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, I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to you and your family at this time. On this page, I endeavour to make choosing funeral music as easy as possible, to try to take away some of the stress at such a delicate time.
For a number of years, I have been providing music for funerals and memorial services in Limerick and surrounding areas. As a funeral singer, I perform a selection of heart-felt songs and instrumentals, together with your choice of harp or piano accompaniment. Solo Irish harp music for funerals is also an option that I have provided in the past.
I do what I can to offer support for music planning during this time, whether that means selecting some beautiful hymns for you, or working with your own requests at short notice. I can 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.
Outlined below 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. 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 ask your funeral director to contact me.
Recordings
Testimonial
Music for the Funeral Mass
Entrance Music / Opening Hymn
Amazing Grace
Christ Be Beside Me
Bí Íosa Im Croise
Here I Am, Lord
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
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)
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
Bright Blue Rose
Here I Am, Lord
I Watch The Sunrise
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 (song or instrumental)
Abide With Me
Amazing Grace
Angel (In the Arms of an Angel)
Bring Him Home – instrumental
Come Away With Me (Nora Jones)
Everglow (Coldplay)
Gabriel’s Oboe
Going Home
Golden Slumbers
Here Comes The Sun
How Great Thou Art
I Will Love You Ev’ry Time
Imagine
In My Life
May It Be (Enya)
May The Road Rise To Meet You (Lori True) 🎵
Nearer My God To Thee
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Queen of the May
Remember Me (Christy Hennessy)
Steal Away
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, etc.
An instrumental version of a hymn
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)
