Shane MacGowan

2023 - 12 - 10

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For Shane MacGowan, Carney Commons was always home (RTE.ie)

After leaving Nenagh and travelling the back roads of one of the most remote places in north Tipperary I found myself standing at the white glossed door of ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Depp is one of the main 'celebrants' as Shane ... (Daily Mail)

The Hollywood star was among a handful of the Pogues' singers inner circle to bid a final farewell to him after his funeral mass yesterday which was watched ...

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Inside Shane MacGowan's funeral as allcomers sang farewell to the ... (The Independent)

The Pogues singer's send off in Co Tipperary was a lively affair, as was the unofficial wake in his favourite bar afterwards, Barney Davis writes.

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Johnny Depp, Nick Cave among stars paying tribute at funeral of ... (Stuff.co.nz)

MacGowan died November 30 at the age of 65 after a lifetime of drinking, carousing and writing songs that fused Irish traditional music with the spirit of ...

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Hard-living Irish musician Shane MacGowan received last rites ... (The Catholic Telegraph)

CNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 14:15 pm. Irish songwriter and former Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan received last rites before he died Thursday, ...

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Ireland: Thousands Of Mourners Gather For Shane MacGowan ... (Victoria Advocate)

On Friday, December 8, thousands of mourners gathered in Dublin for a public procession of the funeral of Shane MacGowan in County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Cork choir member says nothing prepared group for singing at ... (Echo Live)

Cór Chúil Aodha member and The Echo reporter, Concubhar Ó Liatháin describes the experience of performing at the Requiem Mass for Shane MacGowan.

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Shane MacGowan's widow reveals he despised funerals (Livermore Independent)

Shane MacGowan despised funerals, his widow has revealed. The Pogues frontman – who died on 30 November aged 35 from pneumonia after months of battling ...

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