Green /  Environment - Friendly Funerals

We are committed to sourcing the most environment-friendly products available.
As well as our traditional selection of coffins and caskets, we offer our range of willow, and water hyacinth coffins. All our coffins are made from sustainable materials, using no varnishes, plastics or metals.

Willow in a coppice plant which grows extremely quickly. A mature stool can give rise to over 30 rods and a single rod can grow to 8ft tall in one season (May to October). Each stool can last over 30 years. This makes willow not only an extremely sustainable material but also one ideal for weaving. Willow is harvested in winter months after the leaves have fallen off. These leaves provide the nutriants for the following years plants meaning no fertlisers are used.

TRADITIONAL SHAPED BUFF WILLOW

Pandanus Traditional and Pandanus Round End 

Weaved in Fanad, Co. Donegal, using a mixture of brown (buff) and green willow (Green willow is known as brown willow - and is willow in its natural state). Irish Willow coffins are provided in a round corner shape or in traditional style. The willow is woven in traditional methods without any screws or solvents. The lid is secured with natural rope and wooden toggles. The linings are made from natural materials.

The Waterhyacinth coffin is made from an extremely fast growing pond-weed that doubles in size every 28 days. Its removal prevents waterways and irrigation streams to clog up and block. The linings are made from natural materials.

​Thompson Funeral Directors offer a  Professional and Personal Service with Dignity, Reverence and Understanding, managed totally on your behalf and according to your wishes and we are happy to accommodate special requests. Thompson Funeral Directors are members of Irish Association of Funeral Directors.​ 

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Woodbrook Natural Burial Ground,
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