In Pictures: The seaside town of Bray in Co Wicklow gives singer Sinead O’Connor a heartfelt goodbye
There was a caldron of emotions as complex as one of Sinead O’Connor’s albums in the Irish town she called home for 15 years when well wishers gathered to say a final farewell to the singer.
The house, Montebello, has become a place of pilgrimage for O’Connor’s fans since news of her death last month, with crowds arriving daily to lay flowers and reflect on her life and music.Sinead O'Connor funeral: Emotional scenes as fans, celebrities and politicans say final farewell As a private funeral service took place on Tuesday morning, the crowd of well wishers gathered in Bray swelled until the Strand Road was lined along the route where the funeral cortege was due to travel.
When the van left to join the funeral procession, the crowd struck up O’Connor’s music themselves and many shared flowers they had brought.
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