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.
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.
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.
Shasby Funeral Directors Kilkenny offers a Professional and Personal Service with Dignity, Reverence & Understanding, managed totally on your behalf and according to your wishes and we are happy to accommodate special requests. Michael Shasby is a qualified embalmer and a member of The British Institute of Embalmers.
Shasby Funeral Home
29 Hebron Industrial Estate,
(opposite St. Kieran's Cemetery)
Hebron Road, Kilkenny City. R95 FH1F
Phone: Michael 083 3636969
Email: shasbyfuneraldirectors@gmail.com