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More than 140 graves found by medieval abbey in Northern Ireland, including executed criminals
Archaeologists have unearthed the bones of 146 people in the graveyard of a now-demolished medieval abbey in Northern Ireland ... a handful of graves may belong to executed criminals who were ...
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‘I was curious about the gravestone for 30 years’ – historian reveals Irish town’s link to ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ author
Michelle O’Mahony was intrigued for decades by the unusual gravestone in her native Dunmanway in west Cork. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...
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Risk to Irish plots as Israeli bombardments hit Gaza cemeteries
Born at the turn of the 19th century to John and Kate Aylward on a lane-way off Barrack Street in Waterford, Herbert/Hubert Aylward died in 1917 in southern Gaza, where he was buried in the ...
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Tracing the graves of Sligo’s IRA volunteers
Sligo Sinn Féin representatives Sean MacManus and councillor Arthur Gibbons speak to Stephen Holland about a remembrance project which sees the commemoration and refurbishment of more than thirty ...