Our Parish Graveyard in Drumagarner is a holy place of prayer and remembrance. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that our graveyard is also a testament to our faith in the Resurrection, Reverence and Respect for our dead. As part of the graveyard policy, we need to ensure that space within the graveyard is adequate to meet the needs of parishioners now and going forward. The new extension has only been made possible with the support of parishioners of Kilrea and Desertohill.
St Mary’s Graveyard is owned by Kilrea Parish for the use of its Parishioners. Our Parishioners live within the boundary of our Parish and are registered on our Parish Census. There are also people who live outside the boundary of our parish whom we refer to as Parishioners because they are active members of our Church community insofar that they are regular attenders at Mass and actively contributing to Church life as volunteers e.g. readers, eucharist ministers, sacristans, and who contribute through weekly envelopes.
