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BURIAL FAQ’S
Can we dig our own grave to serve an important emotional
avoid the charge for opening function for survivors by helping
and closing it? with closure and allowing the
Traditionally and historically grieving process to begin.
neighbours have taken responsibility
for opening and closing the grave of What happens when a cemetery
the deceased in rural Irish parishes. runs out of land?
This tradition is allowed to continue in When a cemetery runs out of land,
some areas. However in cemeteries it will continue to operate and
controlled by local authorities, this serve the community. There are
role is carried out by local authority cemeteries throughout the world
staff. Alternatively, Dignity Funeral that have been in existence for
Care have professional grave hundreds of years.
diggers who are responsible for
opening and closing the grave for a How soon after death must an
set fee. individual be buried?
Why is having a place to visit so There is no law that states a specific
important? time from for burial. Considerations
that will affect timeline include the
To remember and to be need to secure all clearance and
remembered are natural human permissions, notification of family
needs. A permanent memorial in a and friends, preparation of cemetery
cemetery provides a focal point for site and religious considerations.
remembrance and memorializing Environmental health laws may
the deceased. Throughout human have limitations on the maximum
history, remembering the dead is length of time allowed to pass prior
a key component of almost every to final internment.
culture. Remembrance practices
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