The last person allowed to be buried at the old cemetery at the historic monastic site of Clonmacnoise in Co Offaly has been laid to rest.
Teresa Larkin, 98, from Moate in Co Westmeath was buried in the old graveyard yesterday, 72 years after her husband Joe was interred there.
The cemetery has been closed since 1954, with the exception of those who wished to be interred alongside their loved ones.
The historic settlement of Clonmacnoise is the place to which Saint Ciarán came in the mid 6th century to found his monastery.
The monastery flourished and became a great seat of learning, a university of its time with students from all over Europe.
Clonmacnoise, sometimes called "seven churches", was designated a national monument in 1877 and taken over by the State to maintain.
It is presently overseen by the Office of Public Works.
