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Bully’s Acre (officially, the Hospital Fields) is a former public cemetery located near the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. Behind a black gate off the entranceway to the expansive grounds of the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, now the Irish Museum of Modern Art, lies a large, green field that is home to Dublin’s oldest cemetery. In the first part of this field is a large, dappled grey…

3 Lives, 3 Deaths, 1 Life Unlived

In the summer of 2016, 22 skeletons were found less than two feet under the surface just outside former St. Mary's Church (about to be turned into the Medieval Mile Museum) in Kilkenny. It was all over the national news and even I read about it, even though I was still living in Germanland.

Today, an exhibition was opened showing three of the skeletons: one 11-12 y/o child, one 18 y/o woman and a 45 y/o woman. They were guarded by two police men for some reason (I mean, they're dead already, and those two can't stay there for the duration of the exhibition surely...).

I had a nice little wander around in the museum, because it was free after all. I've been there three times before, I've seen most of it anyway.

He coughed in the corner, With a mangled leg. He smirked under stars, With a bowl pocked rice. They’d spit, they’d scoff, With their children in tow. I’d drop change, With lint left a pocket. But he’d buy beer knowing – All’d be well tonight.

     - L.C.

Bully’s Acre, Dublin

Bully’s Acre (officially, the Hospital Fields) is a former public cemetery located near the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin. Behind a black gate off the entranceway to the expansive grounds of the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, now the Irish Museum of Modern Art, lies a large, green field that is home to Dublin’s oldest cemetery. In the first part of this field is a large, dappled grey…