Dead Funny

The Little Book of Irish Grave Humour

A collection of curious Irish gravestone inscriptions from across Ireland and further afield.

Here lies Pat Steel;

That’s very true!

Who was he ! what was he !

What’s that to you?

He lies here, because he

Is dead – nothing new.

 

Here lies the remains of

John Hall, Grocer

The world is not worth a fig,

I have good raisins for saying so.

 

This stone was raised to Sarah Ford,

Not Sarah’s virtues to record–

For they’re well known to all the town–

No Lord; it was raised to keep her down.

This is a simple collection of graveyard inscriptions, church epitaphs and other memorials to be found throughout Ireland.