ABOUT JENNINGS

Jennings Undertakers have been a vital part of North Dublin since the early 1940's, beginning with Jennings Funeral Directors of Amiens St, under the historical light of Dublin's famous 'Five Lamps’.

 This area was decimated during the bombing of the North Strand in 1941. Jennings Head office is still a strong presence on Amiens St, and Jennings also maintain Funeral Homes in Springdale Rd, Raheny & Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock, for the convenience of Dublin's large urban communities. 

 Irish funerals in the 1940's posed their own challenges.  Jennings Undertakers at the Five Lamps was central to Dublin's large tenement population. Times were hard but community spirit was high.

Jennings were called upon for all types of funeral services, everything from Horse-Hearse processions to the issue of how to remove the remains of a recently deceased local person from the top floor of a tall Georgian building on nearby Gloucester Diamond. If the stairwell was too narrow, Jennings staff would find a solution by lowering the coffin on rope pulleys down to the waiting hearse below.

Some Dublin funeral traditions survive to the present day - a frequent sight around Amiens Street is when a large extended  family gather at Jennings to pay their final respects to their dearly departed relative, and cars are left behind as the funeral cortège moves out on foot steadily toward the church through the busy rush-hour traffic.  

Today, Jennings continues our long tradition of professional care to the Dublin community; as active members of the Irish Association of Funeral Directors, we honour the IAFD code which ensures dignity and a quality service to all.