Actually, we are doing the exact same thing nowadays in the U.S. My sister purchased a plot in PA (outside Phil.) abt. 2 years ago and was told they are now going 3 deep so for 1 headstone there are 9 spots. With that she has room for her immediate family. Toni -----Original Message----- From: irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janet Crawford Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:52 AM To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: (CORK) Where do I look? Yes, Hilary. The graves are dug deeper here than they would be in the states so that they can hold more people. Janet On 9/21/06, Moonshadow242@aol.com <Moonshadow242@aol.com> wrote: > > In a message dated 9/21/2006 9:54:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > padraigogealagain@rogers.com writes: > > Where are graves recycled- and specifically , in respect of graves, what > does the term mean > > > > I had always understood that after a certain period of years (not sure how > long), more bodies can be buried in a grave (even one that is considered > "full"), because of the natural decomposition and settling. I think they do that > even in some cemeteries here in the US -- but Ireland has been settled for a > lot longer than the US, so wouldn't that mean that a single grave could hold > a large number of people? > > Hilary > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wow. I knew we did double-deep here in the US. Hadn't heard about triple-deep. I know for double-deep, the hole is 12 feet, so triple-deep would mean an 18 foot hole! Related to that, in the US, caskets are placed in cement boxes to prevent the ground from sinking over time as caskets decay. I know that's a relatively recent convention, and I was under the impression that it's required by law, but maybe not. It sounds like in Ireland, there's not enough space to use the cement boxes--and that they would actually be counterproductive given that the decay is beneficial since you can bury more people as time goes on. On 9/21/06 1:36 PM, "Edward & Toni McCarthy" <efmamcc@msn.com> wrote: > Actually, we are doing the exact same thing nowadays in the U.S. My sister > purchased a plot in PA (outside Phil.) abt. 2 years ago and was told they > are now going 3 deep so for 1 headstone there are 9 spots. With that she > has room for her immediate family. > > Toni > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-cork-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Janet Crawford > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:52 AM > To: irl-cork@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: (CORK) Where do I look? > > Yes, Hilary. The graves are dug deeper here than they would be in the > states so that they can hold more people. > > Janet > > On 9/21/06, Moonshadow242@aol.com <Moonshadow242@aol.com> wrote: >> >> In a message dated 9/21/2006 9:54:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> padraigogealagain@rogers.com writes: >> >> Where are graves recycled- and specifically , in respect of graves, what >> does the term mean >> >> >> >> I had always understood that after a certain period of years (not sure how >> long), more bodies can be buried in a grave (even one that is considered >> "full"), because of the natural decomposition and settling. I think they > do that >> even in some cemeteries here in the US -- but Ireland has been settled > for a >> lot longer than the US, so wouldn't that mean that a single grave could > hold >> a large number of people? >> >> Hilary >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message