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Pagan & Shinto News: Druid officiates the funeral of music icon Sinead O’Connor

Pagan & Shinto News: Druid officiates the funeral of music icon Sinead O’Connor

Last updated on: August 11, 2023 at 8:26 pm by Megan Manson

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Pagan & Shinto News: Druid officiates the funeral of music icon Sinead O’Connor 2023-08-11T20:26:54+00:00 Megan Manson

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Top stories of the week in Paganism and Shinto:

Ireland: Druid officiates the funeral of music icon Sinéad O’Connor
UK: West Country Pagan site set to be transformed into new tourist hub
Afghanistan’s ‘ministry of vice and virtue’ to ban witchcraft

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Sinéad O’Connor performing at the Cambridge Folk Festival 50th Anniversary in 2014. Bryan Ledgard, Wiki Commons

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