Throughout her music career she has been unabashedly honest about her spiritual journey, activism, socio-political views, as well as her trauma and mental health struggles.
In 1999 she was ordained as a priest by the Latin Tridentine Church, a sect that is not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church.
She consistently speaks out on issues related to child abuse, human rights, anti-racism, organised religion, and women’s rights. In 2017, O’Connor changed her name to Magda Davitt. After converting to Islam in 2018, she changed it to Shuhada’ Sadaqat (Arabic: شهداء صدقات). However, she continues to record and perform under her birth name
Is Sinéad O’Connor currently married?
Sinéad has been married four times in her lifetime.
She first married her first husband, music producer John Reynolds, who co-produced several of her albums, including Universal Mother. Reynolds and O’Connor married in 1987
In mid-2001, O’Connor married British journalist Nick Sommerlad; the marriage ended in 2004.
O’Connor was married a third time on 22 July 2010, to longtime friend and collaborator Steve Cooney, and in late March 2011, made the decision to separate.
Her fourth marriage was to Irish therapist Barry Herridge. They wed on 9 December 2011, in Las Vegas, but their marriage ended after having “lived together for 7 days only”. The following week, on 3 January 2012, O’Connor issued a further string of internet comments to the effect that the couple had re-united.
Who is Sinéad O’Connor dating?
According to the message posted online by the Irish musician legend, it was her daughter, Roisin, who had adviced her to start dating.