Big big big big long shot........

[JimmyC]

Or maybe not....................



But ....where was I last Saturday........................(yip I know I was in a graveyard...but which one??)

 

[Aidan1150]

Were you visiting the grave of William Joseph?

 

[Mandylicious]

It's a Church of Ireland for a start

 

[JimmyC]

It's a Church of Ireland for a start

You only get a teeny weeny itsy bitsy bit of a point for that effort............

 

[Mandylicious]

You only get a teeny weeny itsy bitsy bit of a point for that effort............

That's not fair, I should at least get points for correct spelling



Give us a county then

 

[JimmyC]

Yer twistin' me arm now....................................................






















Donegal.........................(pride of all)

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Here, are you expecting us to be able to name every ditch and bush in the whole of Ireland? For God's sake!!
Oh, go on then, good game.

New Book on War Graves in Ireland
A high percentage of the First and Second World War graves in Ireland are in County Donegal with some 247 fatalities buried in 28 sites across the county.
In a new book, 'Remembering the War Dead: British Commonwealth and International Wargraves in Ireland since 1914' author and UCD professor Fergus A. D'Arcy, gives biographical details on the 5,700 soldiers, seamen and air force personnel from twenty countries who were buried in Ireland between 1914 and 1946.
There were 168 First and Second World War graves registered in Donegal for the period 1914 to 1921 and a further 79 registered between 1939 and 1946, including ten war graves on Cruit Island and eight in Magheragallion Cemetary that includes a Japanese sailor Takeshi Uyenda. There are six soliders and seamen buried in the ancient ruins at Termon Old Graveyard near Maghery close to two unknown German airmen.
Among the tragedies recalled in the book are the 17 sailors of HMS Racoon which sunk in January, 1918 on its way to Lough Swilly and who were buried in St Columb's Church of Ireland Churchyard, Rathmullan and the fate of Italian Ernest Moruzzi (61) who washed ashore at Burtonport after his vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine 75 miles off Bloody Foreland.
This work is priced €22 euro and can be purchased directly from the Irish Government Publications Sale Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, or by mail order from Government Publications, Postal Trade Section, 51 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2: Tel: 0035316476834, or through most booksellers.

 

[JimmyC]

eight in Magheragallion Cemetary that includes a Japanese sailor Takeshi Uyenda.

There ya go Bin....

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

I did not know the extent of the war-graves in Ireland until the Kesh run and now more info here. I visited Glencree German cemetery many times, it was a Sunday drive for us as kids.

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

If I had a photo of Bitapaka near Rabaul in New Guinea, I would post it. Interesting spot historically. Beautifully kept. Must root through the albums.

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Golly, there is loads...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bita_Paka

 

[JimmyC]

Golly, there is loads...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bita_Paka

Some interesting stuff there Bin......................
Thanks for that......................

The graveyard in the first picture is Upper Fahan Church of Ireland.................

The picture where the Japanese guy is buried...In Magheragallon....is at Gweedore.............

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

The reason I mention Bitapaka is the it was a Sunday drive for us when we lived in Rabaul. I was fascinated by the meticulous care given to the Wargraves while the country around crumbled. Hmm.

 

[JimmyC]

I was fascinated by the meticulous care given to the Wargraves

Felt the same the day I was at the graves in Gweedore................flowers on each one.............nice........

 

[richie]

are you feeling Blue.....?

 

[richie]

how about this, one of the oldest examples of its kind, but where???