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Shane MacGowan and Sinead O’Connor’s Enduring Friendship

The two Irish singers interacted like siblings, speaking of each other warmly, but needling each other, too.

By Amanda Hess

Deaths (Obituaries) Fairytale of New York (Song) MacGowan, Shane Pogues, The (Music Group) Pop and Rock Music

Shane MacGowan, Pogues Songwriter Who Fused Punk and Irish Rebellion, Dies at 65

As frontman for the Pogues, he delivered lyrics romanticizing whiskey-soaked rambles and hard-luck stories of emigration, while providing a musical touchstone for members of the Irish diaspora worldwide.

By Matt Phillips