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Abbeystrowry Cemetery

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.

3 Comments

  1. richard
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 3:05 pm | #

    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!

  2. Posted January 25, 2010 at 3:27 pm | #

    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!

  3. Tim Halberg
    Posted February 3, 2010 at 8:41 pm | #

    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.

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