Shane MacGowan Parents: Therese MacGowan, Maurice MacGowan

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the Celtic punk band Pogues.

He was born on 25 December 1957 in Pembury, Kent, the son of Irish immigrants.

MacGowan lived in many parts of southeast England such as Brighton, London, and London’s home counties. He attended an English public school.

In 1971, MacGowan graduated with a literature scholarship from Holmewood House preparatory school in Langton Green, Kent, and was subsequently accepted into Westminster School.

Shane MacGowan Parents: Therese MacGowan, Maurice MacGowan

Therese MacGowan and Maurice MacGowan were the parents of Shane MacGowan.

Shane’s father Maurice MacGowan was from Dublin and his mother was from Tipperary. His mother, Therese, worked as a typist at a convent and had previously been a singer, traditional Irish dancer, and model. His father, Maurice, came from a middle-class background and worked in the offices of department store C&A; he was, in his own words, a “local roustabout”.