Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023) was a British-born Irish singer-songwriter, musician and poet best known as the lead
Celtic punk band fronted by ShaneMacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, as Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish phrase póg mo
Line of Best Fit. 'Fairytale of New York' played at ShaneMacGowan's funeral. RTÉ.ie. RTÉ. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023. ShaneMacGowan funeral: