![]() ![]() “That’s some send-off for my brother, so thank you.” ![]() “Wow, I think Shane would have enjoyed that,” his sister Siobhan said as she stood to deliver a eulogy after the performance. Many stood and swayed, as family members danced in the aisles to a rendition of MacGowan’s 1987 Christmas hit sung by Irish singer-songwriters and musicians Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neil. A star-studded congregation rose to its feet and danced to the Pogues’ classic Fairytale of New York as Ireland laid singer Shane MacGowan to rest on Friday.įriends and family of the Pogues frontman – from the actor Johnny Depp to musicians Bob Geldof and Nick Cave, and even Ireland’s president – filled the Saint Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, to pay their respects. ![]()
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