Sinead O’Connor, who died on July 26, was laid to relaxation in Eire on Tuesday.
The singer’s funeral was held within the city of Bray, not removed from Dublin, the place she resided for 15 years. The funeral procession drew hundreds of followers, who got here to pay their respects. Among the many notable attendees have been Bono, the Edge and Adam Clayton of U2, in addition to the Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof and the president of Eire, Michael D. Higgins.
You possibly can see images from the funeral procession beneath.
U2 had beforehand shared a tribute on their social media, quoting a 1986 music referred to as “Heroine” that O’Connor recorded with the Edge: “Contact these eyes with a damaged smile, contact my mouth together with your furrowed forehead, carry my coronary heart, heal my disgrace, lead me into relaxation once more … Heroine … Relaxation in peace, Sinead.”
A tribute paintings to O’Connor was put in by the artistic company the Tenth Man on the hillsides of Bray, displaying the phrases “EIRE SINEAD” in brilliant white letters. “We simply wished to take the chance to mark the second with a daring assertion that symbolizes what she meant to this little nation of ours,” Richard Seabrooke, govt artistic director of the Tenth Man, instructed CNN.
O’Connor was discovered useless in her residence in London on the age of 56. Regardless that she struggled with psychological well being points throughout her profession, the reason for demise has not been revealed. She is survived by three youngsters.
Sinead O’Connor Funeral Images, 2023
Irish singer-songwriter died on the age of 56.
