St. Elizabeth's, Dundonald

St. Elizabeth's Church Graveyard was the first graveyard in Dundonald. Due to its small size and increasing population in Belfast, the larger Dundonald Cemetery opened in 1905. The Churchyard features the Cleland Mausoleum, a large memorial to Samuel Cleland in 1842. It is the tallest such tomb in Northern Ireland. It was built using blue granite with columns and canopy. It was erected by his wife at a cost of £2000. Samuel Cleland was a landlord of the Stormont Estate, and was killed while giving directions to workmen, when a wall suddenly collapsed on him. He was killed instantly by the falling masonry. This event is often noted by local historians because it occurred at a time when he…