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RIP.ie - UK website

  • 14-01-2019 4:48pm
    #1
    Meursault
    Registered Users Posts: 453 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    do you know whether there is an equivalent UK website to rip.ie?

    Thanks,

    M.


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  • #2
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    Not really.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



  • #3
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,385 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Death is a lot different in England at least- much more of an immediate family thing. Not like here where it’s a whole wider community ritual.


  • #4
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    I posted here about this site a few years ago and someone mentioned iannounce.co.uk for the UK but its probably not as good as rip.


  • #5
    Meursault
    Registered Users Posts: 453 ✭✭Meursault


    Okay, that's a pity. It was worth a shot anyway.

    Thanks all.


  • #6
    Garlinge
    Registered Users Posts: 591 ✭✭✭Garlinge


    It is less common to put a newspaper notice about person's death. Funerals are more private affairs and attendance is by invitation. :(


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  • #7
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    Garlinge wrote: »
    It is less common to put a newspaper notice about person's death. Funerals are more private affairs and attendance is by invitation. :(


    I did know that they don't announce in the newspaper in the UK but never heard the funeral attendance is by invitation. Wasn't the case a few years back when I travelled to the UK for a funeral. I expect the funeral of a famous person may involve invitations though.


  • #8
    tabbey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭tabbey


    Garlinge wrote: »
    It is less common to put a newspaper notice about person's death. Funerals are more private affairs and attendance is by invitation. :(

    Even in Ireland, some deaths were announced in the newspapers,but marked funeral private.


  • #9
    srmf5
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭srmf5


    Garlinge wrote: »
    It is less common to put a newspaper notice about person's death. Funerals are more private affairs and attendance is by invitation. :(

    Some may be private but not all. My mum went to her aunt's funeral in England recently and parishioners went to the funeral. Anyone who wanted to go was welcome. Things are done quite differently overall in England though.


  • #10
    pinkypinky
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭pinkypinky


    I think religion plays a role here. Catholics in England of Irish background are more likely to have a funeral similar to Irish customs.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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