Youghal memorial honours 300 men, women and children buried in unmarked graves

At the Youghal cemetery memorial the oldest buried without recognition was aged 103, while the most recent interring was 62 year-old Joseph Landy, who died in 1991.

More than 300 men, women, and children who were buried in unmarked graves in an East Cork cemetery have had their names commemorated on a new memorial.

The 367 individuals, largely from impoverished communities, were buried in a paupers’ grave section of Youghal’s North Abbey graveyard, between 1896 and as late as 1991.