Useful Sites:
RIP.ie
Here you can find links to Irish Death Notices, Family Notices such as Month’s Mind and Anniversaries, Memorial Services, an extensive Services Directory and a Products Directory for Memorial Gifts
IIOC.ie
The Irish Institute of Celebrants offers professional training to people who want to become Celebrants, to become trained in the craft of ceremony to mark the milestones and transitions in the lives of individuals, families and communities.
IAFD.ie
The Irish Association of Funeral Directors. The Association was established in 1979 to promote excellence in funeral directing and to foster cooperation between members to enable them to provide a better service to their clients.
Dublin Unitarian Church
Based in St. Stephens Green Dublin, the Unitarian Church helps families design a funeral service that will reflect the beliefs and the life of the deceased.
The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust
The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust aims to alleviate the financial hardship of bereaved families repatriating the body (bodies) of loved one(s) who have died abroad in sudden or tragic circumstances back to Ireland.
Bereavement overload guide
from retireguide.com
This guide from the US has advice that people elsewhere will find useful
Some Cemeteries and Crematoria:
Dardistown Cemetery and Crematorium, Sword Road, near Dublin Airport
Glasnevin Cemetery and Crematorium, Finglas Road Dublin 9
Island Crematorium, Ringaskiddy, County Cork
Lakelands Crematorium, Dublin Road, Cavan
Newlands Cross Cemetery and Crematorium, Newlands Cross, Dublin 12
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Harold’s Cross Road Dublin 9
Donate your body to Medical Science:
Other links:
From Jack Kornfield Meditation on Grief
Am I going to die – The Honest Answer TED Talk by Matthew O’Reilly a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York.