Ballyscullion Parish, Bellaghy - Links

[Christopher]

The Graveyard at St. Tida's, which has been in use at least as far back as the early 1700's, contains gravestones and memorials relating to the Battle of the Boyne, Derry, the Somme, Gallipoli, Trafalgar, Dunkirk and the 'four quarters of the globe'. Although it is a Church of Ireland graveyard there are also graves in the yard for other denominations including Presbyterians and Baptists.

Some of you may wonder why the Presbyterians didn't have their own graveyards ... there was a large amount of religious persecution and the Presbyterians were not allowed to sell religious books, teach anything above primary school, and in 1704, they were barred from holding major civil and military offices