List of Irish state funerals

State funerals in Ireland have taken place on the following occasions since 1922:

Date	Recipient	Office / Reason	Venue	Date of death
15 October 2015	Tony Golden	Member of the Garda Síochána murdered by a dissident republican[1]	Church of Saint Oliver Plunkett, Blackrock, County Louth	11 October 2015
18 September 2015	Thomas Kent	Reinterment of Irish nationalist killed in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising	St Nicholas' Church, Castlelyons, County Cork	9 May 1916
25 August 2014	Albert Reynolds	Former Taoiseach	Sacred Heart Church, Donnybrook, Dublin	21 August 2014
30 January 2013	Adrian Donohoe	Detective Garda murdered on duty[2]	Redemptorist Church, Dundalk, County Louth	25 January 2013
22 May 2011	Garret FitzGerald	Former Taoiseach	Sacred Heart Church, Donnybrook, Dublin	19 May 2011
16 April 2008	Patrick Hillery	Former President of Ireland	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	12 April 2008
16 June 2006	Charles Haughey	Former Taoiseach[3]	Church of Our Lady of Consolation, Donnycarney, Dublin	13 June 2006
14 October 2001	Kevin Barry	Reinterment of executed War of Independence volunteers, collectively known as The Forgotten Ten.	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	1920–1921
	Thomas Bryan
	Patrick Doyle
	Frank Flood
	Edmond Foley
	Patrick Maher
	Patrick Moran
	Bernard Ryan
	Thomas Traynor
	Thomas Whelan
23 October 1999	Jack Lynch	Former Taoiseach[4]	North Cathedral, Cork	20 October 1999
23 March 1978	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	Former President	St Michael's Church, Sneem, County Kerry	21 March 1978
2 September 1975	Éamon de Valera	Former Taoiseach and President	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	29 August 1975
21 November 1974	Erskine H. Childers	President[5] (died in office)	St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin	17 November 1974
3 October 1972	Kathleen Clarke	Former Lord Mayor of Dublin	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	29 September 1972
13 May 1971	Seán Lemass	Former Taoiseach[6]	Church of the Good Shepherd, Churchtown, Dublin	11 May 1971
12 March 1968	Donogh O'Malley	Minister for Education[7] (died in office)	St John's Cathedral, Limerick	10 March 1968
29 January 1968	Sir Alfred Chester Beatty	Founder of the Chester Beatty Library[8][9]	St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin	19 January 1968
26 November 1966	Seán T. O'Kelly	Former President[10]	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	23 November 1966
18 November 1965	W. T. Cosgrave	Former President of the Executive Council[11]	Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham, Dublin	16 November 1965
28 September 1965	James Fitzmaurice	Aviation pioneer[12]	St. Mary's Church, Haddington Road, Dublin	26 September 1965
1 March 1965	Roger Casement	Reinterment of patriot and revolutionary[13]	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	3 August 1916
2 November 1963	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Former Governor-General of the Irish Free State[14]	Church of the Sacred Heart, Donnybrook, Dublin	30 October 1963
13 August 1961	John Moore	Reinterment of former President of the Government of the Province of Connacht[15][16]	Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Castlebar, County Mayo	6 December 1799
27 March 1957	Ernie O'Malley	Former Irish Republican Army officer [17]	Church of the Assumption, Howth, Dublin	25 March 1957
14 July 1949	Douglas Hyde	Former President[18][19]	St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin	12 July 1949
30 August 1948	Paschal Robinson	Papal Nuncio to Ireland[20]	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	27 August 1948
2 December 1944	Eoin O'Duffy	Former Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	30 November 1944
October 1934	Patrick S. Dinneen	Author of noted Irish-English dictionary[21]		29 September 1934
13 July 1927	Kevin O'Higgins	Vice-President of the Executive Council (assassinated)	Church of St Andrew, Westland Row, Dublin	10 July 1927
28 August 1922	Michael Collins	Chairman of the Provisional Government[22] (killed in the Irish Civil War)	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	22 August 1922
16 August 1922	Arthur Griffith	President of the Irish Republic[23] (died in office)	St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin	12 August 1922

Former Taoiseach John A. Costello did not receive a state funeral, at the request of his family.

Protocol

Lying in state is only organised for a sitting taoiseach or president.

The church service may feature a High Mass, usually attended by past and present presidents, taoisigh and senior members of the Irish judiciary.

About 300 members of the Defence Forces provide a guard of honour, a gun-carriage carries the coffin, which is draped with the tricolour, and Army Buglers play the Last Post. There is a gun-salute.

References

1. O'Regan, Mark (15 October 2015). "Sea of blue swept through village to pay respects to 'adored dad' Garda Tony Golden". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
2. "State Funeral for Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe". RTÉ News. 30 Jan 2013.
3. "President attends Haughey removal". RTÉ News. 16 June 2006.
4. "State Funeral of Jack Lynch takes place in Cork". RTÉ News. 23 October 1999.
5. "A nation's final farewell to its President" (fee required). The Irish Times. 22 November 1974. p. 1.
6. "State Funeral for Lemass" (fee required). The Irish Times. 12 May 1971. p. 1.
7. "State Funeral for Minister" (PDF). The Limerick Leader. 11 March 1968. p. 1.
8. "State burial for Chester Beatty" (fee required). The Irish Times. 23 January 1968. p. 13.
9. Sir Alfred Chester Beatty is the only private Irish citizen to have received a state funeral
10. "Nation mourns Sean T. O'Kelly" (fee required). The Irish Times. 28 November 1966. p. 6.
11. "Funeral tribute to Mr. Cosgrave" (fee required). The Irish Times. 19 November 1965. p. 1.
12. "Funeral of Irish Aviation Pioneer" (fee required). The Irish Times. 29 September 1965. p. 7.
13. "Solemn Ritual of Casement's Funeral" (fee required). The Irish Times. 2 March 1965. p. 6.
14. "President's tribute to former Seanascal" (fee required). The Irish Times. 4 November 1963. p. 5.
15. Connaught Telegraph, 19 August 1961
16. "Castlebar's tribute to John Moore" (fee required). The Irish Times. 14 August 1961. p. 10.
17. "Funerals – Mr. E. O'Malley" (fee required). The Irish Times. 28 March 1957. p. 5.
18. In 1949, Catholics were not permitted to enter Protestant churches, so many dignitaries, including all members of the cabinet except Noël Browne, remained outside the cathedral during the religious service.
19. "Nation Mourns Dr. Hyde" (fee required). The Irish Times. 15 July 1949. p. 1.
20. Keogh, Dermot Ireland and the Vatican p265
21. National Library Of Ireland, Newsletter Issue 21, Autumn 2005
22. "General Collins's Funeral" (fee required). The Irish Times. 29 August 1922. p. 5.
23. "Route and Order of Procession" (fee required). The Irish Times. 16 August 1922. p. 8.