Gracehill
County Antrim

Moravian Church
Gracehill was laid out in the 1750s by Moravians who came from what is now the Czech Republic. The church is at the centre of the village, in front of the green, with a school and other buildings grouped around it, mostly built of squared basalt stones.

Behind the church is the long tree-lined graveyard, with men buried on one side and women on the other, both under small tombstones laid on the flat.

Illustration by Kieran Doyle O'Brien
Text by Marcus Patton
from the Appletree Press title ULSTER An Illustrated Yearbook 1992