Rathass Graveyard Committee

Thank You Kingdom Memorials

Huge congratulations to our friends in the Rathass Graveyard committee on a beautiful mass last night in Rath, the work and effort ye have put in all year long is phenomenal and ye deserve so much gratitude ❤️

Final preparations ahead of the annual mass tomorrow evening (Wednesday 8th July) at 7:30pm at Rathass Graveyard. Fingers crossed we will be blessed with the fine weather again tomorrow.

It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Cyril Fitzgerald yesterday morning. We, the Committee wish to express our sincere condolences to Cyril’s family, friends and work colleagues. Cyril was a valued member of the team at Rathass Graveyard. His contribution, presence and banter will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with Cyril’s loved ones at this very difficult time. May they find comfort in the support of family and friends and may cherished memories bring them strength in the days ahead. Thank you Cyril for all your hard work and dedication. You will be deeply missed. May you rest in eternal peace 🕊️

Linda, Katie, Danny, Kathleen & Margaret

Despite the rain and wind, it was a busy morning at Rathass Graveyard as the flowers were planted in readiness for the annual mass on July 8th. The weather slowed no one down as the flower beds were steadily filled with colour. A very big thank you to Friends of Able Tidy Towns CE Scheme & Rathass Cemetery CE Scheme for braving the weather and for their tremendous work this morning helping us with the flower planting.

The beautiful flowers were sourced from and carefully grown by Liscahane Nursery and Garden Centre.

We would kindly ask people who are attending to their graves to either dispose of old wreath and flower etc in the bins provided in the graveyard or to take them home with them.

It has been very disheartening to find old wreaths, flowers, broken flower pots, vases and candles dumped at the entrance to the altar and in and around the flower beds especially with the many hours of hard work which are spent year round by Rathass Graveyard Committee, Rathass Cemetery CE Scheme and our wonderful volunteers in keeping The People’s Altar clean and tidy and in maintaining and upgrading the flower beds to make the graveyard look pleasing for visitors.

We ask all visitors to please be mindful and respectful when attending and cleaning off their graves.

Another busy few days at Rathass Graveyard despite the rain. A special thank you to Eamon McAuliffe and Kevin Griffen who joined us on Thursday evening to clear out the flower bed near the entrance to the graveyard in Ballinorig, dig out the overgrown shrubs and top up the soil and clean up the area around the flower bed. The flower bed was planted over the weekend with beautiful colourful flowers once again sourced from Boyles of Ballyseedy.

The remaining flowers will be planted over the coming fortnight in preparation for the mass on 8th July.

Would any volunteers be available to help dig out a flower bed at the People’s Altar on Thursday evening at 6.30pm for about an hour. We would be very grateful. Thank you.