Victoria Mary Clarke makes appeal as Shane MacGowan present 'likely stolen'

Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke has appealed for help in finding a special present that was gifted to her late husband which she says has “most likely” been stolen.

Unfortunately, the wonderful gift that was presented to Shane by a “dear musician friend” has gone missing with Victoria stressing that it has “most likely been stolen”.Thankfully, Victoria shared some information about the rifle and its defining features, including an etching of the words H Munn.“It was a birthday gift to Shane MacGowan⁩ from a dear musician friend and it was used in the GPO so it was historically significant. It was a Lee–Enfield 303 and it has H Munn etched on it.

It was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957 and many were used by Irish rebels in 1916. Victoria’s followers and Shane’s fans flocked to the comments of her post to express their disgust at the news that The Pogues songwriter's present had possibly been stolen, hoping that the memorabilia is returned as soon as possible.

In The News Shane Macgowan

Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Mary Kennedy and Mary McAleese share how friendship brought them to podcastingMary Kennedy and Mary McAleese share how friendship brought them to podcasting in the April issue of VIP Magazine.
Source: VIP Magazine - 🏆 24. / 51 Read more »

Shane Dowling column: All watch and no play makes Limerick a dangerous animalIt’s an advantage to Limerick that they’ve been able to sit back and watch Clare slug it out in recent weeks.
Source: IrishMirror - 🏆 4. / 98 Read more »

All Together Now’s festival food coordinator Vanessa Clarke on her life in foodHere, we catch up with food aficionado Vanessa Clarke to chat about everything from her earliest memories of food to her favourite flavours..
Source: image_magazine - 🏆 17. / 59 Read more »

Shane Coleman: ‘Why do Irish people hate complaining?’When it comes to real annoyances in life, Newstalk Breakfast presenter Shane Coleman thinks Irish people don’t complain enough.
Source: NewstalkFM - 🏆 19. / 55 Read more »

Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy's wives celebrate their €2.4m winWendy and Erica had a wonderful day cheering on their husbands.
Source: IrishMirror - 🏆 4. / 98 Read more »

Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry win Zurich Classic of New OrleansThe Irish pair beat American duo Martin Trainer and Chad Ramey after both teams finished on 25 under par.
Source: The42_ie - 🏆 5. / 86 Read more »