{"id":556142,"date":"2026-08-02T12:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/556142\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:50:22","slug":"glen-hansard-funeral-and-memorial-details-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/556142\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Hansard Funeral and Memorial Details Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe family of Glen Hansard has announced details of the Irish singer-songwriter\u2019s public memorial and funeral<\/a> following his death.<\/p>\n

\n\tA public wake for Hansard will be held at the Baroque Chapel at IMMA, Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin on Monday (Aug. 3) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGlen will lie in repose for those wishing to pay their respects,\u201d Hansard\u2019s family wrote in a statement released Friday (July 31).<\/p>\n

\n\tHansard\u2019s funeral service will take place at St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in Dublin at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 4). The service will be open to the public, though access inside the cathedral will be \u201cextremely limited\u201d due to the large number of mourners expected.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe funeral will also be broadcast live on Irish news outlets RTE News and RIP.IE.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMusic at the funeral will be provided by Glen\u2019s friends and family,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

\n\tHansard\u2019s family also asked well-wishers to forgo flowers and gifts in favor of donations to Dublin\u2019s Simon Community<\/a>, which provides services to people experiencing homelessness, or Ukrainian Action<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe family kindly asks that the privacy of Glen\u2019s family and friends be respected at this time,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n

\n\tHansard, the Oscar-winning singer-songwriter and Once star who fronted The Frames and was one half of the duo The Swell Season, died on July 29<\/a> following a motorcycle crash near his home in Dublin. He was 56.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing his death, the beloved Irish troubadour was remembered by dozens<\/a> of fellow artists, including U2\u2019s Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Billie Eilish, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSometimes I would wonder if Glen Hansard really existed\u2026. Seriously, he was such an angelic presence\u2026 not otherworldly\u2026in fact, very present this presence\u2026 A smiling rascal if you needed him to be\u2026 this most musical and mischievous archangel of Ballymun\u2026 no airs, plenty of graces,\u201d Bono\u00a0wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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