Mourners invited to pay respects to Sinead O'Connor on Tuesday
Hundreds of mourners are invited to line streets to pay their respects to Sinead O’Connor on Tuesday as singer is laid to rest at private burial in her hometown in Ireland
- The singer was found dead aged 56 in her south-east London home on July 26
The funeral of the late singer Sinead O’Connor is to be held on Tuesday, with people being invited to line a Co Wicklow seafront where she used to live as a ‘last goodbye’.
The cortege will travel along the seafront in Bray, starting at the Harbour Bar and continuing to the other end of the Strand Road, before moving on to a private burial.
It will pass by her former home on the Strand Road, Montebello, where she lived for 15 years and where people have been leaving flowers since her death.
The Irish Grammy-winning singer, aged 56, was found unresponsive by police at her south-east London home on July 26.
The news of her death sparked tributes from fans and famous artists from across the world, including Russell Crowe, Annie Lennox, Cyndi Lauper and Bob Geldof.
Gatherings have also been held since her death in Dublin, Belfast and London, where members of the public paid tribute to her legacy as a musician and activist.
Sinead O’Connor pictured in November 1998. The funeral of the late singer is to be held on Tuesday, moving along the seafront in Bray, where she had lived
Fans of Sinead O’Connor gather in Writers’ Square, Belfast, to take part in the Sing Goodbye to Sinead O’Connor event, following her death at the age of 56
A picture of late singer Sinead O’Connor is placed around floral tributes outside her former Irish home, in the seaside town of Bray in County Wicklow, Ireland, July 27, 2023
A statement issued on Sunday on behalf of O’Connor’s family encouraged people to line Bray’s seafront from 10.30am for a ‘last goodbye’ to the singer.
‘Sinead loved living in Bray and the people in it,’ a statement said.
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‘With this procession, her family would like to acknowledge the outpouring of love for her from the people of Co Wicklow and beyond, since she left last week to go to another place.
‘The Gardai [police] have asked that people gather, if they would like to say a last goodbye to the singer, from 10.30am on Tuesday along the Bray seafront.’
O’Connor, who was propelled to international stardom in 1990 with her version of the hit Nothing Compares 2 U, was also known for taking fierce stances on social and political issues such as the child abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
Following her death, her music management company, 67 Management, revealed she had been finishing a new album, reviewing tour dates for next year and was also considering ‘opportunities’ around a movie of her book before her death.
The news of her death last week sparked a host of tributes from fans and famous faces from across the world, including Scottish singer Annie Lennox who hailed O’Connor as ‘bold and beautiful’ and a ‘truth teller’ in a poetic tribute.
Irish TV presenter Ryan Tubridy spoke to her days prior to her death, saying ‘she was as kind, powerful, passionate, determined and decent as ever’.
The Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof told a festival crowd in Ireland that the Irish singer had sent him text messages weeks before her death, which were ‘laden with desperation, despair and sorrow’.
Floral tributes laid outside Sinead O’Connor’s former home in Bray, Co Wicklow, after her death at the age of 56, on July 27, 2023
Fans of Sinead O’Connor gather in Writers’ Square, Belfast, to take part in the Sing Goodbye to Sinead O’Connor event, following her death at the age of 56
‘Wonderful plans were afoot at this time,’ her management added in a note shared on their website.
‘Testament and tribute to those who have put their hearts first for Sinead, to whom we are forever grateful.’
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