Sinead O’Connor’s Kids: Everything To Know About Her 4 Children, Including Son Shane

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The critically-acclaimed singer has had four children throughout her life. Find out everything you need to know about her three sons and one daughter.

Sinéad O’Connor was one of the most critically-acclaimed popstars of the 90s. The 55-year-old Irish singer-songwriter made her musical debut in 1987 with her album The Lion And The Cobra, and she quickly rose to fame with her 1990 sophomore effort I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, which included a chart-topping cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.” After a controversial appearance on Saturday Night Live, which included her ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II, Sinéad faced serious backlash. Despite the controversy, she’s continued to release music, with her most recent album being 2014’s I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss, and she’s anticipated to drop what she described as her final album No Veteran Dies Alone in 2022.

Throughout her life, Sinéad had been married four times and has had four children. The singer sadly shared that her third child Shane had died by suicide at age 17 in a January 17 tweet. “My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God,” she wrote. Find out everything about Sinéad and her children here.

Jake Reynolds

Sinéad’s first marriage was to record producer John Reynolds who produced her debut album. The singer gave birth to her oldest son Jake Reynolds, 34, in June 1987. While Sinéad and John’s marriage didn’t work out, the pair have continued to collaborate on a number of albums since the 1991 divorce, including Sinéad’s 2014 record. Jake has a child of his own, making Sinéad a grandmother. She announced her son’s child’s birth in a 2015 Facebook post, per Independent.ie. “This for Lia and Jake and their little angel, who flew about with me in Vegas last week as I was singing the Foggy Dew,” she wrote.

While Jake has mostly stayed out of the spotlight, his mom made a few since-deleted public Facebook posts about him regarding a custody battle in May 2016, via NBC News. The mother and son appeared to have an occasionally tumultuous relationship. “Jake, kindly go to the court on Tuesday and take custody your brother from [Irish Child and Family Agency] Tusla,” she wrote. “Do not abandon your brother or any other of my babies again. What you have done to your brother and your mother is LITERALLY criminal.”

Roison Waters

After Jake was born, Sinéad opened up about having an abortion in a 1991 interview with Spin. She admitted that the song “My Special Child” was about the experience. She admitted that even though she wanted a second child, the baby’s father seemed absent. “We were fighting. I was on tour, and I was feeling sick all the time. I didn’t know what to do, and he wasn’t really interested in the child. So I was left with the decision of whether or not to have the child, knowing that the father wasn’t going to be around,” she told Spin. “I decided that it was better not to and that I would have a child at a later stage when his father would be around and involved. I didn’t feel that I could handle it by myself.”

After her marriage to her first husband ended, Sinéad started seeing Irish journalist John Waters, and the pair had a daughter Roison, 25, in March 1995. Sinéad and John had a long custody battle over their daughter, which led to the singer attempting to commit suicide in 1999, according to Biography.

Shane Lunny

After a brief marriage to writer Nick Sommerlad from 2001 to 2004, Sinéad had her third child Shane with Irish folk singer Donal Lunny. Shane was found dead at age 17 two days after he had gone missing on January 6, 2022, via The Guardian. The singer mourned her son’s death in a series of now-deleted tweets. After an alarming thread, Sinéad wrote in a since-deleted tweet that she was being taken to a hospital for care following Shane’s death, via The New York Post.

I’m sorry for what I tweeted yesterday. I’m very upset. My son was the love of my life. I am sorry I’ve upset tusla and just about every other human being on earth also. I am ruined without my son. I am sorry I’ve upset anyone. I’m a twat. — Sinead The 1 And Only (@OhSineady) January 14, 2022

After the troubling tweets, “The Emperor’s New Clothes” singer apologized to fans for the shocking tweets, and she continued to mourn her son’s death. “I’m very upset. My son was the love of my life. I am sorry I’ve upset tusla and just about every other human being on earth also. I am ruined without my son. I am sorry I’ve upset anyone,” she wrote.

Yeshua Bonadio

Sinéad had her youngest son Yeshua, 15, with Frank Bonadio in 2006. Not much is known about her youngest child, but the singer is clearly a doting mother. She posted a photo of the boy congratulating him for coming in first place for a Halloween cake-decorating competition in October 2019, per Mirror.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor’s 17-year-old son found dead

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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2014 file photo, Irish singer Sinead O’Connor performs during the Italian State RAI TV program “Che Tempo che Fa”, in Milan, Italy. 51-year old O’Connor has announced Friday Oct. 26, 2018, that she has converted to Islam and said she has changed her name to Shuhada’ Davitt.(AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, FILE)

Heartbroken Donal Lunny bids emotional farewell to son as Sinead O’Connor says Shane ‘love of my life’

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LOVING dad Donal Lunny said an emotional farewell to his son Shane today, ahead of a memorial celebrating his life on Sunday.

Close family and friends also gathered outside the funeral home in Bray, Co Wicklow to pay their respects after the 17-year-old’s death last week.

5 Dad Donal Lunny said an emotional goodbye to son Shane as mourners wait to offer condolences Credit: Gary Ashe - The Sun Dublin

5 Family and close friends gathered at Thomas Murphy funeral home, Bray to pay their respects Credit: Gary Ashe

5 Shane, 17, was found dead last week

Folk musician Donal and Sinead told how they will “lovingly remember forever” tragic son Shane in an online death notice.

The teenager battled mental health demons and had gone missing before Gardai last Saturday confirmed he had been “located deceased”.

Mother Sinead has told fans on Twitter that she felt “lost” since she tragically lost her boy, who she described as the “very light of my life”.

The Nothing Compares 2 U singer has spoken openly about her despair and how she is seeking hospital support.

The singer-songwriter shared on Twitter how she feels “lost without [her] kid” and added: “Hospital will help a while.”

Before the memorial, the 55-year-old mother tweeted: “I’m sorry for what I tweeted yesterday.

“I’m very upset. My son was the love of my life.”

‘WE ALL LOVED YOU’

The Nothing Compares 2 U singer also told her former partner Donal just how much Shane had loved him and how he had been a lovely parent.

A message opposite the funeral home read: “We all loved you Shane Lunny.”

Friends and family consoled each other, some dressed in Hindi attire recognising Shane’s religion, as tears were shed.

A memorial service to celebrate Shane’s life, for his family and close friends, will be held in The Martello, Bray on Sunday from 2pm to 5pm.

Covid Certs and face coverings required. Family also asked requested that “colourful clothing is preferred” for those attending.

They have also requested that family flowers are sent only and donations are made to Pieta House.

TRIBUTES POURING IN

One mourner said: “I pray that your beautiful, precious son is at peace. A terrible loss for you and your families to bear.

“I wish you strength and courage to get through the coming weeks and years. Shane will watch over you, may he rest in peace.”

Another shared: “To Sinéad O’Connor.

“Little boy Shane has broken so many hearts. And he has broken mine.

“Even though I know him only by a few pictures and one poem.

“He leaves a huge emptiness behind. My soul has transformed into a bucket full of pain and sorrow.

Another added: “Dear Sinéad, Dónal and all Shane’s family and friends. So sad to hear this news.

“May memories you have shared brighten your hearts.”

TRAGIC NEWS

Sinead last week announced Shane’s passing on Twitter, saying: “My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God.

“May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace:”

She later tweeted a Bob Marley song which she dedicated to Shane: “This is for my Shaney. The light of my life.

“The lamp of my soul. My blue-eye baby. You will always be my light. We will always be together. No boundary can separate us.”

Musicians like Imelda May and Shane MacGowan, after whom Shane is named, have been among those to offer their condolences to the talented poet.

5 Message of love on wall Credit: Gary Ashe - The Sun Dublin

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These days have not been easy for Sinéad O’Connor. The international singer has been plunged into a great tragedy by not having received any news from her son Shane in the last 48 hours. Although hope is the last thing to be lost the Irish police found his body just moments ago.

This sad finding has caused the interpreter to make her social networks her escape route in an attempt to show how she feels: “My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, he decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God. May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much ”, he began by explaining in one of his profiles. “This is for my Shane. Light of my life. The lamp of my soul. My blue-eyed baby. You will always be my light. We will always be together. No limit can separate us “The artist wrote along with a Bob Marley song with a clear dedication to the young man. In this sad message, the Irishwoman has tried to publicly say goodbye to the son who had the fruit of her relationship with the Irish folk musician and producer Dónald Lunny.

pic.twitter.com/zBgw7KvZGC — Sinead The 1 And Only (@OhSineady) January 8, 2022

The British media have been in charge of reporting that The teenager’s body was found in the Bray area of Wicklow. A few days before he found himself, O’Connor took it upon himself to give an alert message to his thousands of followers on social networks to try to find his son as soon as possible: “This is a message for my son, Shane. Shane, this loss is not funny. You’re scaring me a lot. Could you do the right thing and report to a Gardai (Irish police) station? If someone is with Shane, call the Gardai for their safety, ”he wrote in a rather nervous situation. And if we look back, the artist had confessed in her various public profiles that Shane suffered from mental health problems, a reason that could have been the cause of this disappearance. To make her fans aware of the importance of this problem, Sinéad starred in some videos in which she spoke on the subject with total naturalness. The last of these shorts took place in February 2021, when he earnestly asked everyone to pray for the young man and for his illness after having experienced what he described as “a horrible day, from hell”.

To everyone’s surprise, the Irish singer has expressed that her son was not going through his best moment. With great trauma as a result of his illness, Shane had starred in up to two serious suicide attempts in recent days. Some quite serious acts for which he was being watched by the professionals of a hospital until he disappeared and now it is from them that Sinéad asks the pertinent responsibilities and explanations.

Sinead O’Connor Announces Death Of Son, Shane O’Connor, At 17

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Sinead O’Connor described son Shane as

Sinead O’Connor has announced the death of her 17-year-old son, Shane O’Connor.

“My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God,” the Irish singer-songwriter wrote on Twitter early Saturday.

“May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace,” the “Nothing Compares 2 U” musician added.

My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God. May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace: — Sinead The 1 And Only (@OhSineady) January 8, 2022

“We will always be together. No boundary can separate us,” she said in a second tweet.

This is for my Shaney. The light of my life. The lamp of my soul. My blue-eye baby. You will always be my light. We will always be together. No boundary can separate us. https://t.co/7b2f0GFDEO — Sinead The 1 And Only (@OhSineady) January 8, 2022

Shane O’Connor went missing in Dublin on Thursday, the Irish Independent reported.

Police ended their search for the teen “following the recovery of a body in the Bray area of Wicklow on Friday,” per the Irish Examiner.

If you or someone you know needs help, call 1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You can also text HOME to 741-741 for free, 24-hour support from the Crisis Text Line. Outside of the U.S., please visit the International Association for Suicide Prevention for a database of resources.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.