View the tombstones at St. Oran's Cemetery (REILIG ODHRAIN)
Kenneth MacAlpin was
buried in Reilig Orain in the mid-9th century, as were succeeding Scottish
kings until Macbeth (d 1057) and traditionally kings of Ireland, Norway and
France. None of the monuments of the kings remain in the cemetery but many
tombstones of medieval clan chiefs survive. The cemetery is still in use and
is the final resting place of John Smith - Leader of the Labour Party from
July 1992 until his sudden death from a heart attack in May 1994. His
epitaph reads, "An Honest Man's The Noblest Work of God".
St Oran's Chapel and
Cemetery
St Oran's Cross (at the museum)
Old gravestone in Reilig Odhrain
John Smith's Gravestone - Iona
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