{"id":622117,"date":"2026-09-12T05:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T05:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622117\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T05:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T05:08:17","slug":"pogues-singer-shane-macgowan-left-e5-6m-estate-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/622117\/","title":{"rendered":"Pogues singer Shane MacGowan left \u20ac5.6m estate \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/the-pogues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/the-pogues\/\">Pogues<\/a> singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/shane-macgowan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/shane-macgowan\/\">Shane MacGowan<\/a> left an estate of \u00a34.8 million (\u20ac5.6 million) in England and Wales <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2023\/11\/30\/shane-macgowan-fairytale-of-new-york-singer-dies-aged-65\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2023\/11\/30\/shane-macgowan-fairytale-of-new-york-singer-dies-aged-65\/\">following his death aged 65<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Fairytale of New York musician died in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">His wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/victoria-mary-clarke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/victoria-mary-clarke\/\">Victoria Mary Clarke<\/a> is named as the sole executor and beneficiary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The document reads: \u201cI give, devise and bequeath all I die possessed of, both real and personal and wheresoever situate, to the said Victoria Mary Clarke for her own absolute use and benefit and I appoint her my residuary legatee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The will was signed on March 14th, 2018, before the couple married, so refers to Clarke as his \u201cpartner\u201d. The couple married in November 2018 in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">MacGowan\u2019s sister, novelist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2023\/12\/23\/siobhan-macgowan-my-mind-is-full-still-with-the-magical-mayhem-of-my-brother-shanes-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2023\/12\/23\/siobhan-macgowan-my-mind-is-full-still-with-the-magical-mayhem-of-my-brother-shanes-life\/\">Siobhan MacGowan<\/a>, was named to inherit everything if Clarke died before him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">MacGowan was born to Irish parents in 1957 in Pembury, Kent, and he soon moved to rural Tipperary where he was immersed in a culture of ceilidh bands and showbands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Pogues frontman died \u201cpeacefully\u201d at 3am on November 30th, 2023 with his wife and family by his side, a statement from his relatives said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He was due to celebrate his 66th birthday on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">His funeral was held in Co Tipperary and featured a performance from Australian musician Nick Cave. Along with the singer\u2019s family and friends, former president Michael D Higgins attended as well as well-known faces from the world of music and entertainment, including actor Johnny Depp. \u2013 PA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pogues singer Shane MacGowan left an estate of \u00a34.8 million (\u20ac5.6 million) in England and Wales following his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,6283,86953,140050],"class_list":["post-622117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-shane-macgowan","tag-the-pogues","tag-victoria-mary-clarke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622117","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=622117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}