Funeral Music
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.”
– Plato
If you are viewing this page due to a bereavement, then I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to you and your family at this time. My goal with this page is to make selecting funeral music as easy as possible, in an effort to alleviate some of the stress you may be feeling.
For a number of years, I have been offering my services as a funeral singer in Limerick and the surrounding areas. During this time I have been honoured to provide music for funerals and memorial services, performing a variety of heart-felt songs, hymns and instrumentals, accompanied by either harp or piano, as per your preference. I have also had the privilege of offering solo Irish harp music for funerals in the past, as an alternative option.
I do what I can to offer support for music planning during this time, whether that includes suggesting some beautiful hymns for you, or accommodating any requests you may have. With notice, I can arrange to download and play a recording of any song through my sound system, should there be a particular version of a song that is significant to you or your loved ones.
On this page, you will find sample recordings, testimonials, and outlined at the end of this webpage is a selection of suggested hymns, secular songs, and instrumentals, to help you to choose appropriate music. This is based on music and hymns for the Irish Catholic funeral mass (though I am available for any other type of funeral or memorial, please enquire below).
Bookings & Enquiries
If you would like to book me to sing or play at a funeral in or near Limerick, contact me for a same-day reply, or else you can ask your funeral director to contact me directly on your behalf. I regularly work with established local funeral directors such as Griffin’s Funerals, Joseph Cross & Sons, and others.
Recordings
Testimonials
Music for the Funeral Mass
Entrance Music / Opening Hymn
Amazing Grace
Christ Be Beside Me
Bí Íosa Im Croise
Here I Am, Lord
I Watch The Sunrise
Morning Has Broken
Queen of the May
The Lord’s My Shepherd (traditional version, by Irvine)
The Lord’s My Shepherd (Townend)
There Is A Place (Liam Lawton)
Responsorial Psalm
Here I Am, Lord
Hiding Place
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Egan)
Gospel Acclamation
‘Alleluia’ to Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah melody
Celtic Alleluia
Seinn Alleluia
‘Alleluia’ from Mo ghrá-sa, mo Dhia
Praise and honour to You, Lord Jesus Christ (during Lent)
Offertory
A Mhuire Mhatháir
Amazing Grace
As I Kneel Before You
Be Still For The Presence of the Lord
Jesus, Remember Me
Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber)
The Lord’s My Shepherd (traditional version, by Irvine)
Sign of Peace
Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace
May The Peace Of The Lord Be With You
May The Road Rise To Meet You (Lori True) 
An Irish air (various instrumentals are available)
Communion (usually 2-3 songs)
Amazing Grace
Angel (In the Arms of an Angel)
As I Kneel Before You
Be Still My Soul
Here I Am, Lord
I Found The Treasure In A Field
I Watch The Sunrise
I Will Be The Vine
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) 🎵
Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
The Deer’s Cry (I Arise Today)
The Rose
The Water Is Wide
There Is A Place (Liam Lawton)
Recessionals & other songs (sung or instrumental)
Abide With Me
Amazing Grace
Angel (In the Arms of an Angel)
Bring Him Home – instrumental
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Days Like This (Van Morrison / Dermot Kennedy)
Everglow (Coldplay)
Gabriel’s Oboe
Going Home
Golden Slumbers
Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley / Leonard Cohen)
Here Comes The Sun
How Great Thou Art
I Have A Dream (ABBA)
I Dreamed A Dream
I Will Love You Ev’ry Time
Imagine
In My Life
Let It Be
May It Be (Enya)
May The Road Rise To Meet You (Lori True)
Nearer My God To Thee
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) 🎵
Perhaps Love
Queen of the May
Remember Me (Christy Hennessy)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Song for Ireland
Steal Away
The Parting Glass
The Rose
Time To Say Goodbye
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Wind Beneath My Wings
Various Instrumentals
I Giorni (by Ludovico Einaudi)
The Rivers Flows In You
Various beautiful slow airs are available, e.g., Inisheer, Wild Mountain Thyme, Eleanor Plunkett, Mo Ghile Mear, etc.
Woodbrook (piano solo)
An instrumental version of a hymn or song
Other Hymns/Songs (the following songs are not available with harp)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Ev’ry Day of My Life (Bobby Vinton)
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
Over The Rainbow, Eva Cassidy version
Panis Angelicus
Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
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