Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Visited February 2017
This Victorian cemetery is found in West Belfast at the end of the Falls Road. It was opened in 1869 and has sections for both Protestant and Catholic burials, divided by an underground wall, as well as a separate Jewish section. It's a lovely, well maintained cemetery, with some more overgrown areas away from the main entrance.
If you're in Belfast, it's well worth stepping off the tourist trail to visit this one. There's a heritage trail you can follow to find some of the great and the good who are buried here (including, of course, links to Titanic), as well as the prostitutes and paupers who were also buried in the cemetery.
There are some lovely views out over the surrounding countryside - no doubt they'd be better if the sun was shining, rather than drizzle as when I visited!
If you're in Belfast, it's well worth stepping off the tourist trail to visit this one. There's a heritage trail you can follow to find some of the great and the good who are buried here (including, of course, links to Titanic), as well as the prostitutes and paupers who were also buried in the cemetery.
There are some lovely views out over the surrounding countryside - no doubt they'd be better if the sun was shining, rather than drizzle as when I visited!
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