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Derry: Councillors ‘understand’ travel concerns for cemetery site

The new cemetery will allow for a minimum of 20 years burial capacity with the potential for further expansion on adjoining lands.

The largest cemetery in the council area is Derry’s City Cemetery, located on the Lone Mor Road, which currently has more than 77,000 people buried within its grounds.

Speaking to BBC Radio Foyle’s North West Today programme, SDLP councillor John Boyle said that in two or three years time there will be no more plots in the City Cemetery and the council must plan for the future.

“The [new] site is out on the Mullenan Road, close to the border, which is roughly about four and half or five miles outside of the city centre.

“I understand and appreciate that some people maybe think that is some distance away, but to put that into context, the process for council to find a suitable sight has taken more than ten years.

“A significant number of alternative sites were considered, with some deemed unsuitable and others deemed too expensive.”

Mr Boyle confirmed council officials “are in conversation with Translink with a view for them to potentially provide some sort of service to drop people off at Mullenan”.


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