Funerals in Ireland - Links

[Christopher]

Funerals in Ireland - www.irishlinks.co.uk/funerals-burial-ireland.htm

[Jillie42]

I presume that very poor labourers (in the 19th century) would have all been buried in a common grave without a headstone or memorial?

[Frazer]

Unlikely to have had a headstone or memorial but not necessarily buried in a common grave. 

[Jillie42]

Would catholic parish registers have kept a records of burials as far back as the 1800's?

[aghadowey]

Would catholic parish registers have kept a records of burials as far back as the 1800's?

Depends on the individual church and what records survive.

[lil growler]

hi Christopher

Thanks for the link. It's interesting learning an ancestors way of life. I particularly like the idea of memorial cards. Although it may happen in other parts of the world, I haven't heard of it before.

lil growler

[aghadowey]

It's interesting learning an ancestors way of life. I particularly like the idea of memorial cards. Although it may happen in other parts of the world, I haven't heard of it before.

Think the idea of such Memorial Cards would be used amongst Catholics and possible more in certain areas than in others. Also might be a 'recent' thing.

[Taidquest]

hi,im not sure how far back memorial cards go but I have
 them dating from the 1960s. I remember when my dad died in 1972
that the day after his death notice was in the paper samples from
 several printers coming through the letterbox.I don't think they do that now
I'd say people objected to that kind of marketing.I have not seen any earlier than
the 1960s so maybe thats when it started in ireland?
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[RichardK]

I have two memorial cards from the 1920s - one for a person who died in Ireland in 1927 and one for a Catholic person of Irish descent who died in England in 1929.
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