Old Church Cemetery

The Old Church Cemetery is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It contains a significant number of important burials, including three mass graves and individual graves of 193 victims of the passenger ship RMS…

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Cemetery
Description: historical cemetery in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
Also known as: “Old Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Colman’s Cathedral and Cobh.

St Colman’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Cathedral Church of St. Colman, usually known as Cobh Cathedral, or previously Queenstown Cathedral, is a single-spire cathedral in Cobh, Ireland. It is a Roman Catholic cathedral and was completed in 1919. St Colman’s Cathedral is situated 1¼ km south of Old Church Cemetery.

Cobh

Railway station

Photo: Tk420, CC0.

Cobh railway station serves the town of Cobh, County Cork. It is located in a red brick building adjacent to the town's Cobh Heritage Centre. It is the terminus of the on Cork–Cobh section of the Cork Suburban Rail line. Cobh is situated 1½ km south of Old Church Cemetery.

Scots Church, Cobh

Museum

Photo: Captain Cappuccino, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Scots Church is a former Presbyterian church in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It is today a museum, the Cobh Museum, which tells the history of the town. Scots Church, Cobh is situated 1½ km south of Old Church Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cobh and Belvelly.

Cobh

Photo: J.Pollock, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cobh is a port in Cork Harbour, County Cork, in southwest Ireland. It's pronounced "cove" and that's what it means, a sheltered harbour. It's part of the commuter belt for Cork city and in 2022 had a population of 14,000.

Belvelly

Locality

Photo: Robert French (photographer), No restrictions.

Belvelly is a small village on the northern end of the Great Island of Cork Harbour, about four miles north of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Belvelly is situated at the shortest crossing point between Great Island and the neighbouring Fota Island.