Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor was born on December 8, 1966, in Dublin, Ireland, to Sean and Marie O’Connor. His father was an engineer who became a barrister and became the Chairperson of Ireland’s Divorce Action Group, and his mother was a housewife. She has three brothers, Joseph, John, and Eoin, and one sister, Eimear. Joseph, her eldest brother, is a well-known novelist and broadcaster.
What happened between Sinead O’Connor and Prince?
O’Connor writes in the book that Prince chastised her for swearing in interviews and then challenged her to a pillow fight. She claims he put something in his pillow to cause her pain. “I never wanted to see that devil again,” she writes, calling a friend to pick her up.
Sinéad had a difficult childhood. Her parents divorced when she was eight years old, and her mother was given custody of the three eldest children. Her father fought hard for their custody, eventually gaining it when she was 13 years old. Sinéad claims that she and her siblings were subjected to violence and physical abuse while living with her mother. There began her life-long battle against childhood abuse, a cause she has fought and advocated for her entire life.
She was sent to the Grianan Training Centre when she was 15 years old after being caught shoplifting. She spent 18 months there, and in some ways, her writing and musical abilities began there. Paul Byrne, drummer of the popular Irish band In Tua Nua, where she recorded her first song, ‘Take My Hand,’ spotted her there.
She was sent to Newtown School in Waterford after being released from the Grianan, where she recorded a demo of four songs with the help of her Irish teacher.
