Burials

BurialsBurials may take place in the Council owned Cemeteries at Ballynahone, Armagh and The Orchard, Corcreevy Road, Richhill. Burial plots cannot be purchased in advance of a death.

 

The current Scale of Charges in relation to burial fees is as follows:

Charges

* Resident in Armagh City and District Council Area

Non- Resident

Rate from 01.01.06

Revised Charges

Rate from 01.01.06

Revised Charges

Purchase of Single Plot

£149.00 or 50% reduction if first burial is a Still Birth or child under 2 years)

£175

£283.00 or 50% reduction if first burial is a Still Birth or child under 2 years)

£350

Opening of Graves –First or Subsequent Opening

£139.00

£160

£165.00

£325

Burial of cremated remains

£74.00

£85

£115.00

£135

Burial of Still Births and Children Under 2 years

50% of above charges

£80

50% of above charges

£162.50

Fee for Erection of Headstone

£64.00

£85

£115.00

£ 135

Exhumation Fee

£220.00

£325

£220.00

£ 325

Search Fees – Where Grants of Rights of Burial are NOT PRODUCED and identification of graves utilising the various Grave Registers has to be undertaken

£41.00

£55

£41.00

£55

Transfer Fees – On Registration of Probate or Succession

£41.00

£55

£41.00

£55

Duplicate Certificates – Where Grants of Rights of Burial have been lost or mislaid and duplicate is issued.

£67.00

£80

£67.00

£80

*Resident relates to ‘deceased’ person