Limerick says goodbye to its rock star Dolores O’Riordan

Yesterday, thousands of people attended a four-hour public reposal of rock star Dolores O’Riordan in her native Limerick. The county has begun three days of mourning.

In a tribute normally reserved for presidents, popes, and heads of state, the Cranberries singer — holding a pair of pearl rosary beads — lay in an open coffin, inside St Joseph’s Church in the city.

Fans from around the world, including from Spain and China, queued in the wind and rain, along Barrington St and into Quinlan St, to pay their respects to her.