Irish singer Ronan Keating (46) said goodbye to his late brother Ciaran on July 20, who died in a tragic car accident a few days ago. Not only was Keating one of the pallbearers, he also sang for his brother at the funeral service.
The Irishman chose the song “This Is Your Song” to perform towards the end of the funeral service, reports “Sky News” among other things. “I shouldn’t be singing [the song] under these circumstances, but we will,” Keating said. He originally wrote it about a month after his mother’s death in 1998. The singer explained at the time that he tried to capture the essence of his mother with the song.
Along with other mourners, Keating also carried his older brother’s coffin to St Patrick’s Church in Louisburgh, Ireland, where the funeral service was held. Among other things, he told the mourners that Ciaran’s children had made their father “very proud”.
According to British media reports, Ciaran Keating died in an accident last Saturday afternoon. According to the British BBC, Ciaran and his wife Ann Marie were on their way to their son Ruairi’s football game when the accident happened. The car they were in collided with another vehicle near the town of Swinford. The driver of the second car was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. Another passenger and Ann Marie were treated with non-life-threatening injuries.
