Comments on: Ringaskiddy Crematorium http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/ The musings of a team of 20 something friends in Cork, Ireland Fri, 18 May 2012 11:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: admin http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/#comment-12866 admin Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:58:06 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/#comment-12866 Nicholas Thanks for reading Ambrand.com and leaving a comment, however please note we have no connection to the crematorium... well hopefully not for another few decades... we are all young'nes here Nicholas

Thanks for reading Ambrand.com and leaving a comment, however please note we have no connection to the crematorium… well hopefully not for another few decades… we are all young’nes here

]]> By: rev. nicholas motherway http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/#comment-12865 rev. nicholas motherway Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:41:26 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/#comment-12865 Manager of Crematorium I have just returned from my 1st experience of a crematorium where I officiated at the Hannah White funeral. I have to say that everything was very much to my satisfaction. The friendly reception meant a great deal to me and the helpful instructions and suggestions made to me re the conduct of the ceremony were of great help. I was very impressed with the toilet facility available for the invalidid. A small suggestion: I was given this as a changing room for vesting. A small stool would be useful there, if there is a convenient spot to place it. The music was very appropriate and unobtrusive. The amplification was very well modulated. In short a very positive experience for me and I believe the same for the mourners. Having said all that, I did experience a certain "spookiness" about the whole proceedure which is unavoidable given the circumstances. My preference would without doubt be for the traditional cemetery. However given that it was August 2008 and the rainest august on record to date, I would be open to changing my mind on that one! Fr. Nicholas Motherway Manager of Crematorium

I have just returned from my 1st experience of a crematorium where I officiated at the Hannah White funeral.

I have to say that everything was very much to my satisfaction. The friendly reception meant a great deal to me and the helpful instructions and suggestions made to me re the conduct of the ceremony were of great help. I was very impressed with the toilet facility available for the invalidid. A small suggestion: I was given this as a changing room for vesting. A small stool would be useful there, if there is a convenient spot to place it. The music was very appropriate and unobtrusive. The amplification was very well modulated. In short a very positive experience for me and I believe the same for the mourners.

Having said all that, I did experience a certain “spookiness” about the whole proceedure which is unavoidable given the circumstances. My preference would without doubt be for the traditional cemetery. However given that it was August 2008 and the rainest august on record to date, I would be open to changing my mind on that one!

Fr. Nicholas Motherway

]]> By: michael murphy http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/#comment-12458 michael murphy Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:58:20 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/#comment-12458 my dad has just got back from ireland and went there and he said it was amazing, it really took his breath away, its more like a tourist attraction as well. but it is really worth the time to go and walk around the place. my dad has just got back from ireland and went there and he said it was amazing, it really took his breath away, its more like a tourist attraction as well. but it is really worth the time to go and walk around the place.

]]> By: Spike Island Prison to be reopened at Ambrand Dot Com http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/#comment-135 Spike Island Prison to be reopened at Ambrand Dot Com Fri, 05 May 2006 14:57:19 +0000 http://ambrand.com/2006/02/16/ringaskiddy/#comment-135 [...] It will be recalled that a new Crematorium is to be constructed on Rocky Island which is linked to Ringaskiddy by a bridge. The Minister for Justice yesterday announced that a former Prison on nearby Spike Island, which is not linked to land, will be upgraded and reopened to coincide with the closure of Cork Prison. The Island officially known as Fort Westmoreland (UK) and then Fort Mitchel (IE) occupies a key location in the harbour, and if the climate was more favourable could be tourism attraction like Sydney Harbour’s Fort Denison. But alas, its proximity to Ringaskiddys industrial zone taints the island, indeed it is understood that this is why the prison is being reopened there, as residents are used to unpleasing neighbours. In keeping with all government decisions which are based on money, a bridge will be built to the island to save the cost of marine transportation, admirable, but then why not build it on land if the island’s location isin’t needed? [...] […] It will be recalled that a new Crematorium is to be constructed on Rocky Island which is linked to Ringaskiddy by a bridge. The Minister for Justice yesterday announced that a former Prison on nearby Spike Island, which is not linked to land, will be upgraded and reopened to coincide with the closure of Cork Prison. The Island officially known as Fort Westmoreland (UK) and then Fort Mitchel (IE) occupies a key location in the harbour, and if the climate was more favourable could be tourism attraction like Sydney Harbour’s Fort Denison. But alas, its proximity to Ringaskiddys industrial zone taints the island, indeed it is understood that this is why the prison is being reopened there, as residents are used to unpleasing neighbours. In keeping with all government decisions which are based on money, a bridge will be built to the island to save the cost of marine transportation, admirable, but then why not build it on land if the island’s location isin’t needed? […]

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