"If that's true, there may still be room in family graves."

In December 2002, her ashes were stolen from their family grave.

Up to 1944 there were still single burials in existing family graves.

Since 1990 new burials are allowed only to family graves.

She even refused the idea that her bones should be buried in the family grave.

Most people would head for a day at the movies, neighborhood fairs, family graves.

Dad had dug a special kind of family grave and when their time came they would all be together.

The Cemetery was closed to new burials except for family graves.

"I wanted to tell him that we've done some work on the family grave," he said.

Many Belfast republicans are buried in their family graves and as such do not fall under the association's care.