Ballyoan Cemetery

Coordinates: 55°00′32″N 7°16′08″W / 55.009°N 7.269°W / 55.009; -7.269
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55°00′32″N 7°16′08″W / 55.009°N 7.269°W / 55.009; -7.269

Ballyoan Cemetery is a cemetery in Derry, Northern Ireland.

In the mid-1990s, numerous human remains were found at the Waterside Workhouse, Derry Workhouse. These remains, believed to be of people who died in the mid-nineteenth century, were later interred in this cemetery.

Ballyoan Cemetery is located on a hillside off the old Rossdowney Road, Waterside, Derry. It looks out over the River Foyle and the City towards the Donegal Mountains. This cemetery was planned due to the completeness of the City Cemetery and the Altnagelvin Cemetery (inst. 1960).

This cemetery is not segregated like many others.

Derry City Council planned and built a Temple of Rest, on site. Later changed its purpose to a Cemetery Caretaker's residence and then to a storage facility for Council equipment and now empty and redundant.