Sinéad O’Connor‘s funeral will take place in Ireland on Tuesday (August 8). The Irish artist will be honored by a funeral procession passing through her home of 15 years in Bray, County Wicklow, south of Dublin, for those who want to give the artist a “last goodbye.”
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The route will follow the Bray seafront and is scheduled to begin at the Harbor Bar end of Strand Road and will be followed by a private burial. “The Gardai have asked that people gather, if they would like to say a last goodbye to the singer, from 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday along the Bray seafront,” read a statement released on behalf of O’Connor’s family on Sunday (August 6).
“Sinéad loved living in Bray and the people in it,” continued the statement. “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.”
Nearly two weeks after O’Connor’s death on Wednesday (July 26), fans continue to pay tribute to the singer and songwriter by leaving messages and flowers at her former home in Bray. A 30-foot installation honoring the late artist also recently appeared on a hillside overlooking the town of Bray, reading “ÉIRE SINÉAD” with a heart symbol in between. “Eire” is the Irish word for Ireland.
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Prior to her death, O’Connor had relocated to London and was working on new music she was planning to release in 2024, which would mark her first new material since her 2014 album, I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss.
She was also considering a film adaptation based on her 2021 memoir, Rememberings, before she died. In 2022, O’Connor’s life was also chronicled in the Showtime documentary, Nothing Compares, directed by Kathryn Ferguson. In 2018, O’Connor changed her name to Shuhada’ Sadaqat after converting to Islam but continued recording under her own name.
O’Connor’s death came 18 months after the death of her son, Shane, who took his own life in January 2022 at age 17. She also has surviving sons Jake and Yeshua, a daughter Róisín, and a grandchild.
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