John Tierney's blog

A question often asked during graveyard surveys is ‘how much did a funeral cost in the past?’ - to which I’d often reply that we need to see a undertaker’s account books to get an answer. The first undertaker’s accounts I have seen were shown to me by C J Destelle-Roe of North Tipperary and that account book contained a lot of important clues to understanding early 20^th century Templemore.

There could be human burials anywhere within the site of the Tuam Union Workhouse -  especially dating to the mid-nineteenth century before the formal burial ground was established in

This post is written in the interests of taking a measured archaeological approach to the current

We will be heading to the Necropolis in Glasgow this coming weekend (24^th

Paddy Carroll and Ann Scully have been working on a survey of the historic graveyard in Tullore, Laois for the last 4 years or so.

We will be providing training to community groups and individuals in Tang, Westmeath on the 27th, 28th, 29th March and 3rd, 4th, 5th April. The project is organised by Tang Muintir Community Council and funded by Westmeath Community Development.

Jacinta was on the Moncrieff Show on Newstalk (http://www.newstalk.ie/play

At 11.00 am, this coming Wednesday 19th February 2014, we will be archiving the digital records for over 20,000 Cork County grave memorials and 127 historic graveyards with the county council in the.

I met digital historian Sharon Slater (http://limerickslife.com/) for coffee yesterday and she briefed me on plans for the Beyond the Grave conference to be held in Limerick next year. See you there!

Call for Papers

Beyond the Grave ; The social and physical acts surrounding death and burials in both modern and ancient Ireland.

There are many fascinating grave memorials in Clopook including a very interesting ledger slab found