Bohermore Cemetery

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.^[2] It is one of two cemeteries operated by Galway City Council, the other being Mount St. Joseph Cemetery (also known as Rahoon Cemetery).^[1] 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 180 km (112 mi) west of Galway is located just inside the main gates. Several bodies of the passengers are buried around the memorial.^[3]

People buried here include:

• Pádraic Ó Conaire (1882–1928), Irish language author and journalist
• Lady Gregory (1852–1932), founding member of the Irish Literary Theatre
• William Joyce (1906–1946, known as Lord Haw-Haw), Irish-American Nazi propagandist, executed for treason
• Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin (1826–1901), lawyer and judge
• Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–1999), president of the International Olympic Committee
• Victims of the KLM Flight 607-E disaster (1958)

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  Grave of Pádraic Ó Conaire
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  Family vault of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin
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  Mortuary chapel
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  Mortuary chapel and graves
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  KLM Flight 607-E disaster memorial
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  KLM Flight 607-E memorial and graves
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  Graves in the cemetery
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  Graves in the cemetery