Dublin, Ireland, 2017 - Jan & Jan-Jan's Rejseklubben

Bully's Acre is a former public cemetery located near Kilmainham Gaol prisonin in Dublin. It is actually 3.7 acres in extent. There was a graveyard on this spot for over a thousand years. The graveyard is believed to hold the graves of some of those killed at the Battle of Clontarf, including a son and grandson of Brian Boru. Over time it became more famous as a pauper’s cemetery, as the land was believed to be common ground, and no charges were required for burials. But not only paupers were buried here, as many respectable Catholic citizens made use of the land, as after the Reformation there was no official Catholic graveyard in the city. It is estimated that several hundred thousand persons were buried in the cemetery.