The daughter of late Aslan singer Christy Dignam has broken her silence to thank fans for their support since his death.
The Crazy World hitmaker passed away last Tuesday after a 10-year battle with amyloidosis, a rare illness. On Saturday, thousands of mourners lined the streets of Finglas to pay tribute to the star.
On Wednesday evening, Kiera posted a video message thanking everyone who has supported the family over the last week.
She said: "Thank you for the support we’ve been shown over the last week and a half for the cards and messages and stories and sandwiches and for the time people have given us."
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But Kiera admitted she didn’t want to share her dad’s passing with anyone – and explained how she was wrong to think that way after she saw the outpouring of grief from fans over the past week.
She said: "I didn’t want to share that day with anybody. I wanted it to be just for us. I felt that I shared him my whole life and I didn’t want that day to be about everybody else.
"That was I think a bit selfish because when everything happened last week, we obviously had to respect the public and respect the fans and everybody by letting everybody know that he had passed and we kind of all just went on airplane mode.
"I was wrong in that time because if I stuck to my guns, we would’ve missed what we had on Saturday and words can never describe what we experienced on Saturday. I struggled to put into words and again that’s also something I struggle with…finding words is generally not an issue."
"But for what the people of Ireland and outside Ireland and Dublin and Finglas.. I realised on Saturday why dad was so proud of being from Finglas and how important it is because of the love that we felt.
"I hope that in time I will be able to find a way to somehow repay people to show how grateful we are and to thank everybody… the support they have given us in the last week and a half and over the 40 years of my dad’s career and even the fans that are supporting me in my career, it’s not something I can ever repay but I’ll try and find a way in time when the time is right."
"Thanks everyone," she added.
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