Farewell to Shane MacGowan: Dublin mourners celebrate his life with a classic Fairytale

Thousands of mourners gathered in Dublin to bid farewell to Shane MacGowan, the legendary singer of The Pogues. The funeral procession, accompanied by a marching band, played MacGowan's iconic songs as it wound through the streets of the Irish capital. A celebrity-studded funeral mass took place in Nenagh, County Tipperary, followed by cremation and the scattering of ashes into the river that inspired one of MacGowan's songs. MacGowan, who died at the age of 65, was remembered as a great Irishman who embodied the soul and spirit of the country through his music.