A Virtual Tour of Sligo Cemetery with Brian Scanlon

[@colettefitzpatrick9412]

Really enjoyed this . I love hearing the stories of the old graves and the life’s of the people who rest there 🙏🏻

[@ColetteClancy-km2nu]

Need to write a book All information will be lost no-one has the knowledge like you do Brian Great video

[@richardstever3242]

Greetings from Canada. My Doctor is from Sligo so I thought I'd take a virtual tour. No visit is complete without a stop at the graveyard. I'm glad I did

[@slygo98]

Fair play to you Brian. This is a very interesting look at our cemetery. Thank you

[@byrnedes]

Fascinating. Great to hear from someone who is so knowledgeable and passionate about his subject. I’m from Sligo and my family are buried there, have often been in Sligo Cemetery but learned to much from that tour. Thank you.

[@frankguinane5950]

Thank you Brian for such an interesting and informative tour. Although I left Sligo in 1966 I visit the cemetery regularly as my parents are buried there. I enjoyed the stories and remember many of the connections you referred to. Well done also to the production team.

[@renatewest6366]

Hello Brian , I.visited.Sligo in 1992.My grandfather Bernard Scanlon was.from Grange.GodBless. Renate Scanlon Westenberger Ballarat Victoria Australia .My Grandfather 's mother was a.McGloin.They are buried in Ahamlish Graveyard.

[@008overrated]

Now here is a man that has his homework done. Good job 👍

[@Dunwich_Kev]

Thank you for sharing your tour. My Father, Patrick Joseph Scanlon, born 1926, was brought up in Sligo town. His Father died when he was 15. My Dad came to London in the 50’s where he met and married my Mum. I am 60 this year and planing on visiting Sligo for the first time in my life. I was so taken with the stories you told around the people buried in the cemetery. Thank you and really hope to visit soon. Keep well. Kindest regards. Kevin

[@marcuscounihan1446]

Must have passed the gates hundreds of times when I lived in Sligo. Fascinating stories well told. Thank you!

[@johndownes7482]

Brian, I just watched your Wounderful Story, What a Mind of Information you are. Thank you So Much.I enjoyed it So Much.

[@philkelly4306]

Thank you for the tour, both educational and entertaining - well done

[@karenflynn6748]

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Great knowledge Brian!

[@Sky-oc1pj]

I ♥ Sligo, I'm just in love with Sligo. I wish I will be there someday. Love to my Irish brothers and sisters ♥

[@vincentobrien2995]

Well done Brian. I really enjoyed your tour of the cemetery and your knowledge of those resting there.

[@25dermot]

I'm from Sligo and I always wondered about the old graveyard. Thanks so much I really enjoyed it.

[@Sky-oc1pj]

Tears come after watching this, I'm Muslim by birth but I pray for the whole living mankind and deads. May God grant them in Heaven, Amen ! Love to Sligo ♥

[@henryburns50]

Thank you

[@agarryking]

Delightful and illuminating tour.

[@darthmumphie9270]

Great tour Cake! Fascinating stuff. Looking forward to more.

[@kenegan7649]

Twas a grand tour

[@sd005h]

Thank you Mr. Scanlon. My Grandparents and my mothers family were from Sligo.( Moore family) My mother emigrated to the USA. My husband and I visited the cemetery in June, 2015 to find my grandparents grave. My cousin (lives in Australia now) told me to speak to you to help find my grandparents graves. Unfortunately you were not available the days that we were in Sligo. Thank you so much for this virtual tour. Very interesting.

[@Sky-oc1pj]

Mr. Scanlon did a nice a work, he is very informative. Tears come watching this video. May God grant all to Heaven, Amen ! Love to Sligo ♥

[@alastairmcgowan4555]

Hi from New Zealand. We were in Sligo in 2016 researching my Gt. Grandfather's family who originally came from there. (He emigrated to NZ from Bradford UK in 1879) Had a wonderful time and really enjoyed our few days there. Unfortunately the trail has gone cold, but we did come back with some further avenues to explore and will return again to see if we can locate the family another time. Really enjoyed your wander through the cemetery - certainly some colourful (and tragic) stories and lots of other interesting bits and pieces thrown in tas well!

[@philipsligo1]

Wow. Fantastic. Huge thank you to all involved! Great job Brian, I have always loved walking the old cemetery it is great to get information on the graves and head stones.

[@stellagordon3291]

Wonderful tour, well delivered, very informative. Congratulations Brian. Kevin & Stella Gordon

[@kieranconlon5975]

Fantastic, thoroughly enjoyed that!

[@LoleneNiara]

This is so interesting. Thank you so much for making it. Awesome job.

[@earthlingYT]

My great grandmother came from County Lietrim early 20th century. No doubt her family are buried in the poor Catholic section of a cemetery somewhere. Nice to get some background, as the story goes.

[@earthlingYT]

The priest was trying to take her boys when their father went away.

[@kierandin]

well done a lot of stuff to take in that i never would have know thanks

[@Spudsers]

Well done to all concerned and thank you.

[@LynneStLouis-ps4db]

Thank you Brian Scanlon, my family is from Sligo County, was great to see your tour, hoping to be there one day to look amongst the cemetary. Wanted to touch base with you if possible, I was born Scanlon, am guessing we are related through our family trees. Cheers, lynne

[@LynneStLouis-ps4db]

The video is amazing, thank you for putting this together, background and history really interesting. My cousin found this piece on our amazing ancestry journey. Would like to touch base with Brian Scanlon if possible, he may be able to help me fill in some family details. My great thanks for a great production. Cheers, Lynne St. Louis

[@connalreilly]

Brilliant production and brilliant knowledge. Top class watch!

[@danih7577]

Indeed ! Thanks to all for this public service . I felt like I was visiting with Brian. Every time he said three or third my heart smiled . I am so grateful that through generosity of spirit these stories are told .I am Looking forward to the independence stories . My grandfather was in N. Mayo 5th battalion from Sligo. He died in NY not long after . It was never talked about in my family . But I often think how greatly those young men trusted and relied on each other . I enjoyed the story of the yews , they are so beautiful.

[@adrianoneill5213]

@@danih7577 the second part we are currently working on and should be released soon

[@danih7577]

Thank you! So funny that you replied. I wondered recently what ever happened to that great series that began. I love all of the stories and histories . This is good news . I look forward to it .

[@danih7577]

What I do know of those young men was that they could not go home . Food and shelter was shared . There were cold nights and close calls. Some arrests also that resulted in many going to NY and NJ USA . Bribes for escapes from the prisons and occasional informants . The details of their actual day to day lives -I never learned .

[@timothyhargadon752]

I probably have more than a few relatives in your care. The video was very informative and very well done. I did wonder about the 20 year old fellow shot on the border. The headstone used the word "accidentally". Was it an accident or was he shot on purpose? So much sadness eased by time. Thank you, Tim

[@helengowing6745]

Fab piece of history thank you

[@pauljohnscanlon]

Very intereseting video and will be helpful when I finally make the trip over to Sligo. My great grandfather was Martin Scanlon (1843-1902) who married Honoria McGoldrick (born 1848) at StJohns in 1869 and worked for the Wood-Martins most of his life. Presumably they will be both be buried somewhere within Sligo cemetery seeing as St Johns would have been full by then?

[@johnhurtuk1649]

i am a grandaughter of Patrick Coen, Gleann Sooey. I been there several times. And my grandmother of cloonamahon Gunnings. I guess i have relatives in your cemetery

[@ronandoyle442]

Hello from mayo!

[@nicolasrodriguez-cc3ez]

Sligo...❤🇪🇦❤🇮🇪❤

[@johnhurtuk1649]

You know a John Scanlon that married a Nellie Coen of Gleann Sooey? Nellie's oldest brother was born St Patrick's Day, 1878 Her mother Anne Gillen, her father James Coen

[@gucktv2610]

LADS DO A NIIGHT TOUR!!!

[@stuartkelly3106]

The term "Took the soup" is a highly derogatory term. Virtually no Catholics converted to a protestant faith for taking a 'soup bribe', but it was a myth that was carried on by Catholics with a chip on their shoulders. Protestants with Irish names are 99.9% from mixed marriages. BTW my mother is an Anglican and father Roman Catholic...I know Murphys, O'Neills, Fitzpatricks who are prods, all mixed marriages. Good video by the way.

[@keithnolan2386]

Wat hes calling volts has nothing to do with burial.they were old world electric generators that works from the energy in the air hence why there called volts. Voltage