Friar's Bush Graveyard

[3] Among the many trees found in the cemetery and ancient Irish yews, ash, maple and in the oldest part, chestnut.

[6] Today the site covers almost two acres and inside there is an obvious visual difference between the older part, furthest away from the Stranmillis Road, and a new section gifted in 1828 "from the Marquis of Donegall to mark Catholic Emancipation.

[8] Also located inside the graveyard's main gates is the "Pauper's Pit", which is the resting place of those too poor to afford a headstone.

[10][11] The harpist Valentine Rennie, who played for King George IV in Dublin Castle in 1821, was buried in the cemetery in 1837.

[12][13] Since 2000 Friar's Bush has been maintained by the Belfast City Council, having previously been the property of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Down and Connor.