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Cork Priest Says Booze And Cigarettes Are Inappropriate Funeral Gifts

A priest in Cork has expressed concern about inappropriate items as funeral gifts. Fr Thomas Walsh s...
Alison Healy
Alison Healy

9:31 AM - 6 Aug 2019



Cork Priest Says Booze And Cig...

Dermot & Dave

Cork Priest Says Booze And Cigarettes Are Inappropriate Funeral Gifts

Alison Healy
Alison Healy

9:31 AM - 6 Aug 2019



A priest in Cork has expressed concern about inappropriate items as funeral gifts.

Fr Thomas Walsh said bringing things such as a can of beer or a packet of cigarettes does not tell us anything uplifting about the person who has died.

Fr Walsh is also against offering up a remote control or a mobile phone.

So what should we be offering up instead?

Fr Walsh recommends items such as a flower, a family photograph or a prayer book, saying they reveal far more about a person than booze or cigarettes.



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