Dates and times for 2026 summer-seas Cemetery Masses have started to be announced.
More details will be added to this post as they become available.
Ballinacourty (Clarinbridge): Friday 31 July, 7:30pm
Claregalway: Monday 1 June, 7:30pm
Oranmore Village: Monday 3 August, 7pm
Kilcamin (Maree) Friday 7th August, 7:30pm
Cemetery Masses or Blessing of the Graves is an annual tradition in Ireland.
One day every year, a priest visits each cemetery and says an outdoor Mass in memory of all the people who have been buried there. In large graveyards, this usually happens on Sunday - so the day becomes known as Cemetery Sunday. In small cemeteries, it often happens on a weekday.
People prepare for this by cleaning and decorating family graves
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