Bohermore Cemetery
Bohermore Cemetery is a large cemetery located in Bohermore, an area of Galway, Ireland.
Location
The New Cemetery, as it is more popularly known in Galway, was opened in 1880. It contains two mortuary chapels, one Catholic and the other Protestant. It is one of two cemeteries operated by Galway City Council, the other being Mount St. Joseph Cemetery. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cares for 17 graves from the First World War and for 3 from the Second World War. A memorial to the 99 people who died on 14 August 1958 when Dutch aeroplane KLM Flight 607-E crashed into the sea west of Galway is located just inside the main gates. Several bodies of the passengers are buried around the memorial.Notable burials
People buried here include:- Pádraic Ó Conaire, Irish language author and journalist
- Lady Gregory, founding member of the Irish Literary Theatre
- William Joyce, Irish-American Nazi propagandist, executed for treason
- Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, lawyer and judge
- Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin , president of the International Olympic Committee
- Victims of the KLM Flight 607-E disaster