In the "Lotus Eaters" episode Bloom tells M'Coy, "O, no, Mr Bloom said. Poor Dignam, you know. The funeral is today." As Bloom and M'Coy are parting "Tell you what, M'Coy said. You might put down my name at the funeral, will you? I'd like to go but I mightn't be able, you see."

In the "Hades" episode people gather at the Dignam home in Sandymount--they travel to Glasnevin Cemetery north of the city centre. The Dignam hearse is followed by a carriage occupied by Martin Cunningham, Jack Power, Simon Dedalus, and Bloom. Another carriage with Tom Kernan, Ned Lambert, and Hynes is behind. They will meet Corny Kelleher at the cemetery. There is a funeral service in the mortuary chapel at the cemetery. The service ends and the gravediggers come and take the coffin away. The funeral party walks along with the gravediggers.

"On the way to the grave, the caretaker, John O'Connell, says to Martin Cunningham:

-- Did you hear that one, he asked them, about Mulcahy from the
Coombe?
-- I did not, Martin Cunningham said.
They bent their silk hats in concert and Hynes inclined his ear. The
caretaker hung his thumbs in the loops of his gold watchchain and
spoke in a discreet tone to their vacant smiles.
-- They tell the story, he said, that two drunks came out here one
foggy evening to look for the grave of a friend of theirs. They asked
for Mulcahy from the Coombe and were told where he was buried.
After traipsing about in the fog they found the grave sure enough.
One of the drunks spelt out the name: Terence Mulcahy. The other
drunk was blinking up at a statue of Our Saviour the widow had got
put up.
The caretaker blinked up at one of the sepulchres they passed. He
resumed:
-- And, after blinking up at the sacred figure, NOT A BLOODY BIT
LIKE THE MAN, says he. THAT'S NOT MULCAHY, says he, WHOEVER DONE IT.

Rewarded by smiles he fell back and spoke with Corny Kelleher,
accepting the dockets given him, turning them over and scanning
them as he walked.
-- That's all done with a purpose, Martin Cunningham explained to
Hynes.
-- I know, Hynes said. I know that.

-- To cheer a fellow up, Martin Cunningham said. It's pure
goodheartedness: damn the thing else."

The gravediggers do their job and Paddy Dignam is laid to rest.