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Legendary singer Shane MacGowan has died.

An t-amhránaí mór le rá Shane MacGowan tar éis bháis.

Legendary singer Shane MacGowan has died.

Tá an t-amhránaí mór le rá Shane MacGowan tar éis bháis.

He was 65 years old and had been ill for a long time.

Bhí sé 65 bliain d'aois agus bhí sé tinn le hatha fhada.

Shane MacGowan rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of the band The Pogues.

Bhain Shane MacGowan cáil amach sna 1980í mar phríomhamhránaí an bhanna ceoil The Pogues.

He also wrote most of the songs recorded by the Pogues in that era and one of his essays, Fairytale of New York, is one of the best known Christmas songs in pop music.

Ba é freisin a scríobh an chuid is mó de na hamhráin a thaifead na Pogues sa ré sin agus ceann dá aistí, Fairytale of New York, tá sé ar cheann de na hamhráin Nollag is aitheanta sa phopcheol.

In a statement posted on social media, the Pogues said they were saddened to announce that Shane MacGowan had passed away.

I ráiteas a postáladh ar na meáin shóisialta, dúirt na Pogues gur dhoiligh leo a fhógairt go raibh Shane MacGowan éagtha.

The statement said that he passed away at 3 o'clock this morning, and that his wife Victoria Mary Clarke and his family were by his side when he passed away.

Dúradh sa ráiteas gur bás le hadhairt a fuair sé ag 3 a chlog ar maidin inniu, agus go raibh a bhean chéile Victoria Mary Clarke agus a theaghlach lena thaobh nuair a shíothlaigh sé.

In a post she posted on Instagram, Victoria said she was deeply saddened by Shane's death and that her grief is beyond words.

I bpostáil a chuir sí ar Instagram, dúirt Victoria gur méala mór di bás Shane agus go bhfuil an brón atá uirthi thar insint.

Shane MacGowan had recently spent a few months in St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin and it has only been a week since he was released from hospital.

Bhí cúpla mí caite ag Shane MacGowan in Ospidéal Naomh Uinseann i mBaile Átha Cliath le gairid agus níl ach seachtain caite ó scaoileadh amach as an ospidéal é.

Shane McGowan was born on Christmas Day 1957 in Kent, England.

Is in Kent i Sasana a rugadh Shane McGowan Lá Nollag 1957.

His father was from Dublin and his mother from Tipperary.

Ba as Baile Átha Cliath a athair agus Tiobradach a bhí ina mháthair.

It was indeed in Tipperary that he spent a good part of his childhood, where he was greatly influenced by the local traditional and country music.

Ba i dTiobraid Árann go deimhin a chaith sé cuid mhaith dá óige, mar a ndeachaigh ceol traidisiúnta agus ceol tíre na háite go mór i gcion air.

In 1977, Shane MacGowan formed the punk band The Nips out of nowhere with his girlfriend Shanne Bradley.

I 1977, bhunaigh Shane MacGowan an banna ceoil punc The Nips in éindí lena chailín Shanne Bradley.

When the Nips disbanded he formed Pogue Mahone in 1982 and the group's name was changed to The Pogues two years later.

Nuair a scoir na Nips bhunaigh sé Pogue Mahone i 1982 agus athraíodh ainm an ghrúpa go dtí The Pogues dhá bhliain ina dhiaidh sin.

Red Roses for Me is the first album released by the Pogues and songs such as Dark Streets of London, Waxie's Dargle and Boys from the County Hell were among the songs that pricked ears and attracted fans, especially young Irish people in England.

Is é Red Roses for Me an chéad albam a chuir na Pogues amach agus bhí amhráin mar Dark Streets of London, Waxie's Dargle agus Boys from the County Hell i measc na n-amhrán a bhioraigh cluasa agus a mheall lucht leanúna, go háirithe Éireannaigh óga i Sasana.

There were more songs with him on the second album Rum Sodomy

Bhí tuilleadh amhrán leis ar an dara halbam Rum Sodomy & the Lash, a raibh an-tóir air ar fud an domhain, go háirithe ar an leagan de Dirty Old Town a eisíodh mar shingil.

The public was also very impressed with the Irish ballad The Irish Rover which he recor...