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Municipal Cemeteries

Access to all the Council’s five Municipal Cemeteries is permitted during normal opening hours.

Burial/Cemetery charges are increasing from 1 April 2024.

The Facilities Management and Maintenance Section of the Council is responsible for the Council's Municipal Cemeteries.

The Council manages five municipal cemeteries, located at:

  • Kilbroney Road, Rostrevor
  • Lough Inch, Ballynahnich
  • Monkshill, Newry
  • Struell, Downpatrick
  • Upper Dromore Road, Warrenpoint

For information about the Cemeteries or burials please contact us on:  0330 137 4005.

For Rules & Regulations for the Control of Public Cemeteries within Newry, Moure & Down District Council click here.

Charges for Burials/Purchase of graves 2024/2025

Type of Facility/Activity

Details

Charges (£)

2024/25

Private Grave

Resident

£319

Non-Resident

£633

First Opening

Resident

£264

Non-Resident

£756

Second Opening

Resident

£264

Non-Resident

£759

Burial of Cremated Remains/Burials

Resident

£66

Under Headstones

Non-Resident

£127

Transfer Burial Rights

Resident

£50

Non-Resident

£121

Duplicate Grant Per Plot

Resident

£50

Non-Resident

£121

Exhumations

Resident

£506

Non-Resident

£506

Additional charge for burials after 3.00pm

Resident

£66

week days

Non-Resident

£66

Search fees (Deeds not produced)

Resident

£0

Non-Resident

£0

Approval for Erection of Headstone

Resident

£66

Non-Resident

£66

Burials of Under 18’s

 

£0