Shane MacGowan’s spouse is trying to find his lacking Easter Rising rifle which “meant a lot to him”
Victoria Mary Clarke, Shane MacGowan‘s widow, has shared that she is trying to find her late husband’s lacking Easter Rising rifle which “meant a lot to him”.
Clarke introduced on social media that the late Pogues frontman’s rifle from the 1916 Easter Rising has gone lacking and is suspected to have been stolen. The firearm, which was used throughout the Irish rise up towards the British authorities, was a Lee–Enfield 303.
It was a sixtieth birthday present to MacGowan from singer-songwriter Glen Hansard and was used within the takeover of the Basic Submit Workplace (GPO) in Dublin throughout the Easter Rising.
Taking to her official X/Twitter account, Clarke tweeted: “Shane’s 1916 rifle has gone lacking, most probably been stolen. Shane completely adored something to do with historical past, so to see him so emotional after receiving that, it was a very special day.”
Shane’s 1916 rifle has gone lacking, most probably been stolen. It was a birthday present to @ShaneMacGowan from an expensive musician buddy and it was used within the GPO so it was traditionally vital. It was a Lienfield 303 and it has H Munn etched on it pic.twitter.com/iWJQiTji0L
— @victoriamary (@Victoriamary) May 1, 2024
If anybody occurs to see a rifle from 1916 with H Munn etched on the deal with it belonged to @ShaneMacGowan and it was a present from @glenhansard and it might be nice to get it again! Thanks everybody for sharing ❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/nuI7lAyFI2
— @victoriamary (@Victoriamary) May 1, 2024
Chatting with The Guardian, Clarke mentioned that she would love the rifle returned ASAP – no questions requested. She realised that it was lacking earlier this week and doesn’t know the way lengthy it’s been lacking. “I regarded all over the place, turned the place the other way up and couldn’t discover it. So it has really gone,” she informed the publication.
“The factor about Shane is that he wasn’t materialistic. The one issues he ever purchased actually had been information. He didn’t have many possessions. He had his crucifix and rosary beads and statues of the Virgin Mary, aside from that he didn’t have possessions that had been valuable to him,” she informed The Guardian. “However the gun meant a lot to him. I wasn’t completely simple about having it in the home, however I undoubtedly need it again. It’s in all probability the grief, the place any bodily factor that has an attachment to the one you love you maintain on to – since you wish to maintain on to them.”
As per Hot Press, the rifle’s disappearance triggered a widespread search, with Clarke sharing: “It has was an actual treasure hunt. We’re all making an attempt to trace it down as a result of it might be such a disgrace if it had been one way or the other misplaced.”
The previous Pogues frontman died from pneumonia in hospital, aged 65, on November 30. It got here after he had been identified with encephalitis and had been in ailing well being.
In different information, Ricky Wilson beforehand recounted the time that MacGowan as soon as requested for an apple from Kaiser Chiefs‘ rider, which he later used to smoke crack.