Sinead O’Connor’s brother read poem he wrote about birdsong at her funeral
Sinead O’Connor’s brother read a poem he wrote about birdsong at her funeral. Joseph O’Connor shared the 10-verse work on Tuesday (08.08.23) in front of her family and A-list friends including Bono and Sir Bob Geldof when she was laid to rest in what was said to be a multi-denominational farewell in the town of Bray, Co Wicklow, in her native Ireland. Joseph’s ‘Blackbird in Dun Laoghaire’ poem appeared to compare Sinead to a blackbird singing out its heart in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin – the city where the ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer was born on 8 December 1966. His opening lines were: “There’s a...