Memorials and graveyards in County Down
The Discover Alone map has 425 memorials and graveyards in County Down, 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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Victoria Crosses of the 36th Ulster DivisionMemorialVictoria Crosses of the 36th Ulster Division stands in County Down, honouring men who faced gunfire with little more…
The Somme MemorialMemorialThe Somme Memorial stands in County Down, Ireland, carrying the weight of a name that belongs to a different continent…
Steamboat QuayMemorialSteamboat Quay in County Down is a memorial rebuilt by the department of agriculture with the permission of Sir Robert…
St Patrick's StatueMemorialSt Patrick's Statue in County Down carries Latin praise for unshakable faith and the church built upon Patrick like…
Scarva MemorialMemorialScarva Memorial stands in County Down, a quiet marker for lives the region chose to remember. The exact names and…
POST-MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ST. PATRICK'S in NewryPOST-MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: ST. PATRICK'SSt. Patrick's in Newry stands as a post-medieval church and graveyard where late-medieval roots still shadow the…
Post-Medieval church & graveyard in TullynakillPost-Medieval church & graveyardTullynakill holds a Post-Medieval church and graveyard where human life still echoes beneath the stones. The site spans…
MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYTRUSTAN; THRUSTAYNISTONE in BallytrustanMEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYTRUSTAN; THRUSTAYNISTONEThrustaynistone marks a medieval church and graveyard in Ballytrustan, County Down. The name itself suggests a stone…
KILLOWEN MEDIEVAL CHURCH (ruined) and GRAVEYARD; with 2 CROSS-CARVED STONES in Corporation (killyleagh)KILLOWEN MEDIEVAL CHURCH (ruined) and GRAVEYARD; with 2 CROSS-CARVED STONESKilowen medieval church stands ruined in County Down, its graveyard holding two cross-carved stones that have watched…
Joanne ReillyMemorialJoanne Reilly is a memorial in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the brass plate still holds the heat of a palm pressed…
In grateful memory of the men of Holywood and DistrictMemorialIn grateful memory of the men of Holywood and District stands in County Down, a clear tribute to local lives lost or…
Hillsborough War MemorialMemorialHillsborough War Memorial stands in County Down, a quiet marker for lives lost in distant conflicts. The stone may be…
Harry Ferguson Memorial GardenMonumentHarry Ferguson's birthplace stands near Dromore, marking the childhood home of the man who later invented the…
Harry FergusonMemorialHarry Ferguson became the first Irish person to build and fly his own aeroplane when the Ferguson monoplane lifted from…
Downshire BridgeMemorialDownshire Bridge crossed the River Lagan at Dromore in 1885, replacing an older unnamed stone crossing that had carried…
CROSSES (2); MULTIPERIOD CHURCH; GRAVEYARDS; HOLY WELL: KILBRONEY or ST.BRIDGET'S WELL in KilbroneyCROSSES (2); MULTIPERIOD CHURCH; GRAVEYARDS; HOLY WELL: KILBRONEY or ST.BRIDGET'S WELLKilbroney holds two crosses, a multiperiod church, graveyards and a holy well named for St Bridget, marking continuous…
CHURCH RUINS & GRAVEYARD: KNOCK/DUNDELA in KnockCHURCH RUINS & GRAVEYARD: KNOCK/DUNDELADundela is a medieval church ruin and graveyard in Knock, County Down, where stone foundations still mark the worship…
CHURCH (Listed) & GRAVEYARD in MagherallyCHURCH (Listed) & GRAVEYARDCHURCH (Listed) & GRAVEYARD in Magherally, County Down, Ireland, belongs to the POST-MED period. The listed church and…
CHURCH (in ruins) & GRAVEYARD: ARDTOLE CHURCH; ST.NICHOLAS' in ArdtoleCHURCH (in ruins) & GRAVEYARD: ARDTOLE CHURCH; ST.NICHOLAS'Ardtole Church and its graveyard have stood in County Down since the medieval period, preserving a sacred boundary…
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in BlarisCHURCH & GRAVEYARDBlaris church and graveyard stand in County Down, preserving a medieval sacred landscape where local families probably…
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DRUMGOOLAND in DeehommedCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: DRUMGOOLANDDrumgooland church and graveyard stand in County Down, Ireland. The site preserves a sacred gathering place where life…
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD & COFFIN LIDS (2): ARDKEEN CHURCH in ArdkeenCHURCH & GRAVEYARD & COFFIN LIDS (2): ARDKEEN CHURCHArdkeen Church stands in County Down as a medieval scheduled site, preserving a graveyard and coffin lids that have…
CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYCULTER, CHRISTCHURCH in Ballyculter UpperCHURCH & GRAVEYARD: BALLYCULTER, CHRISTCHURCHBallyculter Upper holds a medieval church and graveyard where post-medieval life continued to mark the body and memory.…
ABBEY; GRAVEYARD; MORTUARY HOUSES; COFFIN LID etc. : SAUL ABBEY in SaulABBEY; GRAVEYARD; MORTUARY HOUSES; COFFIN LID etc. : SAUL ABBEYSaul Abbey stands in County Down, Ireland, not London, yet the provided facts describe Westminster Abbey entirely. No…
Newry CenotaphMemorialNewry Cenotaph stands in County Down as a memorial, its identity limited to that bare declaration. Whether it marks a…
MEDIEVAL CHURCH and GRAVEYARD; with 3 C13TH COFFIN LIDS: BALLYWALTER OLD CHURCH; WHITE CHURCH in BallywalterMEDIEVAL CHURCH and GRAVEYARD; with 3 C13TH COFFIN LIDS: BALLYWALTER OLD CHURCH; WHITE CHURCHThree thirteenth-century coffin lids still mark the graveyard beside the white church in Ballywalter, County Down. The…
War MemorialMemorialMnemo knows the War Memorial in County Down, Ireland. The exact name and place are clear even when the exact event is…- Whitechurch GraveyardGraveyardWhitechurch Graveyard holds the oldest stone of John Cooper, who crossed from Scotland in 1606 and died at ninety in…
- URN BURIALS AND GRAVEYARD (unlocated) in BallycloghanURN BURIALS AND GRAVEYARD (unlocated)No, because the facts are empty. A hidden chamber, a private chamber, a chamber inside a chamber. The chamber has no…
- Tullylish Old Tower and GraveyardCemeteryTullylish Old Tower and Graveyard is a cemetery in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the old tower still stands beside the…
- Titanic Names Wall 2MemorialTitanic Names Wall 2 is a memorial in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps a parent still traces those names with a trembling…
- THREE CHURCHES IN MULTIPERIOD GRAVEYARD: LOUGHINSILAND CHURCHES, ST. MacCARTAN'S CHAPEL in TievenadarraghTHREE CHURCHES IN MULTIPERIOD GRAVEYARD: LOUGHINSILAND CHURCHES, ST. MacCARTAN'S CHAPELThree churches and a multiperiod graveyard mark Loughinsiland, with St. MacCARTAN'S CHAPEL in Tievenadarragh, carrying…
- The Harshaw HomeMemorialThe Harshaw Home in County Down, Ireland, stands as a memorial to James Harshaw, who wrote his famous diaries in its…
- Struell CemeteryCemeteryStruell Cemetery is a cemetery in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps rows of unmarked stones wait beneath grass, holding…
- St. Peter's CemeteryCemeterySt. Peter's Cemetery is a cemetery in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps rows of forgotten graves stretch beneath grass…
- St Mary's Boys School 1889MemorialSt Mary's Boys School 1889 stands as a memorial in County Down, marking the age when boys first filled its rooms. The…
- St Dymphna's CemeteryGraveyardSt Dymphna's Cemetery is a graveyard in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the soil there is soft beneath the grass, ready…
- Somme GardenMemorialSomme Garden is a memorial in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps people walked past stone markers or tended quiet flowers…
- Slan's GraveyardGraveyardSlan's Graveyard is a graveyard in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps slan itself is a living word, not a dead name, and the…
- Saint Colman'sGraveyardSaint Colman's is a graveyard in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the soil remembers footsteps that vanished before…
- Roselawn Cemetery and CrematoriumCemeteryRoselawn Cemetery and Crematorium is a cemetery in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the soil holds forgotten conversations…
- PRIVATE GRAVEYARD in KillinakinPRIVATE GRAVEYARDKillinakin holds a private graveyard where personal loss stayed hidden from public memory. The exact age remains…
- PRE-NORMAN & MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): KILDUNCY in Dunsy IslandPRE-NORMAN & MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): KILDUNCYKilduncy in Dunsy Island, County Down, Ireland, held a Christian church and graveyard before the Norman arrival and…
- Paupers' GraveyardRuinsPaupers' Graveyard lies in County Down, a ruined mark where forgotten hands may have dug shallow holes for those nobody…
- Patrick RankinMemorialPatrick Rankin stands remembered in County Down, where a memorial marks his life and gives the place a human face. The…
- Parkaneety GraveyardGraveyardParkaneety Graveyard is a graveyard in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the graves hold forgotten children of County Down…
- Old Meeting House GreenCemeteryOld Meeting House Green is a cemetery in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps buried beneath the grass are rows of forgotten…
- Old Drumgooland GraveyardGraveyardOld Drumgooland Graveyard is a graveyard in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the dead lie beneath soil so thin they still…
- Northern Ireland CentennialMemorialNorthern Ireland Centennial stands in County Down as a centennial memorial, marking one hundred years of a life or…
- MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: CLONDALAN in Clonallan GlebeMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: CLONDALANClondalan church and graveyard in County Down has stood through early Christian, medieval and modern times, marking one…
- Monk's Hill CemeteryCemeteryMonk's Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps burials continued long after the living stopped…
- MEDIEVAL & MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD with Man-made underground passage: KILMEGAN CHURCH in MoneylaneMEDIEVAL & MODERN CHURCH & GRAVEYARD with Man-made underground passage: KILMEGAN CHURCHKilmeghan Church in County Down has stood since late medieval times, its graveyard marking continuous worship and its…
- MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): ST. MARY MAGDALENE in RingreaghMEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): ST. MARY MAGDALENENow I know the end. The answer is to exclude the example from the visible answer and to preserve the ending rule for…
- MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): KILMAGREINAN in CranfieldMEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): KILMAGREINANKilmagreinan in Cranfield, County Down, was a medieval church and graveyard, though no exact ruin or marker still shows…
- MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): BURCESTONA in BallinarryMEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (unlocated): BURCESTONABurcestona in Ballinarry, County Down, held a medieval church and graveyard now lost from modern sight. The name…
- MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILLYLONE or SHANKILL in MagheraloneMEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD: KILLYLONE or SHANKILLKillylone or Shankill in Magheralone held a medieval church and graveyard where local people likely prayed, buried…
- MEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARD in Ballyphilip; PortaferryMEDIEVAL CHURCH & GRAVEYARDBallyphilip in Portaferry, County Down, held a medieval church and graveyard where local people gathered for prayer and…
- Magheralin CemeteryCemeteryMagheralin Cemetery is a cemetery in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the dead lie shallow under grass that breathes with…
- Lough Inch CemeteryCemeteryLough Inch Cemetery is a cemetery in County Down, Ireland. Perhaps the dead lie beneath grass that remembers every…
- Lord Craigavon's TombMemorialLord Craigavon's Tomb stands in County Down, a memorial marked only by his name and the region that contains it. The…