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How together in death? Placemaking and the dynamics of commemoration at Termonfeckin church and churchyard, Co. Louth, Ireland (2024)
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Analysis of the church and graveyard memorials at Termonfeckin, Co. Louth reveals a complex web of identities within an overall community context of shared burial space. Each monument was commissioned independently by the family but in the context of what a local carver could produce and what was deemed appropriate and affordable in its community context. Families made a placemaking statement by erecting a memorial, defining the burial plot when most were not permanently marked. Issues of class,...