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In Pictures: Fans gather to remember Sinead O’Connor at her funeral

Fans honoured and paid tribute to the singer Sinead O’Connor as her funeral took place in Ireland.

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Crowds of people gathered outside the former home of the late singer Sinead O’Connor as her funeral took place in Ireland.

Fans laid flowers and memorials and sang the star’s songs outside her former home in Bray, Co Wicklow, as they waited for the cortege bearing the body of the 56-year-old, who died on July 26.

Stars across the world, including Russell Crowe, Annie Lennox and Cyndi Lauper, have also paid tribute to the singer who rose to fame with her hit cover of the Prince song, Nothing Compares 2 U.

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Liam O Maonlai, lead singer of Hothouse Flowers, pays tribute to the singer outside her former home (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Fans of Sinead O’Connor line the streets for a ‘last goodbye’ (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Sinead O’Connor fans Pamela Moore and Peter Gannon came to pay their respects (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Fans gather outside the star’s former home ahead of the cortege (Liam McBurney)
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Flowers were thrown at the hearse as it passed by (Liam McBurney/PA)

Visitors from across the world along with locals, campaigners and fans, wept and danced together as a Volkswagen camper van played some of her most powerful tracks including Nothing Compares 2 U.

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A Volkswagen camper van played some of Sinead O’Connor’s songs as crowds gathered (Liam McBurney/PA)
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A fan leaves a tribute outside Sinead O’Connor’s former home (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Mounted garda clear the way ahead of the hearse bearing Sinead O’Connor’s body (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Fans left notes and letters among the flowers and tributes to Sinead O’Connor (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Floral tributes left outside her former home in honour of Sinead O’Connor (Niall Carson/PA)
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A pink chair sits outside the pink-framed conservatory of Sinead O’Connor’s former home in Bray, together with flowers, candles and a photo of the singer (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Fans line the streets to pay tribute to the Irish singer (Niall Carson/PA)

Fellow stars Bob Geldof and U2 star Bono were among the mourners at Sinead O’Connor’s funeral.

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Bob Geldof rides in a taxi as part of the funeral cortege for Sinead O’Connor as the procession passes through Bray, Co Wicklow (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Sinead O’Connor’s former home in Bray was a focal point for fans (Liam McBurney/PA)
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A fan outside the former home of the Irish singer (Liam McBurney/PA)
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Fans wept and sang along to O’Connor’s songs as they waited for the funeral procession (Liam McBurney/PA)
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The singer’s funeral cortege passes through her former home town ahead of a private burial service (Liam McBurney/PA)
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