Famous Graves in Ireland
222 records found
James McGuire
1827 – 22 Dec 1862Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a...
Lusitania Victims
unknown – 7 May 1915Mass grave for the victims of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, a...
Saint Valentine
unknown – c.269Roman Catholic Church Saint. In Latin his name was Valentinus, of...
Jonathan Swift
30 Nov 1667 – 19 Oct 1745Author. Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral and one of the greatest...
William Butler Yeats
13 Jun 1865 – 28 Jan 1939Poet, Playwright. His heritage was Protestant Anglo-Irish, and...
Michael “Mick” Collins
16 Oct 1890 – 22 Aug 1922Irish Revoluntionary. He bgan his career as a clerk and...
Hugh O'Flaherty
28 Feb 1898 – 30 Oct 1963World War II figure. Hugh O'Flaherty was born in County Kerry,...
Oliver Reed
13 Feb 1938 – 2 May 1999Actor. Most remembered for his role as the brutal Bill Sykes in...
Para Bui Mor Mhacseoidin
Birth and death dates unknown.According to legend, Mhacseoidin was a Scottish giant who came to...
Pvt Joseph Bradshaw
1835 – 29 Aug 1893Crimean War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Pettigreen,...
Joseph Ward
1832 – 23 Nov 1872Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Kinsale, Ireland,...
Turlough O'Carolan Cenotaph
1670 – 25 Mar 1738Harpist, Composer, Poet. The last of the great Irish bards, he...
George Gardiner
18 Jul 1821 – 17 Nov 1891Crimean War Victoria Cross Recipient. A native of Ireland, he...
John Boyd Dunlop
5 Feb 1840 – 23 Oct 1921Inventor. He developed the first practical pneumatics tire first...
Phil Lynott
20 Aug 1949 – 4 Jan 1986Rock Musician. Born in West Bromwich, England, he was best known...
Barry Fitzgerald
10 Mar 1888 – 14 Jan 1961Actor. He came to Hollywood, California from Ireland in 1935, and...
John Murray
Feb 1837 – 7 Nov 1911New Zealand Wars Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Birr, Ireland,...
James Byrne
1822 – 6 Dec 1872Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a...
Sir Christopher Plunkett
c.1410 – 1467First Baron Dunsany. Born the second son of Genet de Cusack and...
Saint Brendan
484 – 577Roman Catholic Saint, Explorer. Abbot and traveller,...
