In a recently published article for Books Ireland magazine, Professor Salvador Ryan, editor of the much acclaimed collection Death and the Irish: a Miscellany (Wordwell, 2016), reflects on the funeral rituals that we can no longer observe on account of Covid-19 restrictions, and why they are such an important part of the grieving process:
https://booksirelandmagazine.com/death-and-the-irish-salvador-ryan-grieving-under-restriction/