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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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By Gráinne Ní Aodha

Glen Hansard: The Oscar winner who never stopped busking on Dublin’s streets

Glen Hansard (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Archive)

The late Glen Hansard – who has died at the age of 56 – used his voice as much for his poetic folk melodies as he did for social causes.

He played at venues great and small across Ireland, and had just completed a set of summer gigs at Trinity College in Dublin three weeks ago, ahead of a tour of Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia planned for this October.

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