St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cork, was established for the burials for the poor, by temperance campaigner Father Mathew in 1830 when he leased land from the Botanical Gardens.[1] It was sometimes called Father Mathew Cemetery.[2] It was extended in 1880, and Fr. Mathew is buried in the cemetery.[3] A large number of victims of the Irish Famine are buried on the site, many in unmarked graves.
There are also 24 burials of those who died from the 1914-1918 war and 4 from the 1949-1945 war here, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[4]
Cork Corporation took over the cemetery in 1968.[5]
The Society of African Missions Church (St. Joseph's) in Wilton, Cork,[6] has a graveyard beside it confusingly also called St. Joseph's Cemetery. [7] There are other cemeteries in Cork called St. Joseph's, among them St. Joseph's Cemetery Mallow, and St. Joseph's Cemetery Little Island.
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References edit
- ^ What lies beneath – Claire Connolly on St Joseph’s cemetery in Cork and a botanical garden by Claire Connolly, An Irishwoman's Diary, Irish Times, April 19, 2021.
- ^ James Mountaine (Fenian), National Graves Association
- ^ St Joseph's Cemetery, Bothar na mBuaircini, Spittal-Lands, Cork, Buildings of Ireland.
- ^ St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cork There are 24 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 4 of the 1949-1945 war here.
- ^ Portfolio Ghosts of St. Josephs, Ballyphehane 1916-2016 Commemoration Committee
- ^ St. Joseph's Church SMA, Wilton, Cork.
- ^ St. Joseph's Cemetery, Wilton, Cork, Society for African Missions.