Because recent environmental concerns, using concrete enclosures for the grave seems to be now mandated, at least in Limerick city municipal graves. ***** Reply to the LIST ONLY - Please ***** ***** Thanks for your consideration ***** Pádraig Mór, An Sean Gabhar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Troy" <sbtroy@comcast.net> To: <irl-cork@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 1:58 PM Subject: Re: (CORK) Where do I look? > 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

> > > 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! Someone told me once and I've forgotten for sure, but I think the answer here was 8 feet, maybe 10. No deeper as they don't have the equipment to go deeper and the plots are dug by hand. No concrete boxes except maybe in the large cities like Dublin, Limerick, Cork, etc. Janet