Shane MacGowan's widow Victoria Mary Clarke said it has been ''hard to feel sad" about his death as she believes he's in a "very blissful state".
The Pogues musician died of pneumonia in Dublin at the age of 65 on November 30, following a lengthy period of poor health. The Rainy Night in Soho singer was hospitalised in 2022 with shingles and viral encephalitis, a severe condition that causes inflammation of the brain, before being admitted to the ICU last summer.
The Requiem Mass for The Pogues singer took place last Friday in Nenagh, Tipperary and was attended by hundreds of mourners and fans and featured a number of unconventional elements, including a performance of the band's hit Christmas song, Fairytale of New York.
On December 15, Victoria appeared on Radio 4's Woman Hour and revealed she felt a "little shaky and dazed" after her husband's funeral service.
Victoria opened up about how she's been doing after the funeral (TWITTER)"When you have a funeral, there’s a lot to do, there’s a lot of adrenaline because you’ve got so many things to plan and organise. For most of us, these aren’t things we’ve ever thought about before," she told host Anita Rani. She added that she felt like her husband was still "very much with me."
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“Shane is very much with me, I don’t feel he’s gone,” she added. “When I look at his picture, I feel him smiling at me. And I actually feel a real smile, a real genuine connection. I feel his love and that connection very strongly. It’s very hard to feel sad about it, even though I do sometimes burst into tears for my own loss, I can’t feel sad for him because I really feel like he’s in a very blissful state.”
It comes after Victoria spoke out after a Catholic priest slammed Shane MacGowan's funeral service as "completely inappropriate" and an "abuse of the liturgy" in a scathing statement. At the service Victoria delivered a candid eulogy in which she discussed her late spouse's drug use, mentioned his 'illegal' consumption of Holy Communion and even referenced the Depp vs Heard libel case.
The Pogues musician died last month after months of ill health (INSTAGRAM)The service was followed by a social in a nearby pub, where A-list pals of the late folk singer, including Johnny Depp, gathered to honour his incredible life.Captioning a picture of herself with Shane, Victoria said: "I just wanted to say thank you for so many beautiful messages of support, I know that each and every one of you has plenty of problems and challenges of your own to be thinking about and you are all so generous and kind and thoughtful and compassionate and I am deeply grateful to you. Please take a moment to appreciate yourselves!!!
"Sharing love in this world is the most beautiful thing you can do and the most valuable. I also want you to know that you really don’t need to feel sad for me because @shanemacgowanofficial is still very much with me in every moment and I feel very connected with him and I feel enormous love and encouragement from him and I feel his sense of humour and his pure joy and presence as if he is actually a part of me and he is never going to leave me because he is in my heart."
She added: "I love that so many of you are celebrating his music and his life and his warmth and compassion and grace and beauty and it is a powerful thing to witness. There’s a lot of people that I want to individually thank for making his funeral so special and magical and I will probably be doing it for a long time!!!! Bless everyone everywhere always photo by @andrewcatlin."
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