232. Remembering Glen Hansard: Voices from His Public Wake
3 August 2026
About This Episode
On Monday 3 August 2026, hundreds of people gathered at the Baroque Chapel in the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, to pay their final respects to Glen Hansard.
In this special episode of The Ireland Podcast, Fender Jackson speaks with friends, musicians and admirers who came to Glen’s public wake.
Rather than attempting to tell Glen Hansard’s life story, the episode captures something much more immediate: the memories, emotions and stories of people gathered to say goodbye. Together, their voices offer glimpses of Glen as a musician, friend and human being - his generosity, humility, creativity and the profound effect he had on those around him.
Contributors include Michael Fayne, Vojta Cimpl, Athos Chambers, Loren, Barra Donovan, Lloyd Chambers, Ravinol (Ravi) Chambers and photographer Conor Masterson.
Fender Jackson also steps briefly to the other side of the microphone to reflect on his own encounter with Glen and a relationship with his music stretching across more than three decades.
Recorded: Baroque Chapel, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin
Date: Monday 3 August 2026
Recording began: 3:41pm
Cover photograph by Conor Masterson, used with permission.
This episode is intended both as a tribute to Glen and as an oral record of one extraordinary afternoon — preserving for posterity a small glimpse of the many thousands of individual experiences of remembrance taking place in Ireland and around the world.
The Ireland Podcast is an independent long-form interview series documenting Ireland through its people, memories, ideas and experiences.
Michael Fayne, Vojta Cimpl, Athos Chambers, Loren, Barra Donovan, Lloyd Chambers, Ravinol Chambers, Conor Masterson, Fender Jackson
Friends, musicians, photographers and admirers of Glen Hansard, recorded at his public wake in Dublin on 3 August 2026. Their individual recollections combine to create an immediate oral record of the day and of the man they had gathered to remember.