Ballyoan Cemetery
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Ballyoan Cemetery is a cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...

 in Derry
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

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In the mid-1990s, numerous human remains were found at the Waterside Workhouse, Derry Workhouse
Derry Workhouse
Derry Workhouse was a Workhouse in Derry, Northern Ireland.In the mid-1990s, numerous human remains were found at the Waterside Workhouse. These remains, believed to be of people who died in the mid-nineteenth century, were later interred in the local Ballyoan cemetery.-External links:*...

. These remains, believed to be of people who died in the mid-nineteenth century, were later interred in this cemetery.

Ballyoan Cemetery is located on a hillside off the old Rossdowney Road, Waterside, Londonderry. It looks out over the River Foyle and the City towards the Donegal Mountains. This cemetery was planned due to the completeness of the City Cemetery and the Altnagelvin Cemetery (inst. 1960).

This cemetery is not segregated like many others.

Derry City Council planned and built a Temple of Rest, on site. Later changed its purpose to a Cemetery Caretaker's residence and then to a storage facility for Council equipment and now empty and redundant.
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