Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Here are some great accounts from undertaker Sean Condon from Clonmel of burial customs, practices and stories from over the years. In the clip he talks about families and neighbours digging graves as well as graves being filled in while the family are still at the graveside. He has one great account of one fella "murdering himself" (ie going full on) filling in the grave as he had people watching him and was showing off, while another of a fella he saved from falling into an open grave in Grangemockler. He also talks about seeing the shovels being left in the shape of the sign of the cross when the grave was filled in.
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This interview was recorded by Michael Fortune with Funeral Director Sean Condon in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary in September 2024. It was recorded for the Tipperary Museum of Hidden History as part of a research exhibition organised by curator Jayne Sutcliffe around death and funeral customs from Co. Tipperary.
Here are some great accounts from undertaker Sean Condon from Clonmel of burial customs, practices and stories from over the years. In the clip he talks about families and neighbours digging graves as well as graves being filled in while the family are still at the graveside. He has one great account of one fella "murdering himself" (ie going full on) filling in the grave as he had people watching him and was showing off, while another of a fella he saved from falling into an open grave in Grangemockler. He also talks about seeing the shovels being left in the shape of the sign of the cross when the grave was filled in.
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This interview was recorded by Michael Fortune with Funeral Director Sean Condon in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary in September 2024. It was recorded for the Tipperary Museum of Hidden History as part of a research exhibition organised by curator Jayne Sutcliffe around death and funeral customs from Co. Tipperary.
