Sinéad O’Connor biography: 13 things about singer born in Dublin, Ireland

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor was an Irish singer born in the Cascia House Nursing Home in Dublin, Ireland to John Oliver “Seán” O’Connor and Johanna Marie O’Grady. Sean is a structural engineer who became a barrister.

Sean and O’Grady have four other children namely Joseph O’Connor, Eimear O’Connor, John O’Connor and Eoin O’Connor. In 1976, Sean married Viola Margaret Suiter.

In 1979, Sinéad left O’Grady and went to live with Sean in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. From 1981 to 1982, Sinéad was placed for 18 months in the Grianán Training Centre in Dublin for shoplifting and truancy.

In 1984, Sinéad met Colm Farrelly and they recruited a few other members and formed a band called Ton Ton Macoute. On February 10, 1985, O’Grady died in a car accident at age 46.

Sinéad has three sons and one daughter. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 1987, her debut studio album “The Lion and the Cobra” was released. In the same year, she gave birth to Jake Reynolds. From 1989 to 1991, she was married to his father John Reynolds.
2. In 1990, her second studio album “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got” was released. In 1991, she won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
3. In 1992, her third studio album “Am I Not Your Girl?” was released and she tore a photo of Pope John Paul II during a “Saturday Night Live” performance. From 1992 to 1993, she was in a relationship with Peter Gabrie.
4. In 1994, her fourth studio album “Universal Mother” was released. From 1994 to 1995, she was in a relationship with Richard Heslop. From 1995 to 1996, she was in a relationship with John Waters. In 1996, she gave birth to their daughter Brigidine Roisin Waters.
5. In 1999, she was ordained as a priest by the Latin Tridentine Church, a sect that is not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church.
6. In 2000, her fifth studio album “Faith and Courage” was released and she came out as a lesbian, which she later retracted. From 2001 to 2002, she was married to Nick Sommerlad. In 2002, her sixth studio album “Sean-Nós Nua” was released.
7. From 2003 to 2005, she took a break from music due to fibromyalgia. In 2004, she was in a relationship with Donal Lunny. In the same year, she gave birth to their son Shane Lunny.
8. In 2005, her seventh studio album “Throw Down Your Arms” was released. In 2006, she gave birth to Yeshua Bonadio. From 2006 to 2007, she was in a relationship with his father Frank Bonadio. In 2007, her eighth studio album “Theology” was released and she told Oprah Winfrey she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
9. From 2010 to 2011, she was married to Steve Cooney. In 2011, she was married to Barry Herridge. In 2012, her ninth studio album “How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?” was released.
10. In 2014, her 10th studio album “I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss” was released.
11. In 2016, she went to a rehabilitation center to end her cannabis addiction. In 2017, she changed her name to Magda Davitt. In 2018, she converted to Islam and changed her name to Shuhada’ Sadaqat. As an artist, she still continued to use her birth name.
12. In June 2021, her memoir “Rememberings” was published. On January 7, 2022, her son Shane died in Bray, Ireland.
13. On July 26, 2023, she died at age 56.

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