Sinead O Connor's consistently speaks out on issues related to child abuse, human rights, anti-racism, organised religion, and women's rights.
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51 Facts About Sinead O Connor
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O'Sinead O Connor was born in Glenageary, County Dublin on 8 December 1966.
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Sinead O Connor's was named Sinead after Sinead de Valera, the wife of Irish President Eamon de Valera, Marie after the mother of the doctor presiding over the delivery, and Bernadette in honour of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes.
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Sinead O Connor's is the third of five children; her siblings are novelist Joseph, Eimear, John, and Eoin.
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In 1979 O'Sinead O Connor left her mother and went to live with her father and his new wife, Viola Suiter .
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Sinead O Connor's recorded a song with them called "Take My Hand" but they felt that at 15, she was too young to join the band.
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Sinead O Connor's acquired an experienced manager, Fachtna O'Ceallaigh, former head of U2's Mother Records.
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O'Ceallaigh, who had been fired by U2 for complaining about them in an interview, was outspoken with his views on music and politics, and O'Sinead O Connor adopted the same habits; she defended the actions of the Provisional IRA and said U2's music was "bombastic".
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Sinead O Connor's later retracted her IRA comments saying they were based on nonsense, and that she was "too young to understand the tense situation in Northern Ireland properly".
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O'Sinead O Connor named Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Pretenders as the artists who influenced her on her debut album.
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In 1989 O'Sinead O Connor joined The The frontman Matt Johnson as a guest vocalist on the band's album Mind Bomb, which spawned the duet "Kingdom of Rain".
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Sinead O Connor's was noted for her appearance: her trademark shaved head, often angry expression, and sometimes shapeless or unusual clothing.
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Also in 1990, O'Sinead O Connor starred in a small independent Irish movie Hush-a-Bye Baby directed in Derry by Margo Harkin.
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Sinead O Connor's spent the following months studying Bel canto singing with teacher Frank Merriman at the Parnell School of Music.
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Sinead O Connor's toured with Lollapalooza in 1995, but dropped out when she became pregnant.
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Sinead O Connor's appeared in Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy in 1997, playing the Virgin Mary.
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On 8 November 2006, O'Sinead O Connor performed seven songs from her upcoming album Theology at The Sugar Club in Dublin.
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O'Sinead O Connor released two songs from her album Theology to download for free from her official website: "If You Had a Vineyard" and "Jeremiah ".
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Sinead O Connor's appeared on two tracks of the new Ian Brown album The World Is Yours, including the anti-war single "Illegal Attacks".
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In 2012 the song "Lay Your Head Down", written by Brian Byrne and Glenn Close for the soundtrack of the film Albert Nobbs and performed by O'Sinead O Connor, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.
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Sinead O Connor's planned an extensive tour in support of the album but suffered a serious breakdown between December 2011 and March 2012, resulting in the tour and all other musical activities for the rest of 2012 being cancelled.
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O'Sinead O Connor resumed touring in 2013 with The Crazy Baldhead Tour.
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In February 2014, it was revealed that O'Sinead O Connor had been recording a new album of original material, titled The Vishnu Room, consisting of romantic love songs.
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In November 2014, O'Sinead O Connor's management was taken over by Simon Napier-Bell and Bjorn de Water.
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On 4 June 2021, O'Sinead O Connor announced her immediate retirement from the music industry.
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On 3 October 1992, O'Sinead O Connor appeared on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest.
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Sinead O Connor's then presented a photo of Pope John Paul II to the camera while singing the word "evil", after which she tore the photo into pieces, said "Fight the real enemy", and threw the pieces towards the camera.
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Sinead O Connor's was greeted by a thundering mixture of cheers and jeers.
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Sinead O Connor's called for the keyboard player to stop and the microphone to be turned up, and then screamed over the audience with an improvised, shouted rendition of "War", which she stopped just after mentioning child abuse, emphasizing the point of her previous action.
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Sinead O Connor's then looked straight to the audience for a second and left the stage.
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Sinead O Connor summoned me to his house – and it's foolish to do this to an Irish woman – he said he didn't like me saying bad words in interviews.
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Later that month, O'Sinead O Connor stated that her remarks were made in an attempt to force Twitter to close down her account.
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O'Sinead O Connor has had four children and has been married four times.
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Sinead O Connor's had her first son, Jake, with her first husband, music producer John Reynolds, who co-produced several of her albums, including Universal Mother.
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In 1991, O'Sinead O Connor had an abortion after things did not work out with the father.
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Sinead O Connor's later wrote the song "My Special Child" about the experience.
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In mid-2001, O'Sinead O Connor married British journalist Nick Sommerlad; the marriage ended in 2004.
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Sinead O Connor's had her third child, son Shane, in 2004 with musician Donal Lunny.
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O'Sinead O Connor was married a third time on 22 July 2010, to longtime friend and collaborator Steve Cooney, and in late March 2011, made the decision to separate.
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The following week, on 3 January 2012, O'Sinead O Connor issued a further string of internet comments to the effect that the couple had re-united.
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O'Sinead O Connor stated that her son, custody of whom she lost in 2013, had been on "suicide watch" at Tallaght Hospital, and had "ended his earthly struggle".
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O'Sinead O Connor harshly criticised Ireland's family services agency, Tusla, and the national health authority, the HSE, with regard to their handling of her son's case.
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Sinead O Connor's has been diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder.
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The month after her Facebook post, O'Sinead O Connor appeared on the American television talk show Dr Phil on the show's 16th season debut episode.
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O'Sinead O Connor has called for the "demolition" of the Irish Republic and its replacement with a new, united country.
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Sinead O Connor's has called for key Sinn Fein politicians like Gerry Adams to step down because "they remind people of violence", referring to the Troubles.
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In October 2018, O'Sinead O Connor converted to Islam, calling it "the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian's journey".
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