Funeral home software that follows an Irish funeral
An Irish funeral moves in days, not weeks. Kindred keeps every part of it on one case your whole team can see, from the first call to the month's mind.
Now welcoming funeral homes in Ireland
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The first callFrom a hospital, a nursing home or the family home
Where it lives in Kindred: First callThe case opens at the first call, with the family's details taken once. -
ReposingAt home or in the funeral home, at the hours given in the notice
Where it lives in Kindred: Service detailsReposing hours, the venue and the staff on duty sit on the case for the whole team. -
The removalTo the church, traditionally the evening before the Mass
Where it lives in Kindred: Events in orderRemoval, Mass and burial or cremation are events on one case, each with its time and place. -
The death noticePlaced by the funeral director and amended as plans firm up
Where it lives in Kindred: Notices on your websiteWrite the notice from the case details, publish it on your own website, and update it in one place.
Kindred's screens keep their own names. These are your steps, matched to where they're handled.
The rest of the work, matched the same way
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The funeral Mass or serviceCatholic, Church of Ireland, humanist or civil
Where it lives in Kindred: The family's choicesThe church or venue, celebrant and the family's wishes are kept with the case, in custom fields if you need them. -
Civil registrationThe family registers the death with the Death Notification Form
Where it lives in Kindred: Forms filled from the casePersonal details are captured once, kept encrypted, and printed on your own forms. -
Waiting on the coronerWhen the doctor can't certify the cause, and an interim certificate is issued
Where it lives in Kindred: Checklist and notesA checklist item and notes flag the cases waiting on the coroner, so none is forgotten. -
The month's mindA Mass about a month after the death
Where it lives in Kindred: Follow-up tasksA checklist task reminds your team to be in touch with the family in the weeks after the funeral.
How funeral homes work in Ireland
A funeral within days
Irish funerals have traditionally been held very quickly, often within two days of the death. The usual shape is reposing at home or in a funeral home, a removal to the church, traditionally the evening before, then the funeral Mass the next morning and burial or cremation. Burial is still the more common choice.
Friends and neighbours usually call during the reposing hours in the early evening. In many rural areas the wake at home is still kept; in the cities a viewing at the funeral home is increasingly common.
The notice carries the arrangements
Families announce a death with a notice in a local or national newspaper, and now often online through services such as RIP.ie. The funeral director usually places the notice and amends it as plans change, including details such as reposing times, the church, and whether the house is private.
Registration, the coroner and the parish
Every death is registered at a civil registration office, using the Death Notification Form completed by the doctor and the person registering. When the cause can't be certified, the coroner is involved and an interim death certificate is issued in the meantime.
A Catholic funeral Mass is normally held in the parish church, so working with the priest and the parish is part of the funeral director's week. Many burial grounds are run by local authorities.
Shaped around your funeral home
No two funeral homes run the same way, and Kindred isn't asking you to change yours. It is configured around how you already work.
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Your workflow and checklists
Case steps and checklists are set up to match your process, not a one-size template.
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Your forms and documents
The paperwork you use is built as forms and document templates that fill from the case, so details are entered once.
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Your services and prices
Your own services, packages and price list, the way you present them to families.
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Each location, its own way
One funeral home or several: tailor each location while keeping the whole business consistent.
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Your name on everything families see
The family portal and your website carry your funeral home's brand, not ours.
Ready today, wherever you are
- Unlimited users and locationsYour whole team signs in. Pricing follows your case volume, not your headcount.
- English or Spanish, per personEach staff member chooses the language of Kindred, and each family can receive the portal in English or Spanish.
- In the cloud, backed upUse it from any device with encrypted data and automated backups. No servers at the funeral home.
- Families sign from homeSend contracts and authorisations for electronic signature.
- Your website and noticesKindred can design and host your website, or publish notices to the one you already have.
What we'll work out together
Kindred accounts run in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom today. For funeral homes in Ireland, local currency, tax and the paperwork you file are part of the setup conversation, and we'll tell you plainly what's ready and what isn't.
Questions from funeral homes in Ireland
Is Kindred available in Ireland?
Yes. Kindred is now welcoming funeral homes in Ireland. It runs in the cloud, so there is nothing to install, and your whole team can use it from any device. We start with a conversation about how your funeral home works.
What about currency, tax and local paperwork?
Kindred accounts run in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom today. For a funeral home in Ireland, pricing in euro, VAT and the forms you use are part of the setup conversation, and we'll tell you plainly what's ready and what isn't.
Can Kindred follow reposing, the removal and the Mass?
Yes. Each is an event on the case with its own time, place and staff, so the whole arc of an Irish funeral sits in one record your team can see.
Does Kindred publish to RIP.ie?
No. Kindred publishes notices to your own funeral home website from the case details. Many families in Ireland look for notices on RIP.ie, and placing them there stays part of how you work today.
Who builds Kindred?
Kindred is built and owned by the Larkin family, who have cared for families at Larkin Mortuary in the United States for more than 140 years. There are no outside investors.
How is our data protected?
Records are encrypted, access is role-based, and backups are automatic. Where your data would be held is part of the setup conversation.
Tell us how your funeral home works
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