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Crowds lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to their pay respects to Irish songwriter Shane MacGowan, who died last month at the age of 65.

The songwriter died at the age of 65 last week

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Known for his music with The Pogues, and perhaps the most important Irish writer since James Joyce, the venerated and critically acclaimed Shane MacGowan has died in Dublin at the age of 65.

Songwriter’s bittersweet ballad ‘Fairytale of New York’ has become a modern Christmas standard.

The legendary musician spearheaded a new kind of Celtic punk music, producing works that Ireland's president, Michael D. Higgins has described as "perfectly crafted poems"

MacGowan was noted as one of the finest lyricists of his generation, and collaborated with Kirsty MacColl in 1987 for the classic Christmas hit, Fairytale of New York

MacGowan won fame for incorporating traditional Irish ballads into Britain’s punk scene in the 1980s and 90s.