Near Loyd in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland — Mid-East (and Dublin)

Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard

September 22, 2009

1. Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard Memorial

Inscription.

Erected
to the memory of the poor
interred here
during the operation
of the
English Poor Law System.
1838 - 1921.
R. I. P.

In the immediate aftermath
of the Great ‘Famine’, this mass
burial place was opened in 1851 for
the poor people of the Kells District.
Their memory challenges us to end the
scandal of hunger in today's world of plenty.
AFrI Great “Famine” Project
Erected 9th October 1993

“Famine is a lie”
Brian Keenan
Kells 1991

With gratitude to
Br John G. Driscoll C.F.C.
President Iona College
New York

Erected 1993 by Action from Ireland ( AFrI ).

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work • Disasters • Law Enforcement. A significant historical date for this entry is October 9, 1993.

Location. 53° 44.012′ N, 6° 54.305′ W. Marker is near Loyd, Leinster, in County Meath. It can be reached from no nearby street. Markers are in the paupers' cemetery, immediately north of the Spire of Loyd, on the Commons of Loyd off Oldcastle Road (Road R163), about 2.5 kilometers west of Kells. Touch for map. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Leinster’s Boyne Valley.

It is also in Ancient East.

Globally, it is in the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

on the Island of Ireland,

on the Celtic Fringe,

in the European Union,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Spire of Loyd (within shouting distance of this marker); Kells Round Tower (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Catherine Dempsey (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); The Churchyard Wall (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Suffolk Street (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); St Columba's Church (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Headfort Place (approx. 2.3 kilometers away); Kells Courthouse (approx. 2.3 kilometers away).

Also see . . . View of Paupers' Graveyard from the Spire of Loyd. (Submitted on February 9, 2010.)

September 22, 2009

2. Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard Memorial

AFrI Great Famine Project Memorial image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2009

3. AFrI Great Famine Project Memorial

AFrI Great Famine Project Memorial Quote image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2009

4. AFrI Great Famine Project Memorial Quote

AFrI Great Famine Memorial Thanks image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2009

5. AFrI Great Famine Memorial Thanks

Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard Altar image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2009

6. Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard Altar

For church services to remember famine victims.

Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard Altar Detail image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2009

7. Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard Altar Detail

Paupers' Graveyard Monument and Sprire of Loyd image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2009

8. Paupers' Graveyard Monument and Sprire of Loyd

Looking south.

Paupers' Graveyard Wall and Monument image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2009

9. Paupers' Graveyard Wall and Monument

Looking east toward Kells (far distant right).

Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard image. Click for full size.

September 22, 2009

10. Kells Union Workhouse Paupers' Graveyard

Looking north.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,531 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on February 9, 2010.