The death notices in the back page of the paper

Specialun

Is this just an irish thing? Never really took much notice in other countries papers...does your local paper do it

FallSilently

Me local paper AND me local radio. Sure everyone one loves death here.

kneemos

Ardal O Hanlan had a show about it the other night.
Old folk seem to get it.Not sure of the attraction myself.

foggy_lad

Keep an eye on the deaths in the next while, the Labour party will be getting a mention!

The_Valeyard

foggy_lad wrote: »

Keep an eye on the deaths in the next while, the Labour party will be getting a mention!

Just back from the protest are we?



But yeah, its a very popular Irish things. "You will never guess who has passed away"

Bongalongherb

foggy_lad wrote: »

Keep an eye on the deaths in the next while, the Labour party will be getting a mention!

And no Bereavement Grants either for them bastards.

namloc1980

Nope it happens in many countries. Another one of those "Only in Ireland" things that actually happens the world over.

indioblack

Specialun wrote: »

Is this just an irish thing? Never really took much notice in other countries papers...does your local paper do it

On the radio, too - and the internet.
I found it invaluable when, sadly, relatives in Ireland died. I could organise myself to get over there - had to, mainly because they have this annoying habit of burying people so quickly.

byhookorbycrook

No everyone has access to online sites such as rip.ie. The paper/local radio are invaluable for older people. As communities become more fragmented ,word of mouth doesn't work like it did years ago.

Guy:Incognito

If enough people care about you they put it on the front page too :-)

Bongalongherb

I can imagine my death on the paper... Crazy marijuana smoking person commits suicide via choking on a smoke-pipe ornament in shock of the news that every single citizen of Ireland has turned gay... The only last straight person on this Island the poor man thought he was. May he rest in a peace-pipe.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Most national broadsheet newspapers do it also not just locals. It's something the undertaker will arrange.

haveringchick

The better quaility broadsheets in the UK have been doing it longer than we have, and every single newspaper in small town US plus some national dailies

FallSilently

Bongalongherb wrote: »

I can imagine my death on the paper... Crazy marijuana smoking person commits suicide via choking on a smoke-pipe ornament in shock of the news that every single citizen of Ireland has turned gay... The only last straight person on this Island the poor man thought he was. May he rest in a peace-pipe.

WTF did I just read?

donegaLroad

I was out in Niagara on the Lake in Southern Ontario a couple of years ago.. it is a big retirement area in Canada. Out of curiosity I checked the death notices in the local paper and first thing I noticed was everyone's age was listed, and the other thing I noticed was there were very few deceased people under the age of 90.

I remember wondering is it that people look after themselves a lot better in Canada, or is it a better health service, or a combination of both?

Bongalongherb

FallSilently wrote: »

WTF did I just read?

The shock and awe titillating the normal brain function can be quite a shock at times. Don't mind me, I was typing when I was only supposed to be pondering. A whole new meaning of letting the fingers do the walking.

nathang20

Where I live, like most cities.. you tend to take life and death, with a single breath. My next door neighbour died 2 weeks ago. It wan't until today 29/08/2015, that I realised he died. I don't know what is more scary? knowing a neighbour passed away!, or the fact a nice neighbour passed away. I think the latter, in every context is more applicable!

Chain Smoker

I was raised in a house where the whole day seemed to revolve around listening to death notices on the radio. If some name came up that my parents weren't sure whether they knew or not, they'd know within minutes after the broadcast by whether my aunt calls to make sure they know they've to go to suchandsuch's removal/funeral.

We used to do a daily news thing each morning in school, I had been so brainwashed into thinking the deaths were the only news that mattered that my daily contribution became the deaths. I'd take down as many names as I could from the radio each morning and read them out to the class.

Menas

When I was a young fella one of my jobs was to do a runner to the church to get mass cards signed.
It seems like I was doing that every week for years....cant imagine my parents knew that many people who died. But we did have a shop in a provincial town so perhaps sending mass cards to people you vaguely knew was the thing to do?

galljga1

Bongalongherb wrote: »

I can imagine my death on the paper... Crazy marijuana smoking person commits suicide via choking on a smoke-pipe ornament in shock of the news that every single citizen of Ireland has turned gay... The only last straight person on this Island the poor man thought he was. May he rest in a peace-pipe.

Methinks Bong has been on the herb a tad too long.

FloatingVoter

Menas wrote: »

When I was a young fella one of my jobs was to do a runner to the church to get mass cards signed.
It seems like I was doing that every week for years....cant imagine my parents knew that many people who died. But we did have a shop in a provincial town so perhaps sending mass cards to people you vaguely knew was the thing to do?

I imagine your parents were selling pre-signed mass cards. A useful service for nitwits like me who'd know how to find a shop but not when or where to go to get a card signed

Gael23

For as long as I can remember they were always inside the front cover of our paper. Only recently have they been moved to the back.

Right Turn Clyde

donegaLroad wrote: »

I was out in Niagara on the Lake in Southern Ontario a couple of years ago.. it is a big retirement area in Canada. Out of curiosity I checked the death notices in the local paper and first thing I noticed was everyone's age was listed, and the other thing I noticed was there were very few deceased people under the age of 90.

I remember wondering is it that people look after themselves a lot better in Canada, or is it a better health service, or a combination of both?

There could be any number of factors involved. First up is the fact that they could afford to retire to an area like that in the first place. That immediately raises questions about their educational background, the prevalence of sports in their schools/colleges and the type of healthcare that they could afford throughout their life.

Then there's the very nature of retirement villages in general. I suspect the average age of people in that area is already unusually high.

I don't doubt that they may look after themselves better, or that Canadian healthcare is better than Ireland's, but an affluent retirement village is a rather unique environment.

colossus-x

I just hope I never become 'interested' in the deaths of people I hardly know, as I get older.

Cienciano

namloc1980 wrote: »

Nope it happens in many countries. Another one of those "Only in Ireland" things that actually happens the world over.

I knew a guy from Cavan that was convinced Ireland was the only country in the world with roundabouts

custard gannet

Here's one somewhat related. That I have always been curious about

[url]Http://www.Dailymail.Co.Uk/news/article-3214201/wreaths-shaped-like-cannabis-leaves-armed-police-standby-crowds-line-streets-salford-s-assassinated-mr-big-paul-massey-laid-rest.Html[/url]

This guy died last month. Why in England can it take upwards of four weeks to hold funeral?

FloatingVoter

custard gannet wrote: »

Here's one somewhat related. That I have always been curious about

[URL]Http://www.Dailymail.Co.Uk/news/article-3214201/wreaths-shaped-like-cannabis-leaves-armed-police-standby-crowds-line-streets-salford-s-assassinated-mr-big-paul-massey-laid-rest.Html[/URL]

This guy died last month. Why in England can it take upwards of four weeks to hold funeral?

If the body is held up in post-mortem due to a death in suspicious circumstances. This was a gangland hit - the police initially did a shoddy investigation. Conspiracy theories are already loose about who killed the deceased. Also to allow emotions to die down and avoid potential gang violence.

FloatingVoter

Cienciano wrote: »

I knew a guy from Cavan that was convinced Ireland was the only country in the world with roundabouts

..as I am convinced Ireland is the only country in the world with a Cavan.

FloatingVoter

FloatingVoter wrote: »

..as I am convinced Ireland is the only country in the world with a Cavan.

No https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavan,_South_Australia

donegaLroad

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

There could be any number of factors involved. First up is the fact that they could afford to retire to an area like that in the first place. That immediately raises questions about their educational background, the prevalence of sports in their schools/colleges and the type of healthcare that they could afford throughout their life.


Then there's the very nature of retirement villages in general. I suspect the average age of people in that area is already unusually high.

I don't doubt that they may look after themselves better, or that Canadian healthcare is better than Ireland's, but an affluent retirement village is a rather unique environment.

Large number of retired military people live there.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I listen to the death notices on local radio first thing in the morning. If they don't call out my name I get up.

Menas

FloatingVoter wrote: »

I imagine your parents were selling pre-signed mass cards. A useful service for nitwits like me who'd know how to find a shop but not when or where to go to get a card signed

Nah, it was not that kind of shop.:)
And I always had to fill in the name of the deceased in the priests book and put my parents names in the 'from' column.

indioblack

custard gannet wrote: »

Here's one somewhat related. That I have always been curious about

[URL]Http://www.Dailymail.Co.Uk/news/article-3214201/wreaths-shaped-like-cannabis-leaves-armed-police-standby-crowds-line-streets-salford-s-assassinated-mr-big-paul-massey-laid-rest.Html[/URL]

This guy died last month. Why in England can it take upwards of four weeks to hold funeral?

From my experience, it's about a week here in England.
Again, from my experience, it's two or three days in Ireland.
Always meant that when relatives died over there I had to get a move on.

Right Turn Clyde

donegaLroad wrote: »

Large number of retired military people live there.

That makes it even more interesting.

An average of 90+ at the time of death is a fascinating statistic. I'd really love to see a detailed breakdown of the various demographics involved.

For Forks Sake

Alexzander Nice Boardroom wrote: »

I listen to the death notices on local radio first thing in the morning. If they don't call out my name I get up.

Sounds like a lad I used to work with, he used to peruse the notices in the Indo religiously to make sure he wasn't mentioned. Used to refer to is as the runners and riders.

Fred Swanson

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Right Turn Clyde

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

That makes it even more interesting.

An average of 90+ at the time of death is a fascinating statistic. I'd really love to see a detailed breakdown of the various demographics involved.

WWII produced an enormous number of veterans who would be in their 90's now, perhaps the rationing and enforced fitness regime played a part as in fewer fat & unfit people in the village.

FloatingVoter

Irish people die abroad every hour of every day. When Irish people are murdered abroad it gets attention. You'd find the NY Times would be carrying a piece tomorrow if a US citizen gets killed in Dublin today. Not if he has a heart attack.

Fred Swanson

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Agricola

Chain Smoker wrote: »

I was raised in a house where the whole day seemed to revolve around listening to death notices on the radio. If some name came up that my parents weren't sure whether they knew or not, they'd know within minutes after the broadcast by whether my aunt calls to make sure they know they've to go to suchandsuch's removal/funeral.

Same with my folks when they got to retirement age. I suppose when you havent much else on to fill your day and a lot of people you know are beginning to clock out, it would make sense to keep track of the deaths with military efficiency. Plus, its a good social outlet since most old people arent going on the batter every weekend. We love an aul funeral in Ireland too it has to be said.

FloatingVoter

RTE have been busy reporting on the shocking continued existence of the PIRA (nobody else gives a damn) - not people falling down stairs. Unless they fell in a comical Darwin Award kind of way.
Car crashes highlight road safety and edumacate our young folk that doing doughnuts at 140 KPH on empty roads can still kill you.

Sam Kade

Specialun wrote: »

Is this just an irish thing? Never really took much notice in other countries papers...does your local paper do it

In other countries they secretly bury the dead and still pretend that they are living :rolleyes:

FloatingVoter

Sam Kade wrote: »

In other countries they secretly bury the dead and still pretend that they are living :rolleyes:

We've been known to flytip the odd granny and keep claiming the pension for 20 or so years. 'tis what she'd have wanted.

Sam Kade

FloatingVoter wrote: »

We've been known to flytip the odd granny and keep claiming the pension for 20 or so years. 'tis what she'd have wanted.

There was a worker in the local post office that kept drawing 4 old age pensions for people after they had died, wasn't that good of him? The same fella used to nose around people with new houses to make sure they had a TV licence.