Sinéad O’Connor funeral, thousands of people march in Bray for a last farewell. PHOTO

Thousands gathered in Bray, Ireland for last farewell to Sinéad O Connor. Fans accompanied the singer’s coffin in procession along the town’s seafront to the burial site. Then the ceremony continues privately

Farewell to Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer was 56 years old

Sinead O’Connor, troubled music legend, she died on 26 July at her home in London at 56 years old. The funeral and burial are held in Ireland, his country of origin

Sinéad O’Connor, who was the singer immortalized by Nothing Compares 2 U

The singer lived in Brayin Ireland, for fifteen years and it is here that she decided to be buried

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I am thousands of people who have gathered south of Dublin in these hours for Ireland’s last farewell to Sinead O’Connor

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The procession that accompanied the coffin towards the burial he departed from the family home of the seaside town of Bray

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In recent days, the artist’s family had asked fans to accompany Sinead O’Connor’s coffin to the burial site in a “parade of love”

Fans welcomed the invitation and thousands turned up to Bray Tuesday 8 August

The procession left at 10.30 and traveled the Bray seafront

There burial ceremonyaccording to the wishes of the family, remains private

Fans and fellow villagers they gathered in Bray from the early hours of the morning to then join the funeral procession

Many messages left on the doorstep. “Sinead, thank you for understanding and answering us. Too bad your heart broke,” one reads

Since Sunday, on top of a nearby hill, there has been a large inscription visible from above which reads in large letters: “EIRE LOVES SINEAD“, i.e. Ireland (in Gaelic) loves Sinead

Also present at the procession Bob Geldof

Became a world celebrity with the song Nothing Compares 2 Uwritten by Prince, known for her inner conflicts, originality, suffered spirituality, rebellious spirit, irreverence towards the Catholic religion in which she was born, conversion first to a heterodox Christianity and then to Islam, O’Connor was found dead two weeks ago at her London home

Scotland Yard made it known of do not consider the death “suspicious”but in any case he deferred any conclusion on the causes to the final report of an autopsy ordered by the coroner

In recent days the media have recalled i bipolar disorder that had long afflicted the Irish singer and musician and the almost desperate message she spread last year after the suicide of one of her 4 children: 17-year-old Shane, already hospitalized for mental problems

Flowers and messages to Bray for Sinead O’Connor

A huge inscription in memory of Sinéad O’Connor has appeared in Bray, on the Irish coast