St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton

St. Fintan's Cemetery is located in Sutton, on the south side of Carrickbrack Road. It is in two parts: one older, with a ruined keeper's cottage and the remnants of old St. Fintan's Church; one newer, and actively used, lower down the hill. Just beyond the older portion is the still-flowing, still-visited St. Fintan's Holy Well.

Notable people buried in St. Fintan's cemetery

• Pádraic Colum and Mary Colum, writers^[1]
• Hilton Edwards, director, buried with Micheál Mac Liammhóir
• Gerald FizGibbon, judge.^[2]
• Charles Haughey, former Taoiseach of Ireland who was buried here following a State funeral on Bloomsday, June 16, 2006^[3]
• Dr. Patrick Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, buried April 16, 2008^[4]
• Mainie Jellett, artist
• Phil Lynott, iconic rock musician, formerly of the band Thin Lizzy^[5]
• John Mahaffy, scholar^[6]
• Micheál Mac Liammhóir, author and playwright^[7]
• Ray McAnally, actor^[8]
• Christopher Nolan, author, buried February 24, 2009^[9]
• William Stokes, physician
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission registers and maintains two graves of British service officers of World War II, one of the Royal Air Force (in the old ground) and another of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (in the newer extension).^[10]
• Stardust fire, Victims of the nightclub fire in 1981.

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