'That’s some send-off': Hundreds gather in Nenagh for funeral of Shane MacGowan

The songwriter, who found fame as the lead singer of The Pogues, died at the age of 65 last week.

Actor Johnny Depp says farewell, with hundreds of people gathered outside the church as the casket is loaded into the hearse after the funeral mass for musician Shane MacGowan at Nenagh Co Tipperary. Picture Larry Cummins

The small town of Nenagh in Co Tipperary had never witnessed anything quite like it before.

The attendance of both Hollywood star Johnny Depp and President Michael D Higgins at St Mary of the Rosary Church on Friday was a tribute to how the music and personality of Shane MacGowan crossed boundaries and seemed to attract fans and friends from all walks of life.