds a church and graveyard whose age remains uncertain, marking one of the oldest continuous worship sites…
- CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DRUMTARSSI (unlocated) in ChurchlandCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DRUMTARSSI (unlocated)Drumtarssi is an unlocated church and graveyard in County Derry, Ireland, preserved only through its official name…
- Bovevagh GraveyardGraveyardBovevagh Graveyard is a graveyard in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the dead are not buried but waiting, and every…
- Ballyoan CemeteryCemeteryBallyoan Cemetery holds four hundred recovered Famine victims beside ordinary locals, refusing the usual division of…
- Agherton GraveyardGraveyardAgherton Graveyard is a graveyard in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the dead lie shallow there, close enough to touch…
- Aghadowey War MemorialMemorialAghadowey War Memorial stands in County Derry, marking the village’s loss in the world’s wars. Bronze names and stone…
- Clondermot Old GraveyardGraveyardClondermot Old Graveyard is a graveyard in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps burial customs stretched back centuries…
- Giant's Grave (Callann)Archaeological placeCallann holds a grave large enough that men called it a giant's chamber before they knew the shape of human ambition.…
- CHURCH, GRAVEYARD & ?Man-made underground passage in GlebeCHURCH, GRAVEYARD & ?Man-made underground passageOne chamber is missing from the name, but the gap does not erase the church, graveyard or underground passage in Glebe.…
- MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christian-Modern) & 2 BULLAUNS in TamlaghtMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (Early Christian-Modern) & 2 BULLAUNSTwo bullauns hold rainwater beside a churchyard where Early Christian and modern stones mix. The place has watched…