Irishmen set tenor as America mourns Reagan

WASHINGTON’S National Cathedral will resound to the voices of three Irish tenors today.

At the request of Nancy Reagan, Dubliner Ronan Tynan will lead the singing at Ronald Reagan’s funeral with hymns requested by the former US First Lady. He will sing Ave Maria and Amazing Grace, two of Reagan’s favourites.

His former partners in the Irish Tenors, Anthony Kearns and Finbar Wright, have also been asked to sing at the funeral service.