O’Riordan funeral draws hundreds

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Dolores O’Riordan’s Irish hometown Tuesday for the funeral of the Cranberries singer.

The funeral mass at the parish church of St. Ailbe in Ballybricken opened with a recording of “Ave Maria,” sung by O’Riordan and Luciano Pavarotti. Items associated with the singer, including a guitar and a platinum disc, were laid at the altar.

Mourners included O’Riordan’s bandmates, her ex-husband Don Burton and their three children, and the singer’s mother and siblings.

O’Riordan, who was 46, was found dead in a London hotel room on Jan. 16. A coroner is awaiting test results to determine the cause of death. Mourners applauded as the singer’s coffin was carried out of the church to the Cranberries’ “When You Are Gone.”