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05 Sept 2025

PICTURES: Hollywood comes to Tipperary as stars attend Shane MacGowan's funeral

Hollywood star Johnny Depp and U2 frontman Bono were among those who participated in the service for The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan at St Mary of the Rosary Church, Nenagh, Co Tipperary earlier today.

Also in attendance at Saint Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh were Nick Cave, actor Aidan Gillen, former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, president Michael D Higgins, Sean Kelly and Richie Kavanagh.

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There was dancing inside and outside the church as Fairytale Of New York was performed by Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill. 

At the end of his funeral mass, crowds of people lined the streets and some members of the public walked alongside the hearse as the procession travelled through the town of Nenagh.

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