Sinead O'Connor funeral: thousands say goodbye to 'beloved daughter of Ireland' in Bray

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Thousands of people turned out in Bray, Co Wicklow on Tuesday to pay tribute to singer Sinéad O’Connor, who was remembered as a “beloved daughter of Ireland” with “a poet’s heart”.

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as well as Bob Geldof, U2′s Bono and the Edge, attended Ms O’Connor’s private funeral service.

Muslim funeral prayers were led by Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri, and in a eulogy he shared online following the ceremony, Dr Al-Qadri said: “The more she sang and spoke about her own pain, as well as about the pervasive sins in society that she witnessed, the more her voice and her words resonated with listeners and touched their hearts. Sinéad never stopped her search to know God fully, exemplifying a life marked with a deep communion with God.”

He added: “I know that peoples of all faiths throughout the world will be praying for this beloved daughter of Ireland, among them will be countless Muslims praying for their sister in faith and humanity.”

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/08/08/hundreds-gather-outside-sinead-oconnors-former-bray-home-ahead-of-funeral-procession/

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[LisaM]

1. We were in Dublin the day she died.

Every now and then we would walk by a place playing her music (this was in the afternoon) or a car would go by and we'd hear her voice. They still have a lot of newsstands there and the headlines on all the papers just said: SINEAD.

I wouldn't say that people were overtly mourning but there was a bit of an empty feeling around town that is hard to describe. It was palpable, as if we were witnessing a soul as it departed the earth. I guess we kind of were.

[malaise]

2. How lovely that they played Marley's Natural Mystic

She was loved

[mitch96]

3. Any news on what she died from? nt

[treestar]

4. I read it would take a few weeks

to complete an autopsy.

[PlutosHeart]

6. If they choose to release it also.

[maxsolomon]

13. Not really

I'm presuming suicide but the specifics aren't being shared.

Her son Shane committed suicide in January of '22.

[Tetrachloride]

5. Sinad O'Connor Shuhada' Sadaqat

full legal name for a while

[Celerity]

10. Born Sinead Marie Bernadette O'Connor on 8 December 1966, changed it to Shuhada' Sadaqat in 2018

after she had converted to islam.

Sinead O'Connor reveals her new last name just weeks after converting to Islam

https://www.irishpost.com/news/sinead-oconnor-reveals-new-last-name-just-weeks-converting-islam-162067



SINEAD O'Connor has unveiled her new surname less than a month after changing her first name to Shuhada' following her conversion to Islam. The Irish singer, who last year changed her legal name to Magda Davitt, had been going by the full name Shuhada' Davitt since becoming a Muslim late last month.

But in a tweet on Tuesday, the 51-year-old revealed that she has ditched 'Davitt' and opted instead for the Islamic last name 'Sadaqat' – which means "truth" in Urdu. Shuhada' – which itself means 'one who bears witness' in Arabic – told her followers: "I Decided to take a new last name also. Sadaqat."



On Sunday, the Dublin-born musician hit out at those suggesting she has "flipped" in recent weeks by claiming anyone who isn't Muslim is suffering from a mental illness. She tweeted: "Amazing how many people ask me or suggest to me I’ve ‘flipped’ or am ‘mentally ill’ for becoming Muslim. "I feel like whoever doesn’t become a Muslim is actually the mentally ill one."



The unsavoury tweet came after O'Connor caused controversy earlier this month by declaring that she no longer wanted to spend time with "disgusting" white people and non-Muslims – remarks she attempted to clarify on Twitter recently. The Nothing Compares 2 U singer later admitted that she "loves annoying white supremacists", and claimed: "I don’t really hate white people, it’s just the way I see it is Twitter would close my account if I said I did because they closed my account for saying I don’t like nuns murdering babies in Ireland. "I was rather hoping they would close my page if I said I hated white people. But they didn't."

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[Think. Again.]

7. My deepest Gratitude to Sinead....

..for years of exceptional artistry, music, inspiration and hope, and for being, to me, an unmatchable model of brutal bravery and sensitive strength.

[calimary]

8. God speed, Sinead.

[vanlassie]

9. Such a lovely soul.

[Hekate]

11. Cross gently, brave soul

💔

[Artcatt]

12. She'll be sorely missed and eternally appreciated