While Irish wakes and funerals are well known for being large affairs full of emotion, reminiscing, prayer, and song, these traditions are nothing new. As far back as the 12th century, the Irish were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of what happened around the death and subsequent funeral services for Pope Francis had a traditional ring to them. Obviously, ...

Following the recent article about the campaign to legalise open-air cremations in the UK, Davender Kumar Ghai, from the Newcastle based Anglo Asian Friendship Society, writes about funeral customs ...