Earlier, mourners lined the streets of Dublin to say an emotional goodbye to MacGowan at a public procession through the Irish capital. Hundreds gathered outside the Co Tipperary church on Friday afternoon as a host of stars arrived for the funeral. “A fire that is not dimmed by death for you have lit that fire and it burns now in Ireland and all over the world. I can never go back to being the kind of person I was before I met him.”The funeral procession of Shane MacGowan passes the Padraig Pearse Pub (Liam McBurney/PA)Delivering the homily, Father Pat Gilbert said MacGowan had made Irish music cool around the world. “As Brendan Behan did in prose, Shane MacGowan did in poetry.

Source: The Herald December 08, 2023 20:37 UTC