The O’Neil Heritage Cemetery is located on Church Street in Buckingham Quebec and is managed by Our Lady of Victory Parish. In 1836, the O’Neil family donated 10 acres of land for a church, priest house and cemetery and some substantive farming. The cemetery covered an area of approximately 2.5 acres.

In the Parish ledger, there are the names of 566 people who were buried on the site. It is thought that there may be up to 800 people who may have been buried in the site, but that number has never been confirmed. The cemetery was operational from 1840 to 1876. It is believed that, at one time, the cemetery contained a grand total of 200 monuments and iron and wooden crosses, many of which were destroyed prior to Our Lady of Victory Parish taking over responsibility for the gravesite. In the early 1980’s, a major effort was undertaken to restore as many monuments as possible. All bits and pieces of monuments that were found were embedded in 4 concrete slabs around the central monument. There are 44 monuments that remain intact.

Responsibility for the cemetery was transferred to Our Lady of Victory Parish by Bishop Paul E. Charbonneau on April 22nd 1964. The cemetery was designated a “Historical Site” by the Town of Buckingham on September 8th 1964. Among those buried in the cemetery were Mary O’Farrell in 1856 and Ann Brady in1867, mother and sister of Father John Brady, the first Parish priest. The following is a listing of the individuals buried in the O`Neil Cemetery. Please note the spelling of names are as indicated in the cemetery ledger.