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A woman dies. How does her community pay tribute when they are social-distancing?

Posted by DanBC
Tags: death, funerals, communities, social distancing, churches, lockdown, source.twitter
https://twitter.com/Buailtin/status/1240944703853539328
@buailtin:
Yesterday we buried a lovely woman. Due to #Covid19 there was no wake & our community couldn't enter the church. But the entire parish came out & lined the 2km road to graveyard to say goodbye to Betty Ryan. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine #WestKerry https://t.co/Sns99qUSad

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  1. DanBC
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    Betty Ryan died in Ireland. Normally there would be a funeral and a wake and the community would have gathered to pay tribute. Covid-19 means the church is closed and wakes are not possible. I...

    Betty Ryan died in Ireland. Normally there would be a funeral and a wake and the community would have gathered to pay tribute. Covid-19 means the church is closed and wakes are not possible.

    I found this tribute from her community incredibly moving, especially since they used Arvo Pärt's Spiegal im Spiegal.

    Covid-19 is changing everything.

    2 votes
  2. FishFingus
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    We'll just have to remember their names for the service afterward, and for engraving on the town memorial. I don't doubt that the last village where I lived, if the virus reaches it, will be...

    We'll just have to remember their names for the service afterward, and for engraving on the town memorial. I don't doubt that the last village where I lived, if the virus reaches it, will be almost completely depopulated.

    2 votes