If youâre family definitely.If not just wear something smart.
Nothing worse than seeing some gimp show up to a funeral in shorts.
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A fella brought up the gifts at my auntâs funeral in a pair of cut off jean shorts, a tee shirt and some kind of man bag across him 
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Was he her dealer?
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No. He was nephew of her husbandâs. In fairness to the lad he came straight off a train from Dublin on a warm day and was a young enough fella, but jaysusâŚ
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And sandals?
What passes for fashionable nowadays thou 
I reckon the bereaved couldnât give a solid fuck.
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I wore a suit, and was glad of it tbh.
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I hope you didnât go on the motor bike.
We âburiedâ the brother in law lately. Cancer. He sold his Harley when he got the news. The guy who bought it turned up in leathers on the bike to the cremation. He wasnât sure it would go down well. But it set a light hearted mood that was enjoyed by all the family. Especially the gran kids.
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The Cork funeral home etiquette still catches me on the hop, but it seems a more social one than the in-and-out vibe at home. A few bits of music, a poem from a Buddhist type and a rendition of YNWA. A nice way to say goodbye to a pal.
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I was at a funeral in Mayo last week.
They are big into their funeral homes for âformalâ sympathising and then back to the house with the remains.
No sympathising then at the funeral which caught us on the hop but we caught up with the relevant people outside.
In Leitrim itâs all in the house (the previously common removal to the church to stay there overnight seems to have vanished). That puts pressure then on the funeral for the âformalâ sympathising.
A new local priest changed the rules around eulogies and decreed they had to be done before mass started.
Family for a recent funeral were late getting organised on the morning of the funeral and missed their slot pre-mass and no way would he let them do it at the usual slot post communion.
I heard someone lately, who I would consider holy to a fanatical degree, call him Rasputin
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Bollox. Thatâs all you can say.
We have a similar priest in a neighbouring parish. Why do they have to be so strict?
This fella has everyone rubbed the wrong way and sure all it does is turn off the few they have left.
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A local headcase was buried the other day. The priest in his sermon remarked that he asked his family and friends as he was waked, what his passions were in life so that he could say a few words about him. They unanimously agreed that it was hard work, brandy and women. The young priest exclaimed that the first two he had the experience to speak about.
The family organised a disco after the burial to celebrate his life. Unconventional in these parts, but I suppose, so was he.
A pub rang the local constabulary once to report that they couldnât get the keys of the car off him, so they arrested him before he could start the car, and informed him that he could sleep it off in the cell, and then drive home. He was a big man, and handy with the fists so he gave as many clips to the lawmen as he could before he ran out of steam, and exclaimed that if they were a few inches shorter, theyâd be down in Galway selling carpets with their brothers.
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Have to go to a funeral on Wednesday.
One of the blokes from my all conquering O45âs team last year was killed in a boating accident last week.
51, married with 4 teenage kids. I didnât know Toolie very well before last year, but we got to know each other very well on the pitch and he was a very gifted footballer. And an absolutely magnificent person. He was hilarious. When we went on our team weekend away, Toolie and myself were the last men standing in the pub on the Friday night. Both half cut, absolutely pissing ourselves laughing at each other.
Some of the boys are taking this very hard, as they were in school with him since they were 5. Thereâs a team photo knocking around of them in 1980 in the U7âs.
He went on to become one of the most decorated players from Wyoming FC, winning premierships and Senior Player of the Year awards. You could see very quickly how technically good he was.
Iâm finding it hard to process. I feel awful for his family. Itâll be a huge funeral.
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Sorry to hear that. RIP
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Sorry to hear that Fitzy,what happened him?