Fontaines DC: How band songs help heal grieving families
Written byTimes Magazine
A Coventry woman, who won a court battle to erect an Irish headstone in honor of her late mother, described the new Fontaines DC song, inspired by the case, as "a fitting ending to the journey we took as a family."
Bernadette Martin, daughter of Margaret Keane, and her family have successfully fought for the right to have a Celtic cross on her grave that reads 'In ár gCroíthe do - which means 'In our hearts forever' in English - for the past year. To have in the Church of St. genius at Extol.
The Church of England Courts initially rejected his application, insisting on an English translation because it could be a "political statement." However, this decision was later overturned due to racial discrimination.
Now that exact Irish phrase gives the title to what Ms. Martin called an "amazing" opening track for the Grammy-nominated band's new album, Skinny Fit. Ms. Martin told the news her family was "very honored" that the Dublin group "acknowledged our story."
"It was the last thing we could have hoped for," he said. "When we heard it, the first thing my sister and I did was stand at my mother's grave and listen to her, listen to her for the first time in this special place."
It was an "inspiring" moment, recalls Ms. Martin, "in our struggle to recognize the Irish language on my mother's tombstone." In the words of his homeland, the family's victory in February 2021 follows a nearly three-year battle over Keane's final resting place.
Around the same time, their peers were ranked for Best Grammy Award-winning Rock Album for their previous album, A Hero's Death. Lead vocalist and songwriter Grian Chatton said the family's current relationship - after viewing a new album playlist online - to give their seal of approval was "one of the most amazing things that ever happened."
"That means more to me than any Grammy nomination," he told us. "The fact that we can say something about something like that ignores, insults, or in any way is family history."
"No reception"
Mrs. Keane and her husband Bernie were born in the Republic of Ireland but moved to England at a young age, a journey the 27-year-old singer and several of her colleagues have made.
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