Graves

The Gallaghan Family

A Celtic cross for a family that carried Ireland with them.

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A tall Celtic cross monument for the Gallaghan family in a green cemetery

Irish families who made the crossing raised Celtic crosses over their plots — knotwork winding without beginning or end, the ring holding it all together. Some say the ring is a halo, some say it is the sun, and some say it is just eternity, which covers both.

The Gallaghans put every name they had on one stone. That is the part I keep coming back to: not one marker for one person, but one claim for the whole family — we came here together, and we stay together.