Hundreds of people have gathered in Bray to pay their respects to Sinéad O'Connor.
Her funeral cortege will pass along the seafront of the town she lived in for 15 years at around midday.
Fans have been leaving flowers and mementos outside the seafront house she called home for 15 years, with others holding signs and flowers as they stand on walls waiting for her to pass by.
'She was a voice for us'
People have gathered in Bray to pay their respects to Sinéad O'Connor.
Her funeral cortège is passing along the seafront of the town she lived in for 15 years.
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A huge crowd gathers outside Sinead O’Connor's former home in Bray on the morning of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews
The hearse carrying Sinead O'Connor's body passes by crowds of well-wishers and mourners lining the Bray seafront ahead of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews
The hearse carrying Sinead O'Connor's body passes by crowds of well-wishers and mourners lining the Bray seafront ahead of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNewsA campervan playing #SineadOConnor’s music before her funeral in Bray County Wicklow Ireland. More on @tomhappens for @SeanMoncrieff @NewstalkFM from 2pm GMT pic.twitter.com/cdSRGkCcrO
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Flowers are left outside Sinead O’Connor's former home in Bray on the morning of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews
Flowers are left outside Sinéad O’Connor's former home in Bray on the morning of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews
Upset and emotion in the crowd as people gather to say their goodbyes to Sinéad O’Connor, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews
The hearse carrying Sinead O'Connor's body passes by crowds of well-wishers and mourners lining the Bray seafront ahead of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews
Upset and emotion in the crowd as people gather to say their goodbyes to Sinéad O’Connor, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNewsPeople are lining up to pay tribute to Sinéad O’Connor in Bray ahead of her funeral today.
Sinéad’s funeral cortége will pass through Bray after a private service to allow fans to say goodbye.
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Some fans have travelled from England and Scotland to pay their respects – and one told Newstalk Sinéad was “one of the bravest women” he had ever known.
“I came here to pay my respects as a fellow campaigner and a fellow survivor of child sex abuse to one of the bravest women I and many other survivors and campaigners have ever known,” he said.
This woman said she had been a huge fan since she was a teenager.
“She is three years older than me so it was the first album I ever bought, The Lion and the Cobra,” she said.
A huge crowd waiting for Sinéad O’Connor’s funeral cortège outside of her former home in Bray. pic.twitter.com/DGFeCewyCD
— NewstalkFM (@NewstalkFM) August 8, 2023
A huge crowd gathers outside Sinéad O’Connor's former home in Bray on the morning of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews
A man holds a guitar in the air Sinéad O’Connor's former home in Bray on the morning of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNewsInternational and Irish journalists and fans gather for #SineadOConnor before her funeral in Bray County Wicklow Ireland. More on @tomhappens for @SeanMoncrieff @NewstalkFM from 2pm GMT pic.twitter.com/BFSihWQl74
— Henry McKean (@HenryMcKean) August 8, 2023
Join us as we pay tribute to Sinéad O’Connor at 12.30pm this afternoon by playing Nothing Compares 2 U alongside radio stations across Ireland. pic.twitter.com/nuf3Nbhpf8
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One Bray local said Sinéad was loved in the town.
“I’m here because I was a fan you know. I used to see Sinéad around the town and I’ve seen her in concert a few times,” he said.
“Yeah, she was a pretty awesome girl in terms of her music – she had a voice of rock.”
The cortege will begin at the Harbour Bar end of Strand Road, passing by Sinéad’s old house before moving on to a private funeral.
A huge crowd gathers outside Sinéad O’Connor's former home in Bray on the morning of her funeral, 08-08-2023. Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews
Flowers outside Sinead O'Connor's former home in Bray, Co Wicklow, 07-08-2023. Image: PA Images / Alamy
