If you recall, Irish folk singer Shane MacGowan of The Pogues recently passed just before last Christmas.
Sadly, Shane’s gun is missing and MacGowan’s widow, Victoria Mary Clarke, is seeking its quiet return, no questions asked.
The gun is, in typical Irish fashion, not just any old Glock or Enfield. It’s a Lee-Enfield 303 and has the name H Munn etched on it.
Shane MacGowan of the Pogues with his Enfield 303
Supposedly it is from the 1916 Easter Rising (perhaps on the British side) and was given to MacGowan as a 60th birthday present by the singer-songwriter Glen Hansard of The Frames.
And with that, I leave you with The Pogues’ version of The Band Played Waltzing Matilda.
