The funeral of Shane MacGowan will take place in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, this Friday, December 8th.
The legendary singer died on Thursday, aged 65, after a long illness.
He lived in Tipperary near Nenagh until he was six, when his family moved to England.
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The exact details of the funeral are yet to be confirmed but it is understood there will be a procession through Dublin.
It has also been reported that the funeral will be open to the public to some extent.
MacGowan suffered health issues in recent years and was only recently released from hospital after reportedly spending time in intensive care.
The Pogues star’s wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, announced his death this morning, with his family saying he died peacefully in his sleep at 3am.
Shane MacGowan: funeral details
Born on Christmas Day in 1957, MacGowan will always be remembered for co-writing one of the most popular Christmas songs in history, ‘Fairytale of New York’.
Throughout the 1980s and early '90s they had hits with songs like 'Dirty Old Town' and 'The Irish Rover' in addition to two of MacGowan’s own compositions, 'A Pair of Brown Eyes' and 'A Rainy Night in Soho'.
Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams previously told Newstalk the pair knew each other for decades and Mr Adams paid him a visit at his home on Wednesday.
Mr Adams added that the band’s wider work reflected MacGowan’s belief in social justice and burning desire for a better world.
“He was a poet of the downtrodden and the marginalised,” he said.
Tributes to Shane MacGowan
Wolfe Tones frontman Brian Warfield also said he was “devastated” when he heard the news of the death of Shane MacGowan.
Mr Warfield also said the band embedded themselves into Irish culture and wherever he goes, people want to hear The Pogues played.
“'Fairytale' would come up or something of Shane MacGowan’s was always part of the Irish session,” he said.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin has opened a book of condolence at the Mansion House to allow people to pay their tributes MacGowan.
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