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Old Church Cemetery (Cobh)

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Notable burials
References

The Old Church Cemetery is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193^[1] victims of the passenger ship {{RMS|Lusitania}} which was sunk by a German torpedo off the Old Head of Kinsale during the First World War in May 1915 with the loss of more than 1,100 lives. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission register and maintain the graves of 127 identified Commonwealth service personnel (including Lusitania victims) from the same war.^[2]

Notable burials

Jack Doyle, (1913-1978) - boxer, singer and actor.
Dr James Roche Verling, (1787-1858) - personal physician to Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on St. Helena
Robert Forde, (1875-1959)- Antarctic explorer
Frederick Daniel Parslow, (1856-1915) posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross and first member of British Mercantile Marine to receive the award.
Captain Thomas Brierley, awarded a medal for his part in rescue of survivors from RMS Lusitania.
Charles Wolfe (1791–1823) poet, remembered for "The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna"
Six members of the crew of the British submarine {{HMS|A5}} which was destroyed in an accidental explosion at nearby Haulbowline Naval Base in February 1905.
Louis Piatt (1876–1884), son of American poets John James Piatt and Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt; drowned in a boating accident in Cork Harbor.
Charles Hallahan, American Actor.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cobh-remembers-lusitania-tragedy-1.663083|title=Cobh remembers 'Lusitania' tragedy|author=Olivia Kelleher|date=May 10, 2010|website=irishtimes.com}}
2. ^ CWGC Cemetery Report.

4 : Cemeteries in the Republic of Ireland|Monuments and memorials in the Republic of Ireland|Irish genealogy|Religion in County Cork

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