Abbeystrowry Cemetery is located near Skibereen in County Cork. It is the site of some of the mass graves used in the area during the famine around 1845.
I didn’t know, or had forgotten there was a famine in 1740/1741 when 400,000 people died. That many people died on this little island of ours in such a short time? The mind boggles.
I once crashed a motorbike just past this graveyard (a bad double S bend and a fool going too fast on a motorbike. As I lay there on the road wondering if I was dead or not the inconsequence of my life flashed before me.
Good monochrome – it looks so summery!
I think I know the bend. It’s beautiful out there next to the river. You’ll be glad to know I have 2 more shots from this immediate area to post. I’m sure you’ll recognise them!
love black and white images! great contrast on the graveyard shot. I wish we had more epic graveyards to photograph out here… but sadly all the headstones are in the ground and there’s no epic trees and the likes.