As professional funeral directors, it is our role to make funeral arrangements a less daunting experience.
We make it our priority to help put you at ease. We can discuss matters over the phone or meet in one of our two locations at a time that suits you best, it is our hope to lessen the burden from your shoulders during this difficult time.
Guide to arranging a funeral
Below are the various steps involved in arranging a funeral. You can arrange a funeral with us by calling to any one of our locations, by telephoning us or we will call to your home.
- We discuss the choice of burial or cremation
- We liaise with medical personnel
- We arrange details with clergy, churches, cemeteries, crematoria, as required
- We care for, prepare and dress the deceased, as per the family’s wishes
- We assist in the selection of a coffin or casket from our extensive range
- We assist in preparing and inserting death notices for publication
- We provide the funeral vehicles required
- We can arrange a selection of Funeral Flowers
- We assist with music and hymn selection
- We arrange for production of mass booklets/service sheets
- We provide condolence books for signing at the funeral home, residence, church/crematorium
Questions to consider when making funeral arrangements
- Do you want burial or cremation?
- Where do you want to hold the service – in a church, funeral home, crematorium or at home?
- Where will the deceased repose – at home, in a hospital/hospice mortuary or in a funeral home?
- When do you want to have the funeral?
- What clothes will the deceased wear when reposing?
- Will you need transport on the day of the funeral – i.e. a limousine for the family?
- Will you publish a death notice in a national newspaper, on local radio or RIP.ie? Who will be mentioned in this notice?
- Do you require music for the funeral service?
- Do you want a photograph for placing on the coffin?
- Do you want to pass the house en-route to the church or cemetery?
- Will the family carry the coffin at the funeral?