Ballyoan Cemetery is a
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
in
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
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Ballyoan Cemetery is located on a hillside off the Rossdowney Road, Waterside, Derry. It looks out over the River Foyle and the city towards the Donegal Mountains. This cemetery was planned due to the fulness of the
City Cemetery and the Altnagelvin Cemetery (instituted 1960).
In the mid-1990s, over 400 human remains were found at the Waterside Workhouse,
Derry Workhouse. These remains, believed to be of people who died during the Famine, were later interred in this cemetery.
This cemetery is not segregated like many others.
Derry City Council planned and built a Temple of Rest, on site but later changed its purpose to a Cemetery Caretaker's residence and then to a storage facility for Council equipment. It is now empty and redundant.
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Cemeteries in Northern Ireland
Derry (city)
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