LIVE: Imelda May and Hozier among musicians arriving to pay respects ahead of Glen Hansard funeral

The service will take place at St Patrick’s Cathedral at 1.30pm.

LAST UPDATE | 5 mins ago

CROWDS OF PEOPLE have begun to gather for the funeral of Glen Hansard at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

The musician and frontman of The Frames died at the age of 56 in a road crash at the Strawberry Beds in west Dublin in the early hours of the morning of 29 July.

His funeral will take place at 1.30pm.

While it is open to the public, organisers have said access inside the cathedral will be “extremely limited” due to the numbers expected. People began queueing earlier this morning to be in attendance.

1 min ago 1:03PM

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Irish film director John Carney, who directed Once, has arrived for the musician’s funeral.

Carney was also a bandmate of Hansard’s. He was the bassist in The Frames for three years and also directed some of their music videos.

3 mins ago 1:01PM

More famous faces have begun to arrive for the service, including Irish singer-songwriters Hozier and Declan O’Rourke.

Angeline Ball has also arrived. The Irish actress starred alongside Hansard in the 1991 classic The Commitments.

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15 mins ago 12:50PM

Two large television screens and a sound system have been installed in St Patrick’s Park, adjoining the cathedral, so that people unable to get inside can listen to the service.

The park is already filled with people.

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18 mins ago 12:46PM

A number of musicians have begun arriving for the funeral in the last while, including veteran music writer and promoter BP Fallon, Jerry Fish and Imelda May.

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34 mins ago 12:30PM

There has been an outpouring of grief in Ireland and abroad since Hansard’s death.

On Sunday, thousands queued to pay their respects at a public wake in the Baroque Chapel at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.

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One couple in their 50s told The Journal about how they remember following his music during their college years, and their delight at watching him win an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2008 for his work in the film Once, but most importantly, their respect for his campaigning work on behalf of homeless people.

Gwen from Kildare said that she and her partner followed him “all the way through” his career.

“We grew up with him as part of our background as part of Irish culture, he was such a big name,” her partner Peter said.

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“It was really what he did with the buskers for the homeless every Christmas. He was the one who got Bono on board, what he’s done for people, it shows here today there’s so many people here and it’s not surprising, because he touched everyone,” Gwen added.

You can read the article here.

39 mins ago 12:25PM

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Fans and mourners have been queueing since before 9.30am this morning to get inside St Patrick’s Cathedral for the funeral.

The Journal‘s Rónán Duffy spoke to some of those who were waiting to get in, including Clarissa Unger, a Washington DC-based longtime fan on Hansard’s music who said she was on holiday in Barcelona with her husband when she heard the news of his passing.

“We were meant to be travelling around Spain, and immediately when we found the news of when the memorial, the funeral, was going to be, we changed our flights to come here,” she said.

“I’m just a huge admirer of Glen and his music and all that he’s done. So it just it felt wrong to not be here. I just wanted to be here amongst all the other folks who are here to honour him and just appreciate all that he’s done.”

You can read the article here.

43 mins ago 12:22PM

Good afternoon.

The funeral service for musician Glen Hansard is taking place in St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin from 1.30pm.

We’ll be covering it live here as it happens.

If you would like to watch the service when it begins, a livestream can be found at the top of this liveblog.