Ireland’s Hidden New Year and the Fairy Forts That Keep Watch
by Erich Falconer Every day, I help families honour the people they love. And over the years, I’ve come to believe that the land remembers us. Hills, trees, and quiet circles of grass, they all hold traces of the people who once stood there. That’s why Irish Fairy Forts: Portals to the Past by Jo […]
Where Words Rest, Wings Speak: Carol Murray’s Robins and Ravens at Falconers
By Erich Falconer, Falconers UndertakersHonouring lives, holding stories, and welcoming art that speaks to the heart. At Falconers, we’ve learned that art can hold what words sometimes cannot. It can bring warmth into a quiet room and light into the heaviest of days. Since opening our doors to local artists, we’ve seen rooms soften, conversations […]
Irish Celebration of Life Ideas in Waterford
In Ireland, the idea of a Celebration of Life is finding a natural home. For generations, we’ve known the value of gathering, telling stories, sharing music, and marking the passing of someone dear with community spirit as much as with quiet reflection. At Falconers Undertakers in Tramore, we’ve seen more families in Waterford choosing this […]
Charcoal, Silence and the Sea: Welcoming Karen Kenneally to Falconers
By Erich Falconer, Funeral Director at Falconers UndertakersServing Waterford families with care, comfort, and a quiet space for reflection. At Falconers, we believe art can hold what words sometimes cannot. It can offer stillness when the day feels heavy, and give shape to feelings that are hard to name. This is why our Community Art […]
Still Waters and Gentle Light: Lillian O’Sullivan’s Paintings and a Tribute to Michael
Serving Waterford families with compassion, creativity, and deep community care. At Falconers, we believe that art can hold what words sometimes can’t. That it can offer stillness in the swirl of emotion, and light in a moment of loss. This belief is at the heart of our Community Art Exhibition, and it has never felt […]
Shattered, Reassembled, Remembered: Deirdre’s Broken Glass Art Finds a Home at Falconers
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 […]
Stone, Memory, and Community: Art Finds a Home at Falconers
Serving Waterford families with compassion, care, and now, creativity. At Falconers, our purpose has always been to honour life, support families, and bring comfort in the most personal of moments. But what if we could go one step further? What if the walls of a funeral parlour could hold more than loss, they could hold […]
Bringing Art, Memory & Meaning to Falconers.
There’s something powerful about a painting, the way it captures emotion, memory, and the quiet moments that shape us. Art, like life, tells a story. It evokes joy, sadness, nostalgia, and connection. At Falconers, we’ve always believed in the power of storytelling, not just through words, but through the emotions and experiences that define us. […]
Walking in Front of the Hearse
The rain poured down that morning. The sky was heavy, the streets slick underfoot. I felt a deep ache in my stomach, not from hunger or exhaustion, but something harder to explain. A kind of weight that comes when you’re about to step into a moment that means everything to someone else. Walking in front […]
Family and Friends Remember
It’s 1am, and I’ve just put down the phone after another call from a Waterford family, sharing their loss and the life lived. These calls never get easier, and they shouldn’t, because behind every call is a person, a family, and a lifetime of love, memories, and stories. And that’s what Family and Friends Remember […]