St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cork, was established for the burials for the poor, by temperance campaigner Father Mathew in 1830 when he leased land from the Botanical Gardens.What lies beneath – Claire Connolly on St Joseph’s cemetery in Cork and a botanical garden by Claire Connolly, An Irishwoman's Diary, Irish Times, April 19, 2021. It was sometimes called Father Mathew Cemetery.James Mountaine (Fenian), National Graves Association It was extended in 1880, and Fr. Mathew is buried in the cemetery.St Joseph's Cemetery, Bothar na mBuaircini, Spittal-Lands, Cork, Buildings of Ireland. A large number of victims of the Great Famine are buried on the site, many in unmarked graves.
There are also 24 burials of those who died from the 1914-1918 war and 4 from the 1939-1945 war here, maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.St. Joseph's Cemetery, Cork There are 24 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 4 of the 1949-1945 war here.
Cork Corporation took over the cemetery in 1968.Portfolio Ghosts of St. Josephs, Ballyphehane 1916-2016 Commemoration Committee
The Society of African Missions Church (St. Joseph's) in Wilton, Cork,St. Joseph's Church SMA, Wilton, Cork. has a graveyard beside it confusingly also called St. Joseph's Cemetery. St. Joseph's Cemetery, Wilton, Cork, Society for African Missions. There are other cemeteries in Cork called St. Joseph's, among them St. Joseph's Cemetery Mallow, and St. Joseph's Cemetery Little Island.
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