Christy Dignam obituary: ‘He was a beautiful and warm man who carried the wit and power of his people’
‘A legend of Irish music... a great, great singer’, Christy Dignam’s iconic status all around the world is assured
Christy Dignam, pictured in 2000, will be remembered as a man with a heart of gold. Photo: Tony Gavin
Barry Egan
Christy Dignam had a heart of gold. In December 2015, after Sinead O’Connor was admitted to hospital after revealing in a post on Facebook she had “taken an overdose”, Christy and his wife Kathryn offered O’Connor a room at their Dublin home so she could recover.
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