Markéta Irglová: "Glen was a big spirit on a big mission"

Markéta Irglová has paid tribute to Glen Hansard on social media, following his death on July 29.

“Glen was a big spirit on a big mission,” she wrote on Instagram. “I always believed he had a gift from God and was imbued with power from the earth. It is never easy to carry as much as he did. Helping him carry some of it along the way has been the honor of my life.”

“I thank him and God for the trust and know we shall meet again,” she continued. “So long, my friend.”

The post also featured a photo of the pair performing together.

Irglová is Hansard’s former partner, Swell Season bandmate and Once co-star.

Together, they won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the track ‘Falling Slowly’ from the film Once in February 2008. During the promotional tour for the film, they began a relationship which ended two years later.

They first met in Irglová’s hometown at a gig in 2001. They recorded three albums together for Swell Season, the most recent of which, Forward, was released in July of last year.

On July 31, she offered her condolences to Glen’s family on social media and quoted a bible verse to pay tribute.

Since Hansard’s tragic death in a road traffic accident, tributes have continued to pour in from around the world – including from former US president Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, President Catherine Connolly, Michael D. Higgins, Dermot Kennedy, Ed Sheeran, Hozier and more.

 

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