Kerry bereaved storing cremated remains at home

Kerry people are storing the remains of loved ones on shelves and in “presses and cupboards” because none of the county’s 154 public cemeteries has columbarium walls, or facilities for the internment of ashes. Such walls have a series of niches allowing ashes to be stored.

Since 2017, undertakers have reported a growing trend for cremation in the county but the urgent need for walls in the cemeteries there has still not been met, a meeting of Kerry County Council was told.