Forthill Graveyard

nice experience

Thank you Trip advisor for having this on your website as a point of interest; otherwise i would never had known about this cemetery from 1320's and never would have found it. my husband and i purpos...

Hauntingly beautiful

A must see on your visit to Galway. Located across the street from the Harbor Hotel on Dock Street. It's very easy to miss, but when you round the corner to the entrance, you will travel back in time....

Burial site in the city.

Forthill is known locally as where true Galwegians are buried, it is closed for burials unless there is an existing space in a family grave. It is well maintained and makes a very interesting place to...

Very ancient

The oldest Graveyard of Galway City! Well worth the visit just a short walk from Radison Hotel and not a long walk from Eyre Sq. walk

Go back in history

Forthill Graveyard, established in 1500 by the Augustinian order, was the site of the 1588-9 slaughter of 300+ sailors and soldiers shipwrecked from the Spanish Armada, on orders from William Fitzwill...