Ireland's first Bowie festival was a preemptive eulogy for the singer

Ed Power spent the weekend at Ireland’s first Bowie Festival

IT WAS billed a two-day celebration of David Bowie’s life and legacy.

But following the singer’s death from cancer after an 18-month illness, last weekend’s inaugural Bowie Festival at the Grand Social in Dublin will now be remembered as a preemptive eulogy for one of rock’s most thrillingly enigmatic talents.