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[@theunheardvoice5520]

GV and Sue are my absolute favorites. Please know how much I appreciate both of you and all the adventures.

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

As an Amurrikin from Calunicornia, I adore the accents. I have Irish ancestors, supposedly the Smiths of County Cavan (sp?).

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you ❤️

[@harlantuggle3790]

I would like to hiding and grab y'all screaming 😅

[@WanBerry]

@@GraveVisitations excuse me,is this a re upload video..? if i'm not mistaken..

[@Tlyna1952]

I really love your vids GV and Sue, you show the beautiful, the sad and the bad but that is all part of life and death. You also show so much respect for those gone before. I'd long ago decided on cremation as I saw no point in throwing a lot of money into getting my body buried and then rotting away. I'd rather be done quickly in a fire and my ashes set free with the money spent of better things for others after. The more I see of vids like this and even some of those here in the States. We have mausoleums that have had recent burials (2010 an later) that have been abandoned, vandalized and bodies laying all over the place. Those you show tend to be much older and the families may have died out and even if not when they don't know the ancestor they probably have no reason or maybe even the financial ability to think of maintaining the graves.

[@laurabronson6173]

Absolutely love it when GV and Sue do these adventures together. They complement each other so well. But, don’t let this become the corpse viewing channel. I’m as interested in the stories of the graves as anything else. They tell such a great history or the area.

[@GraveVisitations]

Lots more to come Laura 👍

[@meowsthree]

I think it’s fascinating to see inside the vaults and mausoleums.

[@connied8841]

To each their own , I personally am very interested in seeing who is in the mausoleums. How do the inside of the mausoleums get so trashed?

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

@@connied8841 Water Damage looks like a lot of the mausoleums walls and roof leak plus just about all the mausoleums in the video are built below grade when it rains i am sure the mausoleums fill up water

[@jrc1568]

​@@GraveVisitationsI love both.

[@S730SD]

"Mausoleum: (n.) The final and funniest folly of the rich." The Devils' Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce (1904)

[@sylviaburns2995]

The wetness or humidity aids in growth of bacteria that give off the smell, sulfides... hydrated lime powder sprinkled around the ground/ floor and coated on the bodies would lessen that odor.

[@pamelawooten3251]

Some amazing vaults. Never seen them with the bodies just laid out on slabs without coffins. Thank you GV and Sue for another interesting video!

[@annewren8845]

Possibly the coffins have rotted away over the years, exposing the bodies inside.

[@zoeyrochellezhombie829]

Nothing is amazing

[@Marksillery.sonicpluse]

Fantastic video Cathal, what amazing graves and crypts . The carving on the coffin was amazing. Thanks sooo much for sharing and all the driving involved guys. I just love your work

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Mark appreciate it

[@Liz_678]

Agree that carving was beautiful! You hit your quota of visible coffins here Cathal!!!! You are so respectful. Thanks!

[@GraveVisitations]

A Mausoleum fest for sure liz

[@cherylh3091]

The first vault with the body on top in a suit, it looked like he still had hair, black hair. What an amazing video, thank you

[@barbaraweilbacher8727]

I just love walking the old graveyards with the two of you! It’s like spending time with friends.

[@marilynmills2273]

I agree 😊

[@debyoder8342]

I’m with you there, I love the excitement in Sue and GV’s voices when they are pointing out something amazing. You two are like 2 dear friends ❤

[@annfahy2589]

Oh those poor souls,so sad to see such water damage

[@prayermanone]

Many Roman Catholic Churches and Shrines have displays of Incorrupt Saints and other notables. This is especially true in Europe where veneration of Saintly relics is common. Some other religions have similar practices. There are also mummies of Egypt, the Iceman remains, and various bog bodies in Archaeological museum displays.

[@LauraKnotek]

Wow! That carved wood coffin is beautiful and amazing. I didn't know those types of coffins even existed.

[@jeffwarren6906]

You two are a great team . Another adventure of the " dynamic duo " . I have watched you so much , it's as though I know you .. Great work as usual guys . Love ya both !!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks so much!

[@chadgodsey1382]

Another Lovely Video you two... I could listen to y'all talk all day long...

[@JeanCrosby]

Hello GV! What a crazy and very sad mausoleum. Wow! I am at a loss of words for this one. Thank you for all you do and bringing these videos light. Cheers Jean Crosby Nashville TN USA

[@cemeteriesdownunder9247]

pretty cool finding a full skeleton in the vault . love peeking in its like a time capsule

[@iamshotty]

Gosh what a treat to see so many beautiful coffins. But I am so glad we do not yet have smellavision!! Those resting there would likely have appreciated a visit from you both, dear souls. Thank you so much GV and Sue 🙏🇦🇺❤

[@jamielieberg7053]

Great video that is what happens when a crypt get damp the coffin's disaggregate just like them do in the gound and all that is left is eather the lead liner or clothing and skeletal remains it is sad to see but it part of process. Those other coffins beautiful with the wood carvings

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

Yes, the Emerald Isle is very very damp and things don't last long in the damp, unlike in the dry environment of Egypt, for example....

[@maryfreebed9886]

We have mausoleums, but the niches are walled in with huge marble panels.

[@SallyKohorst]

Hey you two got alot of coffins. Wow what finds. I also love when you work together. Great video today. So there was a skeleton wearing a suit and that was quite a find. Wow what a video thank you

[@kyliecook8889]

Love the video from Australia 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘

[@GraveVisitations]

Gday 👍

[@michaeltreadwell777]

Lovely to have you two working together - what a team. Beautiful Graveyard, but strange those corpses were just lying there without coffins. shame about the flooding, but I suppose being below ground level, that's to be expected. Thanks for taking us on another fascinating adventure - take care 🙂

[@carolynkatsilas8559]

Thank you Sue and GV for taking us on all these great cemetery adventures, probably the bad smells are from water seeping into the graves and vaults. I did love the coffin that had the engraving of Jesus on it, that one and the one next to it looked pretty newish, they were both very pretty. Sue and GV I love both your videos so much the cemeteries are so green, and some of them look like fairy gardens. I do love cemeteries, and before I had trouble with my back I could visit them myself, but now I can’t, I especially can’t go to Ireland, which is such an amazing country. I’m from America and we do have beautiful cemeteries here, but not like in Ireland, where you have all the majestic churches, and mausoleums and all. Love to you both ❤

[@belindawilson1350]

Hi GV and Sue that was lovely. It is a pity about the water damage.what a beautiful carved coffin that was. I am sure it is the best I have ever seen. Thank you so much for taking us with on another great explore.Take care❤

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it belinda

[@evevening7995]

Hi from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 the cast iron pipes hanging from the top of the vault is for drainage from the roof, and when they get blocked with leaves or overgrown, the water leaks into the vault, love your videos 👍👍

[@marydegenkolb9603]

With the flow of groundwater running through the hill behind those Mausoleums, those wooden coffins without lead liners means skeletons on shelves in the open. Cannot be helped. If the families are still around, maybe they will have someone gather the bones up, and place them in an ossuary box, with the coffin plaque on top. Those crypts that have circulation of air helps the coffins dry out faster and not rot away.

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

Hi Sue and GV! Great video guys! Love the graveyard, and some of the Mausoleums are sadly leaking water and causing rapid decay, when they were made to protect from the elements. But not everyone gets the construction made well. May they all rest in GODS love and mercy!

[@tomsdotter3228]

Nice tour GV. Sad how the water causes so much damage.

[@cherylschantz9893]

That coffin with the carvings is beautiful and so unique.

[@johnmorelli3775]

This was nice but have you seen Sue's video of the mausoleum of Robert Percy French and his daughter Kathleen? Unique & Amazing!

[@maureenalder8905]

WOW..County Clare cemetery's never disappoint..That fabulous wood carving on that coffin..You and S.Sue are the BEST..Great camera work GV..Love and appreciate you both ❤️ 💙

[@GraveVisitations]

@@maureenalder8905 thanks Maureen ❤️

[@Zermatt2024]

One of your more striking videos. I also enjoy when you make videos together. Enjoy your adventures.

[@annfahy2589]

Anothet great video,and great to ser you together. Lovely carving on that coffin ⚰️

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Ann

[@Mike-ce7pt]

Thank you, GV and Sue for another great adventure. What a beautiful cemetery and what beautifully carved coffins with the face of Jesus simply amazing great job thank you. 🙏🏻🇺🇸👮🏻‍♂️

[@donnicholas7552]

Interesting video! Sad to see all that water damage inside the crypts.

[@lreyescordova]

I enjoy your videos because you really get into the things I would like to see!

[@GraveVisitations]

@@lreyescordova thank you for watching more to come

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

It's so strange we honor our dead like this, but nobody seems to worry much about people who haven't been born yet....but they're alive but still a mystery as to the person they might be.....

[@TheDancingunicorn]

Thankyou for a great explore and video, you do make a great team. Never disappoint at all. Much love from Australia

[@katiesutherlin5704]

It's amazing what you and Sue get love watching your videos

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks so much

[@lumineria1]

I was quite unsettled when you looking through the door holes. I’m glad it was informative on the conditions of these grave mausoleums.

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kathyn8780]

lovely tour guys always come up with interesting things to view thank you

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks Kathy

[@cathys7087]

Seems like the coffin disintegrated over time leaving the remains exposed. Sad really. Thanks for another adventure!

[@jhunt5357]

This is hands down one of your BEST videos!

[@blueriver5269]

You find the best (worst) graveyards. So very interesting. Great video

[@karenboouk531]

Hi GV and Sue really enjoy watching your videos the places you both go are just so beautiful and peaceful huge hugs to you both 🌹🌹🌹

[@GraveVisitations]

@@karenboouk531 hi Karen thank you for watching

[@GreatOvation]

It's awesome when you PAN into those moments i also think there was some sort of activity going on,,Great video 👍👍👍✌

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks 👍

[@lynwainwright3908]

How sad seeing those coffins water damage and rotted. Great video, thanks to you both.

[@jansusanjennafletcher1712]

Thanks!

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you

[@dutchann]

Again a beautiful and interesting tour. Love from the Netherlands

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you very much!

[@MrRedeyedJedi]

Weird how there is a smell, considering they were put there in 1875. Active decay doesnt last more than a few years so must be animals getting in there or rotting vegetation

[@pamelac2863]

Awesome video thank you for sharing God bless y'all stay safe 😊😊

[@zoidmo3388]

Dear GV, this is one of the saddest threads you've shared. Very disturbing seeing a skeleton- I never thought they'd do something like that for a decease person. Very sad. Thank you for doing what you do though. Luv your channel.

[@peterredfern1174]

Very sad that the mausoleums have degraded to such an extent,May they all R.I.P. Nice to see some coffins in good condition.Safe travels,take care,god bless,🙏🙏👋👋👍🇦🇺

[@automatedelectronics6062]

In the U.S., in New Orleans Louisiana, most burials are above ground due to flooding. The mausoleums may have more names on them than could reasonably conceived that many people could fit in there. The story is that because it is so hot there, bodies decompose rapidly. There are entombments which resemble brick ovens. So a year and a day after a body has been interred, the mausoleum/vault is re-opened and there is nothing left but bones. The remains are put into a bag and dropped into a well in the mausoleum. I don't know for sure, but I assume that those interred are not placed in coffins, but laid out on shelves. I just wonder, say a person dies and is interred, then a relative dies a few months later and is supposed to be interred in the same mausoleum, what do they do? I can imagine that this probably happened during the COVID 19 epidemic.

[@FloatingCroc]

I think you’ll find they are not vents, rather water run offs from the flat roofs above. Ventilation is supplied by the holes you are looking through

[@GraveVisitations]

Looked like vents cos I have seen ones like this before but I think you are correct

[@FAIRGROUNDFUNFAIRS]

Bloody hell air vent for corpses decaying

[@CatCmdr]

Decomposing au naturelle. 😳😳😬😬 💀 💀 I guess they just put them on shelves there. As is. The one with the coffins ⚰️ was much better condition. That carving was amazingly done! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@michaelgoodliffe4795]

One of your best yet!I hope you can do more like this!

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

I suddenly thought of the infamous moving coffins of Barbados....it would be weird to recheck this vaults in 6 months only to find the coffins all in different places, scattered about....

[@GraveVisitations]

I saw that video very interesting would love to see that crypt in person

[@mysticmimaw]

I think I've seen that cemetery before. But either way, excellent video. Super creepy!!😊

[@libmananchannel]

Hello, "Grave Visitations"! Thank you for showing us such a wonderful video! I found it very interesting! I look forward to your next work!

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching

[@KayKayClaudette-mh4wc]

I'm fascinated by the shelf burials; it's not something I've seen before. I'm wondering how common/uncommon that might be and if there was a particular point in history where that was a thing, or maybe in certain geographic areas it was a thing.

[@Steelebourne]

I wonder how scary it was for whoever placed those new support blocks & left flowers inside that one, with remains just about 2 feet away!

[@GraveVisitations]

Its the living we need to be afraid of not the dead

[@orangecat6625]

What we are afraid of is what he thinks about day and night.

[@GraveVisitations]

@@orangecat6625 not day and night lol

[@Bottlemanbob]

I'm always interested what clothing people of a certain time period were buried in. Great video as always GV

[@HeatherMarieGibbs]

They need to do some maintenance to this cemetery 🪦

[@joannerothque1548]

That's all well & nice to say, but whose going to do it? Who are they?

[@GraveVisitations]

County Council perhaps

[@joannerothque1548]

No amount of money would get any council worker in there. Plus you would have to deal with occupational health and safety issues.

[@GraveVisitations]

@@joannerothque1548 not in the mausoleums but outside areas etc, heritage groups also

[@GeorgeFrei-g4l]

Before the modern era of burial that made it manditory for dead to be buried in enclosed, sealed vaults, the coffin, casket or cremation urn could be placed completely exposed on a shelf. In some cases, the actual corpse was placed on a shelf without a coffin or casket, this was a practice that dated from anchient times. The imposition of burial in a coffin or casket within a sealed vault was mandated for health and safety reasons as the decomposing remains could leak fluid that could spread disease or simply smell. The sealing of a casket or coffin within a vault with the casket or coffin closed but not sealed made certain that the gases released from the decomposing remains wouldn't build up pressure and cause an explosion that would destroy the casket or coffin. The sealing of cremated remains(called cremains) within an urn or other container within a columbarium also prevented spillage or vandalism. Lastly, the sealing of coffins or caskets buried in the ground within a vault, protected the coffin or casket and made it easier to transfer the remains if they were exhumed. In order to be entombed in a mausoleum in a vault the remains must be chemically treated. If the deceased is to be buried, most cemeteries require the remains to be chemically preserved whereas other do not. Just a bit of information here.

[@marytaft6251]

Thank you for another great video. I enjoy listening to you and Sue discuss your discoveries! I’d like to offer a respectful request that you briefly flash a map of Ireland on the screen to identify exactly where you are visiting. Many of your viewers (like me, lol) do not know where these counties and towns are.

[@GraveVisitations]

You can Google lol

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

A very Lovely place of rest and to see. Thanks so much and Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@keithjurena9319]

Wood doesn't last much longer than the body in humid conditions. Fungus attacks it on both sides which is one reason for lead lined coffins. Higher quality wood finish can greatly preserve wood as copper chemicals are added to the oil to rapidly harden the finish. Japan drier is still available but it uses cobalt which has less anti-fungal properties compared to copper

[@Lorriann63]

This was an interesting adventure. I agree that the first remains you saw looked like there was clothing around it. And the skull and a foot, or hand peeking out of the "clothing" looked like it was leathery skin. I don't know but it wasn't just bone. And in another mausoleum, it looked like shoes or boots were on the edge. This was on the right of the farthest shelf. Not the smelly mausoleum. The cemetery looks very beautiful and worth a wander around and I agree that the beautiful coffin with Jesus's face was extraordinary. I'm glad we got to see it. Thank you both for taking us along. I love your videos and always look forward to the next one.

[@GraveVisitations]

Thanks lorriann for watching

[@heru-deshet359]

Fascinating vaults. Great job!

[@GraveVisitations]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@cpayne9790]

Getting a plumber pipe camera would really help. BTW, love your vids with the shots of the stained glass.

[@davidcole2899]

Love the sound of Robins

[@DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw]

Hey guys, wonderful video....😮😮😮😮 skeleton....GV great find. Thanx for the adventure❤😊❤😊

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Deborah 👋

[@michaelbedinger4121]

Beautiful old cemetery. The mausoleums were very interesting. I hate to see that kind of water damage. Perhaps the mausoleums should have been built on top of the hill, not into the side of it, to minimize water damage. Great walking tour, thank you very much GV and Sue.have a great day 😊

[@mysticangells]

Well that was a interesting place ..thank you for sharing with us 💜

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

one more....maybe you guys could go to a graveyard in County Caven (sp?). I am related to the Smiths of that county, although there must be as many Smiths as there are Wongs in Hong Kong.

[@canislatrans8285]

Interesting to see intact coffins just as old as the ones that have rotted away. It is possible that some coffins were made of cedar or cypress, while others woods like oak and walnut. Cedar and cypress resist decay for a long time, while the others do not. I can see coffin hardware in the ones that show just the skeletons, or some small pieces of coffin wood. What is the bad smell? Dead meat smell or moldy wet kind of smell? I doubt there is any bits of flesh still on the bones after 100+ years. Not in that wet environment. Though could be maceration adipocere, but I'd think even that would decay away after so long. The ivy one with the standing water- the ivy has probably caused cracking which lets water in from the top. Very sad.

[@GraveVisitations]

The water goes bad and has that rotten egg smell 🤢

[@johanneabelsen1644]

Weird, why these bones never get put BACK into the coffins. That would be more dignifying.

[@angelahorne867]

Thank you ❤

[@Islandgirl-p7h]

With the bodies just lying on shelves must've been very very strong smells 😮

[@deborahmason8682]

Amazing video, thankyou

[@Copenhagendreamer]

Im so glad there is no smell when watching your video ❤

[@GraveVisitations]

Smellovision

[@Copenhagendreamer]

@@GraveVisitations lol

[@suzanparrish4798]

Thank you!🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@brianbloom1799]

Great Video

[@heru-deshet359]

There must be much humidity for the wood coffins to disintegrate like that. Rats will come in and clean off the bones. I know of family vaults where members enter every 20 years or so to place skeletal remains in small metal boxes to place on the side so as to make room for a recent burial.

[@monicamorar8047]

Wow ! Un video molto molto bello, tanti mausolei con bare vecchi, resti umani... grazie ❤❤❤

[@margaretdrew2844]

So lovely to hear the birds singing ❤️

[@kymmckeag471]

Thanks guys,,awesome video yet agajn,,,must say i love the irish accent ❤

[@GraveVisitations]

Thank you! 😃

[@Dawn-u2t]

He was Shrouded. Every skeleton was shrouded at time of placement. Guessing they weren't into coffins.

[@karenhughes3558]

New subscriber here…just found your channel and I love it! 🌻

[@GraveVisitations]

Hi Karen thank you for watching and subscribing 😊

[@jonthomson8683]

Hi bonny lad, you and Sue are a brilliant duo. You work and respect each other so well. With respect, you remind me of Morcambe and Wise because of the banter you have with each other. If Mary had a mechanical cow, and she milked it with a spanner, would the milk come out in shilling tins and littluns for a tanner? It's not my fault, the in-laws have me this way. Ones from Dublin, one's a Kerry man. No wonder I'm going doolally-tap!! Keep it going, you two. Respect😁

[@GraveVisitations]

🤣

[@annettewalter2273]

So sad the way the bodies are just left to rot. Very interesting video.

[@rebeccavoss01]

Great video GV Really enjoy watching when you're both exploring together 👍 This is why I am getting cremated

[@cliffordfreeman7829]

Was you thinking the same thing before I saw your comment.

[@margaretconnery7422]

Me as well.

[@TheTwelly]

I think you'll find that the pipes sticking out are for drainage off the flat roofing, even though the ceilings are vaulted. More than likely a parapet built around the roof. Airflow is through the doors and windows, that your looking through.

[@ritafoster8625]

Being buried on the shelves, you wouldn't have to worry about being buried alive The wooded coffins have beautiful carvings

[@brendacanter9768]

Great video❤ The crypt with the ashes the coffins looked smaller than the other ones😢Kids ?😢

[@LuckySpinster.]

better to have that smell in the cemetery than coming from the neighbours house

[@sheilafleming7240]

It is a shame that those vaults are flooded

[@GraveVisitations]

I'd hate if that was my family 💔

[@vancegilmore245]

Imagine that. Corpses left to rot on shelves in a mausoleum. Unbelievable. 😂

[@GraveVisitations]

Unbelievable Jeff

[@massivley]

That was amazing to see the body’s decaying like that , seems morbid but I find it fascinating

[@GraveVisitations]

All part of learning I suppose

[@sandrabustos3045]

You would think that embalming the bodies would help with the smell but are those bodies in the mausoleums embalmed. I know that there are places that don’t embalm the bodies and the smell is terrible. Especially when there is seepage of fluids and I guess when water and other material gets into the coffins and stagnates in areas might also cause interesting odors