It’s a dead funny place for a rock festival...

Good grief — a funeral home is set to rock to live music and comedy over the next two weekends as one of Ireland’s quirkiest festivals kicks off.

Headline acts including Brendan Grace and Damien Dempsey are among the star attractions at the Rocky Mayhem festival in Kilfinane — tucked high up in the Ballyhoura mountains in Co Limerick.

But it’s the venue which sets this festival apart, with the gigs being staged in a 1,200-capacity marquee which will be erected in a paved yard alongside Henry McCarthy’s funeral home.