Serving Waterford families with care, comfort, and now creative reflection.
At Falconers, we’ve always believed that beauty and meaning can be found even in life’s most difficult moments. That belief has shaped how we serve families, how we design our spaces, and most recently, how we’ve opened our doors to local artists whose work helps us connect more deeply to the themes of life, love, loss, and remembrance.

We are honoured to now feature the work of Deirdre Eustace, the artist and writer behind Broken Words, whose striking pieces, created from shattered glass and discarded materials, have quietly transformed two of our walls into a place of healing, reflection, and hope.

“Nothing is ever truly broken or lost,” Deirdre tells us. “It is altered and open to becoming something new.”

Creating Beauty from the Broken
A published author, poet, and visual artist, Deirdre’s creative practice is rooted in transformation of objects, and of the self. Her materials are fragments: broken glass, discarded items, cherished but damaged belongings. In her hands, these shards are not thrown away but instead gathered, reimagined, and given new form. Her work doesn’t conceal the brokenness, it honours it.

On display now in our Tramore funeral parlour are two of her most moving pieces. One features bright, colourful boats sailing through a swirling sea of blue glass, a vivid expression of life’s uncertainty and forward motion. The other captures a moment of quiet peace: a wooden bench beneath blossoming trees, created from pink glass and natural rope, inviting visitors to pause and reflect.

These works do more than decorate our walls. They speak to sadness, to resilience, to memory, and to the strength it takes to keep going. They are metaphors for how we gather the pieces of ourselves in the face of loss, and how, in time, we begin again.

“We often have to reassemble the shards of ourselves,” Deirdre writes. “We emerge whole and although altered, still beautiful.”

Why Her Work Belongs Here
At Falconers, we walk with families through life’s hardest days. In those moments, we know how powerful a quiet moment can be. Deirdre’s art offers that moment. Not in loud declarations, but in stillness, in colour, in light dancing across fractured glass. It reminds us that loss is not the end of the story. That what feels shattered can become something meaningful.

For families who come through our doors, we hope her pieces offer a new kind of comfort, a way to see beauty not despite the brokenness, but because of it.
Deirdre also creates bespoke commissions for families, transforming items like broken jewellery, glass, or keepsakes into deeply personal artworks. These aren’t just gifts or decorations. They’re memory made visible, handled with care and framed with love.

Why It Matters to Us
“It’s brought great life and colour to the parlour,” says Erich Falconer. “There’s a lovely atmosphere that comes from having artwork like this on the walls. Whether it’s painting, poetry or music, art can mean a lot to people during bereavement. Looking at a piece like Deirdre’s can spark so many different feelings, and it means something different to everyone who sees it. It’s been a great conversation starter, and I think it’s wonderful to have local artists involved and showing their work here, as a support to the families we care for. We’re always looking for ways, big or small, to help families, and this has been a meaningful addition to our parlour.”

Supporting Local Artists, Supporting Families
This exhibition is part of our ongoing effort to support Waterford’s creative community while offering families something new, a way to connect, reflect, and find meaning in the small moments that surround a loss.

We believe that art can help soften the edges of sorrow, and that artists like Deirdre help show us how. Her work, made from what was once broken, gives shape to what words often cannot.

“Finding beauty in the broken,” she says, “isn’t just what I do. It’s how I move through the world.”

We are proud to share her work, and we warmly invite you to visit our Tramore funeral parlour to experience these pieces for yourself.

If you are a local artist and your work speaks to the themes of life, love, or remembrance, we’d love to hear from you. This is just the beginning of something meaningful we’re building for you all.

Learn more about Deirdre’s work at brokenwords.ie
Explore more from Falconers here

More great artists will be announced very soon.

At Falconers, we don’t just hold space for loss.
We hold space for art, for memory, and for the quiet beauty of transformation.
Because in the broken, we often find what matters most.