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Sinead O’Connor’s brother read a poem he wrote about birdsong at her funeral. Joseph O’Connor shared the 10-verse work on Tuesday (08.08.23) in front of her family and A-list friends including Bono and Sir Bob Geldof when she was laid to rest in what was said to be a multi-denominational farewell in the town of Bray, Co Wicklow, in her native Ireland. Joseph’s ‘Blackbird in Dun Laoghaire’ poem appeared to compare Sinead to a blackbird singing out its heart in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin – the city where the ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer was born on 8 December 1966. His opening lines were: “There’s a...
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Sinead O’Connor’s resting place has been marked with a simple golden plaque. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, found dead in London while working on what turned out to be her final album aged 56 on 26 July, was laid to rest on Tuesday (08.08.23) at a private ceremony attended by stars including Bono and Sir Bob Geldof in the town of Bray, County Wicklow, in her native Ireland. It has now been revealed her resting place is marked by a golden plaque that simply reads: “Sinead O’Connor. Born 8th December 1966. Died 26th July 2023.” Sinead – who was fiercely critical of the Catholic church and fa...
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Sinead O’Connor’s full eulogy has been published online. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, who was found dead in London on 26 July aged 56, was laid to rest on Tuesday (08.08.23) in Bray, Co Wicklow, in her native Ireland in a traditional Muslim ceremony after she converted to the religion in 2018 and adopted the name Shuhada’ Sadaqat. Imam Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri hosted a private ceremony for friends and family after thousands of people lined the streets to throw flowers on her hearse. He paid tribute to the “beloved” songwriter who was “gifted with a voice that moved a generation of young p...
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Sinéad O’Connor’s Muslim funeral Imam says she “never moved away from God”. Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, chief Imam at the Islamic Centre of Ireland, conducted the private service for friends and family in the singer’s former home of Bray, Co Wicklow in her native Ireland after her shock death aged 56 in London on 26 July, after she converted to the religion in 2018 and started using the name Shuhada’ Sadaqat. He said: “The funeral was obviously private (for) the family and it was a very moving ceremony and I think it really reflected the beautiful personality of Sinéad. “It was very spiritual and...
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Sinéad O’Connor lived with a “protective ring” around her in Ireland before she moved to London days ahead of her death. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer was found dead at her new apartment on Wednesday (26.07.23) in the capital after telling fans on 12 July she had moved back to the city she considered “home”, but the community where she lived in her homeland had made her life comfortable there by being fiercely protective of their famous neighbour. Town councillor Erika Doyle told the Irish Independent about Sinéad settling in Bray, County Wicklow: “Quite by chance, I met her and we became ...
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Sinéad O’Connor told fans she looked “like s***” and was living in a “s***hole” days before her death. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer was found dead aged 56 on Wednesday (26.07.23) after moving from her native Ireland to a £3,000-a-month apartment in south-east London, and shot a video for fans showing them around her pad on 9 July. In what is thought to be the last public footage of Sinéad, she said while holding up her camera to show her face: “4K, f****** HD. f******… what the hell is it talking about? I look like s*** either way.” Referencing the death of her son Shane, who took his lif...
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Sinéad O’Connor insisted 11 days before her death she would rather scrub toilets than beg for money. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer, found dead aged 56 on Wednesday (26.07.23) after moving from her native Ireland to London to work on a new record, unleashed a series of tweets just before her untimely passing to tell fans she had always been fiercely financially independent. Mum-of-four Sinéad, whose son Shane, 17, took his life in 2022 after escaping from hospital while he was on suicide watch, tweeted: “With great pride I can state I never asked anyone for money nor took money from anyone ...
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