Ireland – Page 5

Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor

In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O’Connor’s last Irish home, mourners prepared to pay their last respects to the singer.

By Ed OLoughlin

In any society, she would have been radical for a pop star. But in Ireland, she was revolutionary.

By Una Mullally

She broke out with the single “Nothing Compares 2 U,” then caused an uproar a few years later by ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II on “S.N.L.”

By Joe Coscarelli

An Irish artisan is creating a walnut box, veneered with centuries-old bog oak, for a watchmaker’s client.

By Karen Cox for The New York Times