List of Irish state funerals
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State funerals in Ireland have taken place on the following occasions since 1922:
Date | Recipient | Office / Reason | Venue | Date of death |
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15 October 2015 | Tony Golden | Member of the Garda Síochána murdered by a dissident republican[1] | Church of Saint Oliver Plunkett, Blackrock, County Louth | 11 October 2015 |
18 September 2015 | Thomas Kent | Reinterment of Irish nationalist killed in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising | St Nicholas' Church, Castlelyons, County Cork | 9 May 1916 |
25 August 2014 | Albert Reynolds | Former Taoiseach | Sacred Heart Church, Donnybrook, Dublin | 21 August 2014 |
30 January 2013 | Adrian Donohoe | Detective Garda murdered on duty[2] | Redemptorist Church, Dundalk, County Louth | 25 January 2013 |
22 May 2011 | Garret FitzGerald | Former Taoiseach | Sacred Heart Church, Donnybrook, Dublin | 19 May 2011 |
16 April 2008 | Patrick Hillery | Former President of Ireland | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 12 April 2008 |
16 June 2006 | Charles Haughey | Former Taoiseach[3] | Church of Our Lady of Consolation, Donnycarney, Dublin | 13 June 2006 |
14 October 2001 | Kevin Barry | Reinterment of executed War of Independence volunteers, collectively known as The Forgotten Ten. |
St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 1920–1921 |
Thomas Bryan | ||||
Patrick Doyle | ||||
Frank Flood | ||||
Edmond Foley | ||||
Patrick Maher | ||||
Patrick Moran | ||||
Bernard Ryan | ||||
Thomas Traynor | ||||
Thomas Whelan | ||||
23 October 1999 | Jack Lynch | Former Taoiseach[4] | North Cathedral, Cork | 20 October 1999 |
23 March 1978 | Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh | Former President | St Michael's Church, Sneem, County Kerry | 21 March 1978 |
2 September 1975 | Éamon de Valera | Former Taoiseach and President | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 29 August 1975 |
21 November 1974 | Erskine H. Childers | President[5] (died in office) | St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin | 17 November 1974 |
3 October 1972 | Kathleen Clarke | Former Lord Mayor of Dublin | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 29 September 1972 |
13 May 1971 | Seán Lemass | Former Taoiseach[6] | Church of the Good Shepherd, Churchtown, Dublin | 11 May 1971 |
12 March 1968 | Donogh O'Malley | Minister for Education[7] (died in office) | St John's Cathedral, Limerick | 10 March 1968 |
29 January 1968 | Sir Alfred Chester Beatty | Founder of the Chester Beatty Library[8][9] | St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin | 19 January 1968 |
26 November 1966 | Seán T. O'Kelly | Former President[10] | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 23 November 1966 |
18 November 1965 | W. T. Cosgrave | Former President of the Executive Council[11] | Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham, Dublin | 16 November 1965 |
28 September 1965 | James Fitzmaurice | Aviation pioneer[12] | St. Mary's Church, Haddington Road, Dublin | 26 September 1965 |
1 March 1965 | Roger Casement | Reinterment of patriot and revolutionary[13] | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 3 August 1916 |
2 November 1963 | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Former Governor-General of the Irish Free State[14] | Church of the Sacred Heart, Donnybrook, Dublin | 30 October 1963 |
13 August 1961 | John Moore | Reinterment of former President of the Government of the Province of Connacht[15][16] | Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar, County Mayo | 6 December 1799 |
27 March 1957 | Ernie O'Malley | Former Irish Republican Army officer [17] | Church of the Assumption, Howth, Dublin | 25 March 1957 |
14 July 1949 | Douglas Hyde | Former President[18][19] | St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin | 12 July 1949 |
30 August 1948 | Paschal Robinson | Papal Nuncio to Ireland[20] | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 27 August 1948 |
2 December 1944 | Eoin O'Duffy | Former Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 30 November 1944 |
October 1934 | Patrick S. Dinneen | Author of noted Irish-English dictionary[21] | 29 September 1934 | |
13 July 1927 | Kevin O'Higgins | Vice-President of the Executive Council (assassinated) | Church of St Andrew, Westland Row, Dublin | 10 July 1927 |
28 August 1922 | Michael Collins | Chairman of the Provisional Government[22] (killed in the Irish Civil War) | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 22 August 1922 |
16 August 1922 | Arthur Griffith | President of the Irish Republic[23] (died in office) | St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin | 12 August 1922 |
Former Taoiseach John A. Costello did not receive a state funeral, at the request of his family.
Protocol
Lying in state is only organised for a sitting taoiseach or president.
The church service may feature a High Mass, usually attended by past and present presidents, taoisigh and senior members of the Irish judiciary.
About 300 members of the Defence Forces provide a guard of honour, a gun-carriage carries the coffin, which is draped with the tricolour, and Army Buglers play the Last Post. There is a gun-salute.
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- ↑ Keogh, Dermot Ireland and the Vatican p265
- ↑ National Library Of Ireland, Newsletter Issue 21, Autumn 2005
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