Morbid enough stuff, but curious all the same.
In my case it's mainly to find the aul fella. Look everyday. Bastard has nine lives though.
Am I alone here?
Local radio covers all the aliases nicely.
"William, also known as Will, Willy, Liam, Wills, Willo Malarkey.....reposing at..."
That reminds me of an inscription on a tombstone...
"Where I am you once were and where you are I will one day be."
I agree it is morbid, we don't want to face our own mortality despite the inevitable.
Journalist Gemma O Doherty spends most her days on it to be frank, it's on her website more than anything!
Someone at worked pointed out that the deaths featured on the homepage are pretty much the top ten deaths of the day... I can't really look at the site the same way.
They should add some filters to make it more fun.
Like, Age, Marital Status, Disease, Suddenly or Peacefully, Surrounded by Family or All Alone etc............
😋
Its a big thing with the anti vax conspiraloons. The younger RIPs the better.
Then they can go on their binfire social media channel with pics of the dead person and assume it was all the vax
Its one of the most used websites in Ireland by all accounts.
I myself would check 2 counties twice a week. The front page is interesting where it shows the top viewed funerals, obviously there would be some trajic cases accidents/suicides of young people and some famous people but from looking at it Louth & Cork always have funeral notices in it of deaths so those counties would strike me as top users.
Forgive my ignorance but what do people use it for? I’ve heard of it but don’t understand why people would check it regularly.
dInteresting question...Human interest? I look at it less and less these days
They use it to check details of the funeral arrangements mostly.
Some like to leave messages of condolence also.
If you just log into it you will get a better idea of the content.
I will have a look. I’ve heard it mentioned but kind of thought it was a joke!! Not sure if we have the equivalent over here in England but must do.
The last thing I need is to be snooping around misery porn, which seems to be a national pastime.
I think that's what's known as a "challenging w@nk".
Nope, I'm not old enough for that.
Huge thing in rural Ireland where attending funerals is seen as a duty as much as anything else. Not just for the old either, I know plenty of 30 something's that have RIP.ie notifications set up for the home parish and surrounding areas. They'd be mortified if they missed making even the shortest appearance at a local funeral. It's just not acceptable!
You have to go to pass yourself. 🤣
I don't really browse but when I do go on it to see who has died thoughts go through my head that it's sad all these people are dead.
When someone in our family dies, we feel sad. We think "did we do enough, what if I did this or that". We think they were too young to die at 60 or 70.
When I see all the pictures of the people who are dead, I think that everyone has a story, but we just brush over that which is understandable.
I have alerts set up on the site. After my mother passed my dad went off travelling and asked me to let him know of anyone in the area who had died, and to attend the funeral in his stead if necessary.
Fun? Someone's loved ones ...FUN?
It was Tongue in Cheek?! I'm not immune to knowing people who have died.
"Everyone has to take their turn sitting in the front row"
Look you've put the FUN in funeral 😉 This is after hours and your post is very much in the tone of the sub-forum and the thread itself.
If the self anointed fun guard finds issue with that? Maybe AH isn't for her? 🤷♀️
Maybe we should all weep, wail and gnash our teeth?
I'm going to go with a bit of Kriah in the hopes the prettier folk grieving start tearing off their clothes too 😉
Whistling past the graveyard.
I check it multiple times per day - and even then I'm only a lightweight compared to some people in my home area who love ringing each other about who is dead/dying and to get a "scoop" before anything goes up on rip.ie
It is a useful site for genealogical research, pity it only goes back to 2006.
Also possibly useful for stalking and gold digging e.g. if used in conjunction with the estate values from the probate office that are published in the newspapers.
You, sir, are a genius! 😄
You do indeed.
There are a few in the UK, this one claims to be the leading one.
This is another version that is on a headstone dating from 1793 which is in the RC churchyard at Clondra, County Longford.
Stay Passenger
See where I be
As you are now
So once was I
And as I am
So shall you be
Prepare for death
And follow me
QR code's now on headstones
QR coded gravestones to tell the stories of loved ones – The Irish Times
Great idea
One last opportunity to rick roll people?
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