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Thousands attend Gately funeral
Saturday 17 October 2009
About 3,500 mourners lined the streets where Mr Gately was raised in a send-off to the late Boyzone star.
The four remaining members of the band sang and spoke at the service which fans listened to through speakers.
Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy spent the night at the church with the West End star who they call their brother.
Members of Westlife, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elton John's partner David Furnish and former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern attended the service, which was relayed on loudspeakers outside.
Mr Gately's grief-stricken bandmates last night carried his coffin into the church near the family home in the north inner city.
His parents Margaret and Martin, brothers Mark, Alan and Tony and devoted sister Michelle, his partner Andrew Cowles and Boyzone manager Louis Walsh supported each other during a short private prayer vigil at the chapel.
Hundreds of residents, all with their own special memory of the pop star, lined the streets during his emotional homecoming to his working-class roots.
Security was stepped up as thousands of fans pay respects to the star as he makes his final journey.
Mr Gately was cremated at Glasnevin Cemetery.
450 invited guests are expected to attend a funeral party in the exclusive Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge.
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