Works ongoing to secure more space for the dead in Tipperary
There are 63 burial grounds in the care of the council, and space is running out
As of the end of April 2026, 350 deaths had been reported in Tipperary, with 73 post-mortems or inquests taking place.
The figures were provided in the council’s latest management report, where the council confirmed that investigations are ongoing into suitable Parish Burial Grounds in New Inn, Kiladangan, Solohead/Monard, and Borrisoleigh.
In Carrick-on-Suir, land acquisition has already been completed for an extension to St Mary’s Burial Ground; the next step is a Part 8 planning process. In the meantime, “interim capacity” is being constructed in the present burial ground.
In Holycross, a new lawn and urn plot section is being developed, and the urn plot memorials are to be built soon.
In St Patrick’s Chapel in Clonmel, structural refurbishment works are to begin in the latter half of the year. The project received €63,000 earlier in 2026, and match funding is to come from the Environment and Climate Department of the council.
In other burial ground updates, the extension at Fethard was officially opened in March this year, and likewise in Boher, the cemetery extension was officially opened on Monday, June 15.
In Cahir, a burial ground at St Mary’s Church received planning permission back in May 2025 with 298 grave plots and 41 urn plots.
This would accommodate 596 souls, and the original planning application predicted that the graveyard would not be full until 2059.
The project is to be undertaken by Waterford and Lismore diocese, with technical assistance from Tipperary County Council Environment and Climate Section.
There are 63 burial grounds in the care of the council in Tipperary, and as of June 2022 there were no plots available in the ‘standard graveyard’ of 14 of these. There is space, however, in the lawn cemetery section.
It would appear that cremations are becoming a more popular option in Ireland than a standard burial, with the Irish Association of Funeral Directors saying they are seeing a 5% increase a year due to the cost of burials.