Fond Farewell
The musician's funeral will take place at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin on Tuesday, with musical performances expected from his friends and family
Hundreds of fans paid their respects to Glen Hansard during a public wake in Dublin today. The Irish singer-songwriter died on July 29 at 56 in a motorcycle crash, leading to an outpouring of grief from both his peers and his global audience.
Hansard’s body is lying in repose in a wicker coffin at the Baroque Chapel at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham, Dublin until later today. Many of the mourners, who lined up to pay tribute to the musician, shared stories and memories of seeing him perform.
Chris James told the BBC he saw Hansard busking for the first time 25 years ago on Dublin’s Grafton Street. “I thought it one of the most coolest things I’d ever seen and one of the reasons I picked up and started playing guitar,” he said. “I met him a couple of times. Just a lovely fellow, totally unassuming, wanted the best for everybody, knew that there was an awful lot of hardship around and instead of giving out about it, he just wanted to bring people together.”
