{"id":587649,"date":"2026-08-09T05:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T05:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587649\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T05:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T05:10:34","slug":"colm-mac-con-iomaire-shares-special-moment-from-inside-glen-hansards-wake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587649\/","title":{"rendered":"Colm Mac Con Iomaire shares ‘special’ moment from inside Glen Hansard’s wake\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colm Mac Con Iomaire, a bandmate of the late Glen Hansard<\/a>, has shared a “special” moment from the singer’s public wake<\/a>, sharing the first images from inside the hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A public wake<\/a> for the Frames frontman was held in the Baroque Chapel at IMMA, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, on August 3.<\/p>\n

Mr Hansard’s wickerwork casket lay in repose as thousands of members of the public came to pay their respects. No cameras were allowed inside on the day.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Hansard’s bandmate with The Frames, Mr Mac Con Iomaire, has now shared a video from inside the wake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said: “We just wanted to share a single minute with you all from inside our friend Glen\u2019s wake at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham last Monday. Our dear departed friend Mic Christopher [who died in 2001] had introduced us to the Hare Krishna movement in the late 80s nearly 90s [sic]. They were also a regular part of our street music days!<\/p>\n

“An old friend, Ravinol, got in touch and asked would it be possible for himself and some friends to travel from London and do a \u2018Kirtan\u2019 with Glen. We of course were delighted that they could join us. It was very special.. Hare Krishna.”<\/p>\n

Kirtan is a form of music and chant that can be used to honour the dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Mac Con Iomaire, a founding member of The Frames alongside Mr Hansard, performed on the violin at his funeral on Tuesday<\/a> at St Patrick\u2019s Cathedral<\/p>\n

Mr Hansard is survived by his wife Maire, his three-year-old son Christy, as well as his brothers Gary, Dylan, Richard, and David, his sister Martina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colm Mac Con Iomaire, a bandmate of the late Glen Hansard, has shared a “special” moment from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,109247,61,60],"class_list":["post-587649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-glen-hansard","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}