Frequently Asked Questions
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Handwritten Sympathy Cards
Send a Handwritten Sympathy Card
A unique service in Ireland, we handwrite your selected sympathy card and mail this card, using real stamps, within 24 hours of receiving your order. Envelopes are also handwritten and there is no mention of RIP.ie. Note, a sympathy card is not a signed mass card.
Click here to view our current range of Sympathy Cards - or click on the image below.
Death Notices
Publish a death notice!!!!
To publish a death notice on RIP.ie, simply ask your funeral director to do so. This is a free service to bereaved families and all funeral directors in Ireland have secure access to the site for the purpose of publishing death notices for funerals which they are undertaking.
In cases where, for example, a funeral is taking place abroad, the family can contact RIP.ie directly and we will liaise with the funeral director who is handling the arrangements.
Given the sensitive nature of the information on RIP.ie, we cannot accept notices directly from the public. Similarly, we cannot make changes to a notice published on the site by a funeral director, such changes can only be made by the funeral director.
The only way to guarantee that a notice appears on RIP.ie is if the funeral director publishes the notice on the site.
All notices placed on RIP.ie are archived on the site and can be found by searching: surname, county, town or date range. The only information we have available is that which is given on the site and our records go back to July 2006.
How far back do your records go?
Our records go back to July 2006. All notices placed on RIP.ie are archived on the site and can be found by searching: surname, county, town or date range. The only information we have available is that which is given on the site.
Find a specific death notice
On the home page you have a few options to help you find the notice you are looking for:
If you only know the surname of the deceased, enter that into the "surname" field and click "search". This returns all notices matching that surname published in the last 7 days. Change the "from" and "to" dates, as necessary.
If you know the surname and county of the deceased, enter both and click "search" This returns all notices matching that surname, for that county, published in the last 7 days. Change the "from" and "to" dates, as necessary.
If you are looking for a specific notice, published during a specific date range enter the information you know into the search boxes, e.g. surname, county, then select the date range using the "from" and "to" calendars. In the example below, I want to see all notices published for the period Jan 1st 2013 to Sept. 12th 2013 matching the surname "Jones" from County "Dublin":
You can bookmark the page(s) that you visit most regularly, such as deaths in your county, so that the next time you visit RIP.ie, you will be taken straight to that page. For example, if you are interested only in death notices from Co. Kildare, then select that county from the County dropdown menu and click search (see below). Then bookmark this page in the usual way.
Clicking the "Death Notices" tab on the home page, gives a all list of Recently Published Notices on RIP.ie, that is, notices published today and yesterday, as well as some notices for funerals that are still ongoing and notices where the arrangements have yet to be confirmed.
On this page you also have the same search options as on the Home Page as well as the option to "sort" according to any of the column heading - simply by clicking on the heading you wish to sort by, such as "name", "town", "county" or "date published".
Most Recently Published Notices
Clicking the "Death Notices" tab on the home page, gives a all list of Recently Published Notices on RIP.ie, that is, notices published today and yesterday, as well as some notices for funerals that are still ongoing and notices where the arrangements have yet to be confirmed.
On this page you also have the same search options as on the Home Page, as well as the option to "sort" according to any of the column heading - simply by clicking on the heading you wish to sort by, such as "name", "town", "county" or "date published".
Find local businesses & service providers
Find local service providers e.g. Funeral Directors, Florists, Headstones ...
RIP.ie covers its running costs primarily through advertising, so please lend your generous support to the advertisers on RIP.ie.
You will find providers of local services, such florists, funeral directors, tax advisors, private caterers, memorial cards, solicitors, headstone manufacturers etc., in our local service providers’ directory, which can be searched by county and category.
You can access this directory from any page in the site, by clicking “services directory” on the top navigation toolbar.
If you're a Service Provider and wish to advertise with us,
whether in the Services Directory or elsewhere on the site,
please get in touch
Find Practical Information
Find Practical Information on End of Life Matters
Click the "Practical Information" tab on the top navigation bar, where you will find information, from reliable sources, relevant to End of Life Matters in Ireland, inluding topics such as:
- Before a Death (incl. making a will)
- After a Death (incl. registering a death and organ donation)
- Financial & Legal (incl. bereavement grants and taxes) ....and much more.
You can quickly find what you are looking for by using the seach box at the top of the page in the Practical Information Section.
Type the word or phrase you are looking and click the "search" button (shown above).
The results page will highlight those pages in the Practical Information Section which refer to the specific word or phrase you searched for.
The "Resources" area, at the bottom of the Practical Information Section, is useful for quickly finding guides, help, lists and links. It also includes readings, poems, quotes, music, books and sympathy cards, which may offer some small comfort in a time of loss.
Maps & Directions to Churches
Find maps - directions to churches
RIP.ie has created a database of maps for churches in Ireland.
When a funeral director is publishing a notice on RIP.ie, they can attach a church map to that notice, so that it will display with that notice. If a map has not been attached to a notice, contact your funeral directors to add this.
Should you spot an error with any church map, please let us know asap so that this can be corrected. Do this by calling 041 684 9801 or emailing info@rip.ie
Charities & Voluntary Organisations in Ireland
Find Charities & Voluntary Organisations
When a death occurs, families often request that a donation be made to a charity or voluntary organisation, in lieu of flowers, and this is often included in the death notice.
To help families know what charities and voluntary organisations exist in Ireland click here for a listing of charities and voluntary organisations, actively working in
Each charity has a brief description and a live link to their website, where you can find out more about the good work they do. If your preferred charity is not on our list, please let us know.
