Visits to cemeteries around the world
People all over the world are dying to get in to cemeteries, to graves, to mausoleums. Their bones are buried, their ashes encased, their lives summarised in the dash between two dates. Their epitaphs, their choice of grave marker, their obituary, all tell a story. Cemeteries are museums of life often overlooked, frequently ignored. When I travel, I travel to meet the living and to pay my respects to the dead. These are my stories.
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Italian WWI Cemetery, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
In the 1989 film Field of Dreams, while Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) is walking through a cornfield, he hears someone whisper,…
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Oughterard Cemetery, Co. Kildare, Ireland
To my shame, considering I've spent a sizeable part of my life in Co. Kildare, I only found out recently…Ballinafagh Churchyard Cemetery, Co. Kildare
The tiny cemetery that sits in the grounds of what has to be the most photographed church in Co. Kildare…The Friary Cemetery, Clane, Co. Kildare
Around the thirteenth century, the Franciscans came to the village of Clane and build a new abbey on the site…St Michael and All Angels Cemetery, Millicent, Co. Kildare, Ireland
I've always loved Millicent Church and the rectory that went with it. Some years ago, when I had the chance…St Michael’s Cemetery, Bath, UK
Reading up on St Michael's Cemetery on Bath recently, I came across the term 'non-conformist burials'.Town Cemetery in Sümeg, Hungary
To fully appreciate the roll-call of greats buried in the town cemetery in Sümeg, you need to know the history…