Irish Examiner View: Irish epitaphs in England

England’s established church has inelastic rules on what may and may not be put on grave headstones, as the family of an Irish-born pensioner buried in Warwickshire has found.

A Church of England consistory court has ruled that an Irish-language epitaph — ‘In ár gcroíthe go deo’ — can be on the headstone only if it’s accompanied by a translation (‘in our hearts forever’).