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{{Short description|Irish musician (1971–2018)}}
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| caption            = O'Riordan performing in 2016
| birth_name         = Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=y|1971|9|6}}
| birth_place        =[[Ballybricken]], [[County Limerick]], Ireland
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|1|15|1971|9|6}}
| death_place        = [[London]], England
| burial_place       = Caherelly Cemetery, Ballybricken<ref>{{cite news |last=Raleigh |first=David |date=13 January 2019 |title=Fans continue to make 'pilgrimage' to Dolores O'Riordan's grave one year on from her tragic death |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/fans-continue-to-make-pilgrimage-to-dolores-oriordans-grave-one-year-on-from-her-tragic-death-37706517.html |url-status=live |work=[[Irish Independent]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200911140214/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/fans-continue-to-make-pilgrimage-to-dolores-oriordans-grave-one-year-on-from-her-tragic-death-37706517.html |archive-date=11 September 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 }}</ref>
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* singer
* songwriter
}}
| years_active       = 1989–2018
| spouse             = {{marriage|Don Burton|18 July 1994|2014|end=div}}
| children           = 3
| website            = {{url|http://doloresoriordanofficial.com/|doloresoriordanofficial.com}}
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
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| genre         = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[indie rock]]
* [[jangle pop]]
* {{nowrap|[[pop rock]]}}
* [[post-punk]]
}}
| instruments   = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar
* keyboards
}}
| label         = {{flatlist|
* [[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]
* [[Cooking Vinyl]]
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| past_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [[The Cranberries]]
* [[D.A.R.K. (band)|D.A.R.K.]]}}
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'''Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan''' ({{IPAc-en|oʊ|ˈ|r|ɪər|d|ən}} {{respell|oh|REER|dən}}; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead vocalist of the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Cranberries]].<ref name="Peacock">{{cite news |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=8 May 2019 |title=Limerick alt.rock icons The Cranberries |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-cranberries-songs-20-essential-tracks/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126173638/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-cranberries-songs-20-essential-tracks/ |archive-date=26 January 2020 |access-date=26 January 2020 |website=uDiscoverMusic}}</ref> O'Riordan was the principal songwriter of the band, and additionally performed [[Acoustic guitar|acoustic]] and [[Electric guitar|electric guitars]]. She became one of the most recognisable voices in [[alternative rock]], and was known for her [[lilting]] [[mezzo-soprano]] voice, signature [[Yodeling|yodel]], use of [[keening]], and strong [[Limerick]] accent.

O'Riordan was born in [[County Limerick]], Ireland, to a Catholic working-class family. She began performing as a soloist in her church choir before leaving secondary school to join the Cranberries in 1990. The band released the number-one ''[[Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?]]'' (1993), ''[[No Need to Argue]]'' (1994), ''[[To the Faithful Departed]]'' (1996), and ''[[Bury the Hatchet (album)|Bury the Hatchet]]'' (1999). The Cranberries released their fifth album, ''[[Wake Up and Smell the Coffee]]'' (2001), before going on hiatus in 2003. During this time, O'Riordan released two solo studio albums: ''[[Are You Listening? (Dolores O'Riordan album)|Are You Listening?]]'' (2007) and ''[[No Baggage]]'' (2009). The Cranberries reunited in 2009,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan readies for Cranberries reunion|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/dolores-o-riordan-readies-for-cranberries-reunion-1.429802|url-status=dead|work=[[CTV News]]|date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126174613/https://www.ctvnews.ca/dolores-o-riordan-readies-for-cranberries-reunion-1.429802|archive-date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> released ''[[Roses (The Cranberries album)|Roses]]'' (2012), and went on a world tour. O'Riordan's other activities included appearing as a judge on [[RTÉ Television|RTÉ]]'s ''[[The Voice of Ireland]]'' (2013–2014) and recording material with the trio [[D.A.R.K. (band)|D.A.R.K.]] (2014). The Cranberries' seventh album, ''[[Something Else (The Cranberries album)|Something Else]]'' (2017), was the last to be released during her lifetime.

Throughout her life, O'Riordan suffered from depression and the pressure of her own success; she was diagnosed with [[bipolar disorder]] in 2015. She died from drowning due to [[alcohol intoxication]] in January 2018. After her death, the Cranberries released the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy]]-nominated album ''[[In the End (album)|In the End]]'' (2019), featuring her final vocal recordings, and then disbanded.<ref>{{cite news|first=Scott|last=Munro|date=17 September 2018|title=The Cranberries will split following new album release|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-cranberries-will-split-following-new-album-release|url-status=live|work=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126175201/https://www.loudersound.com/news/the-cranberries-will-split-following-new-album-release|archive-date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> With the Cranberries, O'Riordan sold more than 40 million albums worldwide during her lifetime;<ref name="Goodman2018-01-16">{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=William|date=16 January 2018|title=The Cranberries' 'Linger': A Wistful '90s Gem That's Pure Irish Poetry|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-cranberries-linger-dolores-oriordan-8094441/ |url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200607143319/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8094441/the-cranberries-linger-dolores-oriordan|archive-date=7 June 2020|access-date=5 April 2021|url-access=registration}}</ref> that total increased to almost 50 million albums worldwide as of 2019, excluding her solo albums.<ref>{{cite news |last=McGoran |first=Peter |date=13 March 2019 |title=The Cranberries |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/hozier-becomes-fourth-irish-artist-reach-no-1-us-22768706 |url-status=live |work=[[Hot Press]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200425142300/https://www.hotpress.com/music/hozier-becomes-fourth-irish-artist-reach-no-1-us-22768706 |archive-date=25 April 2020 |access-date=7 June 2020}}</ref> She was honoured with the [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello]] International Achievement award, and in the months following her death, she was named "The Top Female Artist of All Time" on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} [[Alternative Songs]] chart.

==Early life and education==
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born on 6 September 1971 in [[Ballybricken]] in [[County Limerick]], Ireland,<ref name="Linehan2018">{{cite news |last=Linehan |first=Hugh |date=16 January 2018 |title=Dolores O'Riordan: Singer-songwriter whose voice bled raw emotions |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-singer-songwriter-whose-voice-bled-raw-emotions-1.3357268 |url-status=live |newspaper=The Irish Times |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200408135441/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-singer-songwriter-whose-voice-bled-raw-emotions-1.3357268 |archive-date=8 April 2020 |access-date=5 September 2021 |quote=...a uniquely affecting voice that developed into a lilting mezzo-soprano}}</ref> the youngest of nine children, two of whom died in infancy.<ref name=guardianobit>{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Sullivan |date=16 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/16/dolores-o-riordan-obituary |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200521135617/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/16/dolores-o-riordan-obituary|archive-date=21 May 2020|access-date=17 January 2018}}</ref> Her father, Terence Patrick "Terry" O'Riordan (1937–2011),<ref name="IE-Egan2011">{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Barry |url=https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/terence-oriordan-father-of-cranberries-singer-dies-26796094.html |title=Terence O'Riordan, father of Cranberries singer, dies |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |date=27 November 2011 |access-date=4 September 2018 |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153359/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/terence-oriordan-father-of-cranberries-singer-dies-26796094.html |url-status=live }}</ref> worked as a farm labourer until a [[Motorcycle accident|motorbike accident]] in 1968 left him brain damaged.<ref name="IM">{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Trevor |last2=Hughes |first2=Edel |date=15 January 2018 |title=The highs and lows of Limerick superstar Dolores O'Riordan's life |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/highs-lows-limerick-superstar-dolores-11858121 |newspaper=[[Irish Mirror]] |access-date=4 September 2018 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115150552/https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/highs-lows-limerick-superstar-dolores-11858121 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her mother, Eileen ({{née}} Greensmith), was a [[Dinner lady|school caterer]].<ref name=guardianobit /> O'Riordan was raised in a devout [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] family,<ref>{{cite news |last=Siemaskzo|first=Corky|date=15 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries lead singer, dies at 46|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-lead-singer-cranberries-dead-age-46-n837801|publisher=[[NBC News]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190118143026/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-lead-singer-cranberries-dead-age-46-n837801|archive-date=18 January 2019|access-date=18 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and was named by her mother in reference to the [[Our Lady of Sorrows|Lady of the Seven Dolours]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Kelly |date=17 January 2018 |title=Irish bishop recalls Cranberries' musician for her faith, inspiration |url=https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/01/17/irish-bishop-recalls-cranberries-musician-faith-inspiration|url-status=live|work=Crux |agency=Catholic News Service|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505181525/https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2018/01/irish-bishop-recalls-cranberries-musician-faith-inspiration/ |archive-date=5 May 2020|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Malado2018">{{cite news|last=Malado|first=Jardine|date=19 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan's music was heavily inspired by her spirituality|url=https://www.christiantimes.com/article/irish-bishop-says-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordans-music-was-heavily-inspired-by-her-spirituality/73556.htm|url-status=live|work=Christian Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201207212809/https://www.christiantimes.com/article/irish-bishop-says-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordans-music-was-heavily-inspired-by-her-spirituality/73556.htm|archive-date=7 December 2020|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> 

O'Riordan was singing before she could talk.<ref>{{cite news|last=Linehan|first=Hugh|date=16 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan: the shy Limerick girl who was singing before she could talk|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-the-shy-limerick-girl-who-was-singing-before-she-could-talk-1.3357508|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314062951/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-the-shy-limerick-girl-who-was-singing-before-she-could-talk-1.3357508|url-status=live}}</ref> When she was five years of age, the principal of her school took her into the sixth class, sat her on the teacher's desk, and told her to sing for the twelve-year-old students in the class.<ref>{{cite news |last=Egan|first=Barry|date=24 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/dolores-oriordan-was-a-troubled-soul-with-a-special-talent-loyal-and-loving-to-the-end-36522341.html|url-status=live|work=Belfast Telegraph|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505181618/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/dolores-oriordan-was-a-troubled-soul-with-a-special-talent-loyal-and-loving-to-the-end-36522341.html|archive-date=5 May 2020|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="RS-FOEGE95">{{cite magazine|author=Alec Foege|date=23 March 1995|title=Dolores O'Riordan and the Cranberries: Strange Fruit|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-improbable-rise-of-dolores-oriordan-and-the-cranberries-19950323 |url-status=live|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200408144357/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/dolores-oriordan-and-the-cranberries-strange-fruit-72247/ |archive-date=8 April 2020|access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref> She started with traditional Irish music<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" /> and playing the [[Irish tin whistle]] when she went to school.<ref name="DIGT">{{cite news|last=Mettler|first=Mike|date=19 May 2017|title=Less is more on 'Something Else,' The Cranberries' greatest hits resurrected|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/something-else-is-the-cranberries-greatest-hits-resurrected/|url-status=live|work=[[Digital Trends]]|series=Features|access-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505192207/https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/something-else-is-the-cranberries-greatest-hits-resurrected/|archive-date=5 May 2020|quote=I loved playing the Latin hymns}}</ref>{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=23}} When she was seven years old, her sister accidentally burned the house down;<ref name="Kaplan-O'Connor">{{cite news |last1=Kaplan|first1=Ilana|last2=O'Connor|first2=Roisin|date=15 January 2018|title=The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan: A look back at the lead singer's life and tributes|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-rip-lead-singer-death-tributes-a8160746.html|url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505174837/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-rip-lead-singer-death-tributes-a8160746.html|archive-date=5 May 2020|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=248}} the rural community was able to raise funds to purchase the family a new homestead.<ref name="Kaplan-O'Connor" /> O'Riordan's formative experiences were as a liturgical soloist in the [[choir]] in a local church and as a singer at school.{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=23}}<ref name="IEX-Raleigh">{{cite news |first=David |last=Raleigh|date=16 January 2018 |title=School friend remembers 'loveable rogue' |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/my-name-is-dolores-oriordan-im-going-to-be-a-rock-star-school-friend-remembers-loveable-rogue-823087.html |url-status=live|newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505200153/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/my-name-is-dolores-oriordan-im-going-to-be-a-rock-star-school-friend-remembers-loveable-rogue-823087.html |archive-date=5 May 2020|access-date=4 September 2018}}</ref> From the age of eight, she was sexually abused for four years by a person whom she trusted.<ref>{{cite news |first=Melody |last=Chiu |date=15 January 2018 |title=Sexual Abuse, Depression and a Prior Suicide Attempt: Inside Dolores O'Riordan's Difficult Life |url=http://people.com/music/dolores-oriordan-dead-inside-difficult-life |access-date=17 January 2018 |magazine=People |publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]] |archive-date=21 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821194933/https://people.com/music/dolores-oriordan-dead-inside-difficult-life/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Laura|date=11 November 2013|title=It is all about my kids now. I love them endlessly|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/oriordan-showed-courage-to-speak-out-on-sex-abuse-29743269.html|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=11 October 2019|archive-date=21 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921123250/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/oriordan-showed-courage-to-speak-out-on-sex-abuse-29743269.html|url-status=live}}</ref> At the age of ten, she would sing in local [[Irish pub|pubs]] where her uncles took her.{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=23}}<ref name="FORBES2018" />

O'Riordan attended [[Laurel Hill Coláiste]] FCJ school in [[Limerick]].<ref name="Linehan2018" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcjsisters.org/fr/informations/congratulations-to-laurel-hill-colaiste-fcj-limerick-ireland|title=Congratulations to Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ, Limerick, Ireland|date=2 December 2018|website=FCJ Sisters|location=Limerick|access-date=9 December 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505184107/https://www.fcjsisters.org/news/congratulations-to-laurel-hill-colaiste-fcj-limerick-ireland/ |archive-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> School principal Aedín Ní Bhriain said in the ''[[Limerick Post]]'' about O'Riordan's first day at Laurel Hill Coláiste at the age of twelve that she stood up in front of classmates and announced: "my name is Dolores O'Riordan and I'm going to be a rock star", then she stood on her chair and she sang "Tra la la la la, Triangles".<ref name="IEX-Raleigh" /><ref name="LHC1">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Laurel Hill|url=https://www.limerickpost.ie/2018/09/25/laurel-hill-is-top-secondary-school-for-fifth-successive-year/|url-status=live|work=[[Limerick Post]]|date=25 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225175847/https://www.limerickpost.ie/2018/09/25/laurel-hill-is-top-secondary-school-for-fifth-successive-year/ |archive-date=25 December 2019|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> According to her school friend Catherina Egan, she was "boisterous, wild, but lovely".<ref name="IEX-Raleigh" /><ref name="LHC1" /> She regularly played the [[spoon (musical instrument)|spoons]] and the [[bodhrán]].<ref name="DIGT" /> At the age of twelve, O'Riordan began piano lessons, and then later, achieved [[Royal Irish Academy of Music|Grade]] 4 in Practical and Grade 8 in Theory.<ref name="DIGT" />{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=23}} She sat every day at the piano in the main hall to play, then her classmates sat around her after having lunch to listen to her sing.<ref name="IEX-Raleigh" /><ref name="LHC1" /> At age 17, she learned to play the guitar and performed a solo gig in Laurel Hill Coláiste secondary school.<ref>{{cite news|last=Leahy|first=Will|date=15 January 2018|title='Everybody else didn't do it – Dolores did'|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/dolores-oriordan-3799309-Jan2018/|work=[[TheJournal.ie]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210405132052/https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/dolores-oriordan-3799309-Jan2018/|archive-date=5 April 2021|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> That same year, she met her first boyfriend, Mike O'Mahoney.<ref>{{cite news|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=15 January 2018|title=Critic's Notebook|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-10-reasons-why-cranberries-dreams-is-one-greatest-songs-all-time-1074798|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505205414/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-notebook-10-reasons-why-cranberries-dreams-is-one-greatest-songs-all-time-1074798|archive-date=5 May 2020|access-date=5 April 2021|via=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="Jenkins2018-01-16">{{cite news|last=Jenkins|first=David|date=16 January 2018|orig-date=First published October 2001|title=Dolores O'Riordan archive interview: 'Is there any way I can just wake up and be a regular girl?'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/dolores-oriordan-interview-way-can-just-wake-regular-girl/|url-status=live|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516102407/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/dolores-oriordan-interview-way-can-just-wake-regular-girl/|archive-date=16 May 2020|access-date= 5 April 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

She described having a strict daily routine through her teenage years that consisted of going to piano lessons, going to church and doing homework.<ref name="WPRL2018">{{cite news |author=Sullivan |first=Jim |date=15 January 2018 |title=Vocalist Dolores O'Riordan, Of The Cranberries, Dies At 46 |url=https://www.wprl.org/post/vocalist-dolores-oriordan-cranberries-dies-46 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505194147/https://www.wprl.org/post/vocalist-dolores-oriordan-cranberries-dies-46 |archive-date=5 May 2020 |access-date=25 December 2019 |publisher=WPRL}}</ref> O'Riordan later admitted that she had neglected her school lessons in favour of writing music and songs, although at school she became [[head girl]].<ref name="IEX-Raleigh" /><ref name="IM2019">{{Cite web |url=https://memoria.com/en/on-this-day/january/15/dolores-oriordan |title=In memory of Dolores O'Riordan |access-date=26 December 2019 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226170505/https://memoria.com/en/on-this-day/january/15/dolores-oriordan |url-status=dead }}</ref> Former principal Anne Mordan said in ''[[Radio Nova 100FM (Ireland)|Nova]]'' about O'Riordan that she was a "delightful, unsophisticated, sensitive student, who enjoyed her time with us"; she described her as "a bright, kind, good-humoured girl, who loved her family, her friends, and had an easy relationship with all her teachers, both lay and FCJ sisters."<ref>{{cite news|title=Dolores O'Riordan to lie in repose this sunday in Limerick|url=https://www.nova.ie/dolores-oriordan-lie-repose-sunday-limerick-105078/|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=19 January 2018|url-status=live|publisher=Nova|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200508100014/https://www.nova.ie/dolores-oriordan-lie-repose-sunday-limerick-105078/ |archive-date=8 May 2020|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> During her six years at Laurel Hill Coláiste, O'Riordan won the [[Gael_Linn#Sl%C3%B3gadh|Slógadh song contest]] almost every year,<ref name="IEX-Raleigh" /><ref name="Slogadh-Linn">{{cite web|url=https://www.gael-linn.ie/en/about-us/history|title=Founding of Gael Linn {{!}} 1950–2009: History|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=[[Gael Linn]]|access-date=26 December 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201206005831/https://www.gael-linn.ie/en/about-us/history|archive-date=6 December 2020}}</ref> at several local events, and culminating in national singing competitions.{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=23}}<ref name="Slogadh-Linn" /> In total she won 20 Slógadh medals.<ref name="Slogadh-Kehoe">{{cite news|last=Kehoe|first=Paddy|date=22 January 2018|orig-date=First published March 1993|title=Early Days Interview|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0116/933718-dolores-as-she-was-in-1993-the-cranberries-had-arrived/|url-status=live|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200505191306/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0116/933718-dolores-as-she-was-in-1993-the-cranberries-had-arrived/|archive-date=5 May 2020|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref>

Around this time, O'Riordan divided the rest of her schedule among assisting her mother, learning the [[accordion]] from her dad, and having part-time employment at clothing shops.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=White|first=Timothy|date=23 March 1996|title=Cranberries' hymns 'To The Faithful'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=108|issue=12|page=3|issn=0006-2510|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=21 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521132243/https://books.google.fr/books?id=iQ8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&hl=fr&pg=PA1}}</ref> Her mother, whom she "adored", encouraged her to consider becoming a nun or get a college degree and become a music teacher; instead, she ran away from home at 18 and lived a couple of years with her boyfriend.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=John|date=15 January 2018|title=Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan Dies At 46|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/cranberries-singer-dolores-o-riordan-dies-at-46-1.3557083|publisher=[[iHeartRadio]]|access-date=25 December 2019|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225191813/https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/cranberries-singer-dolores-o-riordan-dies-at-46-1.3557083|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Egan|first=Barry|date=16 November 2013|title=How I beat my demons|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/belfast-telegraph-weekend/20131116/281573763468628|work=[[PressReader]]|access-date=25 December 2019|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225191815/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/belfast-telegraph-weekend/20131116/281573763468628|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bream|first=Jon|date=27 November 1994|title=From the Archives: 'Passionate, headstrong and determined.'|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-et-archives-cranberries-19941127-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200508100302/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-et-archives-cranberries-19941127-story.html |archive-date=8 May 2020|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref> In an interview with [[Vox (magazine)|''Vox'' magazine]], O'Riordan clarified her reasons for leaving home: "At 18 I left home because I wanted to sing. My parents wanted me to go to college and things like that. I was really poor for a year-and-a-half; I remember actually being hungry, like I'd die for a bag of chips. That's when I joined the Cranberries".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Mueller|first=Andrew|author-link=Andrew Mueller|date=November 1994|title=Dolores' prayer – Eire and Graces|magazine=[[Vox (magazine)|Vox]]|location=UK|issue=50|page=69}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== 1989–2003: Formation of the Cranberries, early success and stardom ===
{{Main|The Cranberries}}
In 1989, brothers Mike (bass) and Noel (guitar) Hogan formed the Cranberry Saw Us with drummer Fergal Lawler and singer Niall Quinn, in [[Limerick]], Ireland.{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=21}}{{sfn|Bianco|Knight|1998|p=37}} Less than a year later, Quinn left the band.{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=22}}<ref name=Programme>The Cranberries Loud & Clear World Tour Programme, "A Time-line of the Cranberries 1989–'99", pp. 8–10.</ref>{{efn|When Niall Quinn left, brothers Mike and [[Noel Hogan]] and Fergal Lawler remained without singer for more than six months and they were then only an instrumental band working on demos.<ref name="RS Bienstock" />}} He then told the remaining members that his girlfriend knew a girl who was looking for a band playing original material.<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" /><ref name="RS Bienstock">{{cite magazine|first=Richard |last=Bienstock|date=9 October 2018|title= The Cranberries on Their Surprise Hit Debut and Final Album With Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cranberries-talk-everybody-else-is-doing-it-reissue-final-album-with-dolores-o-riordan-731376/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200308172519/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cranberries-talk-everybody-else-is-doing-it-reissue-final-album-with-dolores-o-riordan-731376/|archive-date=8 March 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>

In mid-1990, on a Sunday afternoon, O'Riordan and Quinn came to the band's rehearsal room, [[Noel Hogan]] later recalled that "Niall came up with Dolores on that Sunday and I remember she was shy, very soft-spoken. Not the Dolores that everyone grew to know. And she comes in and we're just kind of a gang of young guys sitting around the place. It must have been very, very intimidating for her".<ref name="RS Bienstock" /> O'Riordan sang a couple of songs that she had written and she also did a [[Sinéad O'Connor]] song, "[[Troy (song)|Troy]]".<ref name="RS Bienstock" /> The band was impressed and gave her a cassette with instrumentals, asking her if she could work on it.<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" />{{sfn|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=248}} When she returned with a rough version of "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]", she was hired.<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" />{{sfn|Bianco|Knight|1998|p=38}} Hogan told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' that "the minute she sang, you know, it was like your jaw drops at her voice. Dolores was musically far superior to me, because she had been doing it all her life".<ref name="RS Bienstock" />

O'Riordan was still a student at Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ secondary school when she first joined the band.<ref name="Slogadh-Kehoe" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=Gerry|author-link1=Gerry Ryan|last2=Aoife|first2=Kelly|date=15 January 2019|title=Gerry Ryan's 2002 interview|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/gerry-ryans-2002-interview-with-dolores-oriordan-and-the-cranberries-is-poignant-revealing-and-funny-37713015.html|url-status=live|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200521134738/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/gerry-ryans-2002-interview-with-dolores-oriordan-and-the-cranberries-is-poignant-revealing-and-funny-37713015.html|archive-date=21 May 2020|access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref> She had set her sights on the musical life and her desire to be in "a band with no barriers, where I could write my own songs", she told ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 1995.<ref name=guardianobit /> At the time, she was doing her [[Leaving Certificate (Ireland)|Leaving Certificate]].<ref name="Linehan2018" /> The academic study did not hold much interest for her—although her marks in school were good.<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" /> As a result, O'Riordan left school without any qualifications.<ref name="IM2019" />

The group recorded demo tapes, including ''[[Nothing Left at All]]'', a three-track EP released on tape by local record label Xeric Records, which sold 300 copies.{{sfn|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=248}}{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=25}} The owner of Xeric Studios, Pearse Gilmore, became their manager and provided the group with studio time to complete another demo tape, which he produced.<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" /> It featured early versions of "Linger" and "[[Dreams (The Cranberries song)|Dreams]]", which were sent to record companies in the UK.<ref>{{cite web| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p38107/biography|pure_url=yes}}| title=The Cranberries – Biography|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=24 June 2008}}</ref> This demo gained attention from both the UK press and record industry, and sparked a bidding war among record labels.<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" />{{sfn|Gulla|2005|p=96}} Eventually, the group signed with [[Island Records]].<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" />{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=26}} The group changed their name to "the Cranberries" and released a four-track EP, ''[[Uncertain (EP)|Uncertain]]''.{{sfn|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=248}}{{sfn|Bianco|Knight|1998|p=38}}

By then, O'Riordan experienced difficult touring conditions with low income, sleeping on people's floors and in cramped vans across Ireland and UK.<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" />{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=25}} Furthermore, she had to overcome her shyness at the time during the early live performances with the Cranberries, singing "with her back to the audience".{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=25}}<ref name="RS-Brown">{{cite magazine|first=David |last=Brown|date=23 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan: Inside Cranberries singer's final days |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dolores-oriordan-inside-cranberries-singers-final-days-125322/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200508212817/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dolores-oriordan-inside-cranberries-singers-final-days-125322/|archive-date=8 May 2020|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref> Lawler recalled, "we just went up, and we had six songs. Dolores was turned to the side; Noel, Mike and I had our heads down".<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" />{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=25}} At this stage, she had spent eight years with classical piano, and had played the [[harmonium]] in her church for ten years.<ref name="DIGT" /><ref name="WPRL2018" /> O'Riordan had been rapidly gaining international attention after the release of the Cranberries' first album, ''[[Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?]]''.<ref name=guardianobit />{{sfn|Gulla|2005|p=96}} It contained the group's most successful singles, "Dreams" and "Linger", which charted at No.&nbsp;8 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] when she was only 22.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-cranberries/chart-history/hsi/ |title=The Cranberries {{!}} Chart History {{!}} Hot 100 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 October 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025132305/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-cranberries/chart-history/HSI |archive-date=25 October 2020 }}</ref>

[[File:The Cranberries at Roxy Bar 1995.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The Cranberries performing on the ''Roxy Bar show'' at [[Bologna]] in 1995]]
Early in 1994, O'Riordan injured her [[cruciate ligament]] in a ski accident in the [[Alps]]' [[Val-d'Isère]] and underwent major surgery.<ref name=guardianobit /><ref name="RTE-Kenny2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/1219/1102124-singer-dolores-oriordan/|title=Success For Dolores O'Riordan 1995|first=Pat|last=Kenny|url-status=live|year=2019|orig-date=First broadcast 16 January 1995|website=[[RTÉ.ie]]|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126164612/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/1219/1102124-singer-dolores-oriordan/|archive-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> In September 1994, the Cranberries released "[[Zombie (The Cranberries song)|Zombie]]", the lead single of the follow-up album, ''[[No Need To Argue]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=hottest 100 1994 {{!}} History|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1994.htm|url-status=live|work=ABC Online|date=1994|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201030220246/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_08/history/1994.htm|archive-date=30 October 2020|access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref> The song reached No.&nbsp;1 of [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1994|Triple J's Hottest 100]], which was the first time ever that a female-led band had topped Australia's biggest song poll.<ref name="Lefevre-TJH100">{{cite news|last=Lefevre|first=Jules|date=16 January 2018|title=The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan Was The First Female Vocalist To Win The Hottest 100|url=https://junkee.com/zombie-hottest-100/142807|url-status=live|work=[[Junkee]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201030215911/https://junkee.com/zombie-hottest-100/142807%23|archive-date=30 October 2020|access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lefevre|first=Jules|date=16 January 2018|title=This Video Of The Cranberries Playing 'Zombie' Live In 1994 Is Straight-Up Sublime|url=https://junkee.com/zombie-letterman-1994/142899|url-status=live|work=Junkee|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200202140444/https://junkee.com/zombie-letterman-1994/142899|archive-date=2 February 2020|access-date=15 November 2020}}</ref> She stood alone in the countdown's history for 16 years.<ref name="Lefevre-TJH100" /> In terms of female-fronted acts, O'Riordan still remains one of only four women to sing on a No.&nbsp;1 song on the [[Triple J Hottest 100#Hottest 100 top tens and summaries|Hottest 100 ranking]] [as of 2024].<ref name="Lefevre-TJH100" />{{efn|It was not until 2010 that the countdown featured a female-fronted band in the No.&nbsp;1 song, with [[Angus & Julia Stone|Julia Stone and her brother Angus]].<ref name="Lefevre-TJH100" /> In 2019, [[Billie Eilish]] became [[Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s#Full list|the first solo woman]] to win Triple J Hottest 100.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=27 January 2020|title=Billie Eilish Makes History as 'Bad Guy' Tops Australia's Hottest 100 Countdown|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8549298/billie-eilish-rules-australia-hottest-100-countdown|magazine=Billboard|access-date=15 November 2020|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127231836/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8549298/billie-eilish-rules-australia-hottest-100-countdown|url-status=live}}</ref>}} She reached her commercial peak with ''No Need to Argue'', the top-selling album worldwide in the first semester of 1995,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Jeffrey|first=Don|date=10 August 1996|title=Biggest worldwide seller 1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=107|issue=31|page=3|issn=0006-2510|access-date=25 October 2020|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109140303/https://books.google.com/books?id=xwsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|url-status=live}}</ref> and the world's best-selling album of the year by a European artist.<ref name="Buckley2003">{{cite book |last=Buckley |first=Peter |date=2003 |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA241 |edition=3 |location=UK |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |page=241 |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0 |access-date=3 January 2022 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519233211/https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA241 |url-status=live }}</ref> The album produced the songs "[[Ode to My Family]]", "[[I Can't Be with You]]", "[[Ridiculous Thoughts]]" and the group's biggest international hit, "Zombie", which topped singles charts in several countries.<ref name="Billboard-Trust20180115" /> Dan Weiss of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' stated that the song "Zombie", "could crush an entire room with the combined largesse of O'Riordan's ocean-swallowing voice".<ref name="Weiss2018">{{cite news |last=Weiss |first=Dan |date=15 January 2018 |title=The 10 Best Cranberries Songs: Critic's Picks|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/best-cranberries-songs-dolores-oriordan-top-10-8094296/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180515060642/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8094296/best-cranberries-songs-dolores-oriordan-top-10 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |access-date=4 September 2021|url-access=registration}}</ref> By this time, within the release of the first two albums of the Cranberries with accompanying tours, O'Riordan had achieved both success and celebrity status.<ref name="NYT-Mullally2018">{{cite news |last=Mullally|first=Una|date=16 January 2018|title=The Memories in Dolores O'Riordan's Fierce, Fragile Voice|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/arts/music/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-ireland.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180116143021/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/arts/music/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-ireland.html|archive-date=16 January 2018|access-date=4 September 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Eventually, O'Riordan had disengaged from Sinéad O'Connor due to the analogy made between them in the press. O'Riordan rejected and "loathed" the comparison, saying "[w]hat I do is so different. ... I might have been singing before she ever sang—who knows? It's not like I'm not going to sing because somebody from up the road got there first because she was a few years older than me."<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" /> Her leg injury recurred unexpectedly and led to cancellation of the three concerts scheduled in Ireland for December 1994.<ref name="RTE-Kenny2019" /> This resulted in a press backlash, while the audience was more understanding, as O'Riordan had mentioned that the concerts were not cancelled but postponed until June 1995.<ref name="RTE-Kenny2019" />

She has been recognised as a style icon, sporting a [[pixie cut]] or buzzed hair in the 1990s, and performing barefoot, saying "it just feels comfortable and honest to pull your toes along the ground".<ref name=guardianobit /><ref>{{cite interview |last= O'Riordan |first= Dolores |interviewer= Michael Small |title= wild cranberries |magazine= [[Mademoiselle (magazine)|Mademoiselle]] |volume=100 |date=October 1994 |page=88 |quote=It just feels comfortable and honest to pull your toes along the ground.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.refinery29.com/2018/01/187938/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-obituary|title=Dolores O'Riordan, Singer in the Cranberries, Dead at 46|last=Fredette|first=Megan|date=15 January 2018|website=[[Refinery29]]|access-date=25 January 2018|archive-date=24 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424002859/http://www.refinery29.com/2018/01/187938/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-obituary|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s William Goodman described O'Riordan performing "Barefoot and strutting onstage, an Irish warrior poet with a bleached blonde pixie cut, gold chain necklace, singing without a flinch, as if it were ordained".<ref name="Goodman2018-01-16" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' mentioned that O'Riordan was responsible for a large portion of [[Dr. Martens]] boots sales in the 1990s.<ref name="NYT-Mullally2018" />

After attending a concert of the Cranberries at London's [[Royal Albert Hall]] in January 1995, author [[Alec Foege]] described O'Riordan as "part [[Audrey Hepburn]], part [[David Bowie]]".<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" /> On 23 March 1995, O'Riordan appeared on the cover of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine.{{sfn|Gulla|2005|p=97}} On 12 September 1995, O'Riordan performed "[[Ave Maria (Schubert)|Ave Maria]]" along with [[Luciano Pavarotti]] in his [[Pavarotti & Friends]] series of benefit concerts, entitled [[Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Bosnia|Together for the Children of Bosnia]], which raised funds for [[War Child (charity)|War Child]] and the children of Bosnia, held in Modena, Italy.{{sfn|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=249}} [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]], who attended the live performance, told O'Riordan that the song brought her to tears.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mauro|first=J-P|date=15 January 2018|title=When the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan sang 'Ave Maria' with Pavarotti|url=https://aleteia.org/2018/01/15/when-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-sang-ave-maria-with-pavarotti|work=[[Aleteia]]|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206143958/https://aleteia.org/2018/01/15/when-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-sang-ave-maria-with-pavarotti/|url-status=live}}</ref> During the show, O'Riordan performed "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]" as a duet with [[Simon Le Bon]] of [[Duran Duran]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=30 September 1995|title=The Cranberries are the pick of Island's International crop|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ag4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=107|issue=39|page=1|issn=0006-2510|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509115046/https://books.google.fr/books?id=Ag4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&dq=dolores%2Bo%27riordan%2Blinger%2Bsimon%2Blebon&hl=fr&pg=PA1}}</ref>

The Cranberries' third album, ''[[To the Faithful Departed]]'' debuted at number two in the UK,<ref name="IMD-charts">{{cite web |url=https://www.irishmusicdaily.com/cranberries-no-need-to-argue |title=Cranberries No Need To Argue – sold 17 million copies |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Irish Music Daily |access-date=25 October 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025151552/https://www.irishmusicdaily.com/cranberries-no-need-to-argue |archive-date=25 October 2020 }}</ref> and number four in the US,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-cranberries/chart-history/tlp/ |title=The Cranberries {{!}} Chart History {{!}} Billboard 200 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 October 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025150535/https://www.billboard.com/music/The-Cranberries/chart-history/TLP |archive-date=25 October 2020 }}</ref> with the singles "[[Free to Decide]]", "[[When You're Gone (The Cranberries song)|When You're Gone]]" and "[[Hollywood (The Cranberries song)|Hollywood]]".<ref name="IMD-charts" /> It also featured the [[Alternative Songs|''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks]] number-one single "Salvation".<ref name="IMD-charts" /> Halfway through the Free To Decide World Tour 1996–97 promoting ''To the Faithful Departed'', O'Riordan and the Cranberries canceled the remaining dates announcing that they would take time off in 1997.<ref name="Jenkins2018-01-16" />{{sfn|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=249}} While the group claimed that "exhaustion" was the result of an extensive touring schedule, pressure from managers—and press intrusion, suspicions and rumours from the press indicated "O'Riordan's health has deteriorated".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Bouncing back|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bouncing-back-1.172468|url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=10 April 1999|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200508164924/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/bouncing-back-1.172468|archive-date=8 May 2020|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan publicly told ''[[Irish Examiner]]'', "I was very depressed and I was extremely anorexic on that record, and as it came out I got progressively worse".<ref>{{cite news |last=Fegan|first=Joyce|date=16 January 2018 |title=Hopefully she had an idea..|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/hopefully-she-had-an-idea-465836.html|url-status=live |newspaper=Irish Examiner|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200508165327/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/hopefully-she-had-an-idea-465836.html|archive-date=8 May 2020|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan was the one who made the decision to take a break,<ref name="Jenkins2018-01-16" /> although their management and record company "went mental", the rest of the group supported her.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bray|first=Elisa|date=30 April 2019 |title=The Cranberries talk to Elisa Bray |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-cranberries-interview-new-album-dolores-oriordan-dead-in-the-end-a8891481.html|url-status=live |work=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200508173920/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-cranberries-interview-new-album-dolores-oriordan-dead-in-the-end-a8891481.html|archive-date=8 May 2020|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref> [[Stephen Street]] later said that "perhaps she could have tempered her behavior and been more measured, but that wasn't her way."<ref name="RS-Brown" />

On 12 November 1998, Dolores O'Riordan and Fergal Lawler presented the award for Best Song at the [[1998 MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Awards]], in [[Milan]], Italy.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2bkHk7ryT4|title=Dolores O'Riordan & Fergal Lawler MTV Europe Awards 1998|via=YouTube|date=15 February 2015|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-mtv-cranberries-106074501.html|title=The Cranberries at the MTV Awards ceremony|website=Alamy|date=12 November 1998|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101114856/https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-mtv-cranberries-106074501.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 December 1998, she performed live with the Cranberries at the [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]] at Oslo Spektrum, [[Oslo]], Norway.{{sfn|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=249}}

With the Cranberries she released ''[[Bury the Hatchet (album)|Bury the Hatchet]]''.<ref name="Buckley2003" />{{sfn|Gulla|2005|p=97}} The album peaked at number one on both the [[Canadian Albums Chart]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-cranberries/chart-history/cna/ |title=The Cranberries {{!}} Chart History {{!}} Billboard Canadian Albums |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 October 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025150535/https://www.billboard.com/music/The-Cranberries/chart-history/TLP |archive-date=25 October 2020}}</ref> and on the [[European Top 100 Albums]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ig0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51 |title=Hits Of The World – Eurochart Hot 100 (''Media & Music'') |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=22 May 1999 |volume=111 |issue=21 |page=51 |issn=0006-2510 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201025154517/https://www.billboard.com/music/The-Cranberries/chart-history/CNA |archive-date=25 October 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> but did not match the commercial success of the group's first two albums.<ref name="Buckley2003" /> The world tour has been her biggest ever, which started in April 1999 and lasted until July 2000.<ref name="Jenkins2018-01-16" /><ref name="IMD-charts" />

[[File:Dolores O Riordan (242630365).jpeg|thumb|left|O'Riordan in 2001]]
''Bury the Hatchet'' was quickly followed by her fifth effort with the group, ''[[Wake Up and Smell the Coffee]]'', released on 22 October 2001.<ref name="Buckley2003" />{{sfn|Gulla|2005|p=97}} On 15 December 2001, O'Riordan performed solo in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] as part of the annual Vatican Christmas concert (Concerto di Natale) for [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="Foley2018">{{cite news|last=Foley|first=Ann Marie|date=18 January 2018|title=She was a true child of Limerick; talented, honest, full of soul and courageous|url=https://www.catholicireland.net/bishop-limerick-speaks-death-dolores-oriordan/|url-status=live|work=Catholic Ireland|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201204185558/https://www.catholicireland.net/bishop-limerick-speaks-death-dolores-oriordan/|archive-date=4 December 2020|access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="Vatican">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ecco un ritratto della graffiante cantante irlandese |trans-title=Here is a portrait of the Irish singer |url=https://www.ondamusicale.it/index.php/musica/12432-dolores-o-riordan-ecco-un-ritratto-della-graffiante-cantante-irlandese |language=it |work=Onda Musicale |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115214658/https://www.ondamusicale.it/index.php/musica/12432-dolores-o-riordan-ecco-un-ritratto-della-graffiante-cantante-irlandese |url-status=live }}</ref> She sang "[[Analyse (The Cranberries song)|Analyse]]", "[[Panis angelicus]]", "[[The Little Drummer Boy|Little Drummer Boy]]" and "[[Silent Night]]" with a 67-piece orchestra accompanying all artists.<ref name="Foley2018" /> The show was broadcast to well over 200 million people around the world.<ref name="Vatican-setilsts">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Christmas Concert – 26 Years Of Great Christmas Music|url=http://www.concertodinatale.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Brochure-brani-DEF-WEB-small.pdf|url-status=live|publisher=Prime Time Promotions|type=digital brochure|location=Italy|date=March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407025340/http://www.concertodinatale.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Brochure-brani-DEF-WEB-small.pdf|archive-date=7 April 2016|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cranberriesworld.com/2001/12/17/dolores-performs-4-songs-at-vatican/|title=Dolores performs 4 songs at Vatican|website=Cranberries World|date=17 September 2001|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420081007/http://cranberriesworld.com/2001/12/17/dolores-performs-4-songs-at-vatican/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Rome: Audience de Jean Paul II aux artistes du concert de Noël au Vatican|trans-title=Rome: Audience of John Paul II to the artists of the Christmas concert at the Vatican|url=https://www.cath.ch/newsf/rome-audience-de-jean-paul-ii-aux-artistes-du-concert-de-noel-au-vatican/|language=fr|work=Cath|agency=Apic|date=14 December 2001|access-date=8 May 2020|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101150708/https://www.cath.ch/newsf/rome-audience-de-jean-paul-ii-aux-artistes-du-concert-de-noel-au-vatican/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 7 February 2002, O'Riordan and the Cranberries announced in [[Dublin]] that they donated all the proceeds from their single "[[Time Is Ticking Out]]" to the [[Chernobyl Children International|Chernobyl Children's Project]].<ref name="CI">{{cite web |url=https://www.chernobyl-international.com/memory-dolores-oriordan-love/ |title=In memory of Dolores O'Riordan |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=16 January 2018 |website=Chernobyl Children International |access-date=10 May 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510092841/https://www.chernobyl-international.com/memory-dolores-oriordan-love/ |archive-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="IT-Chernobyl">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Cranberries single to benefit Chernobyl children |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cranberries-single-to-benefit-chernobyl-children-1.412735 |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=7 February 2002 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510103422/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cranberries-single-to-benefit-chernobyl-children-1.412735|archive-date=10 May 2020|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> She was accompanied at the [[Clarence Hotel]] by [[Ali Hewson]], and its founder and executive director, [[Adi Roche]]. O'Riordan wrote and recorded the song in spring 2001 after seeing images shared with her by Hewson and Roche of children born with [[Birth defect|congenital anomalies]] and illnesses caused by the [[Chernobyl nuclear disaster]] of 26 April 1986.<ref name="CI" /><ref name="IT-Chernobyl" /> O'Riordan explained, "I had just given birth to my second child, a beautiful healthy little girl. [ ... ] I had spoken with Ali on the subject before this, but I was so moved, almost to tears, that I wrote Time Is Ticking Out".<ref name="CI" /><ref name="IT-Chernobyl" /> On 14 December 2002 she received a second invitation to perform at the Vatican Christmas concert.<ref name="Vatican" /> O'Riordan sang "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]", "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]" and "[[Adeste Fideles]]". Dolores was supported by the Millennium Symphony Orchestra on the three songs, directed by [[Renato Serio]], and also by the Summertime Gospel Choir on "Adeste Fideles".<ref name="Vatican-setilsts" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cranberriesworld.com/2002/12/27/vatican-broadcast-screen-captures/|title=Vatican broadcast screen captures|website=Cranberries World|date=27 December 2002|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419174703/http://cranberriesworld.com/2002/12/27/vatican-broadcast-screen-captures/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Alex|date=23 February 2003|title=Feature: Vatican Christmas Concert 2002|url=http://cranberrieslibrary.com/herald/feature_vatican02.php|url-status=live|work=Cranberrieslibrary|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200508192145/http://cranberrieslibrary.com/herald/feature_vatican02.php|archive-date=8 May 2020|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref>

In June 2003, O'Riordan met [[AC/DC]] singer [[Brian Johnson]] when the Cranberries were playing concerts with AC/DC and [[the Rolling Stones]] on the latest leg of their [[Licks World Tour]], and they considered the idea of working together.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Liam Gallagher, the Rolling Stones, the Cranberries, AC/DC|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/liam-gallagher-the-rolling-stones-the-cranberries-acdc-and-some-of-the-rudest-stories-ive-ever-heard-2662755|url-status=live|date=13 June 2003|work=[[Hot Press]]|access-date=30 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210171328/https://www.hotpress.com/music/liam-gallagher-the-rolling-stones-the-cranberries-acdc-and-some-of-the-rudest-stories-ive-ever-heard-2662755|archive-date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://iorr.org/tour03/oberhausen.htm|title=The Rolling Stones, Vision Zukunftspark, Oberhausen, Germany, Friday June 13, 2003 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=13 June 2003|website=Iorr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401102154/https://iorr.org/tour03/oberhausen.htm|archive-date=1 April 2015|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> In mid-July 2003, the two friends started collaborating on material for a project that should have been the rock opera version of [[Helen Of Troy]], based on the Greek mythology—with "rousing anthems, tender ballads and minimal dialogue".<ref name="HelenOfTroy2003">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Cranberries singer confirms collaboration with AC/DC's Brian Johnson|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-cranberries-singer-confirms-collaboration-with-ac-dc-s-brian-johnson/|url-status=live|date=26 July 2003|work=[[Blabbermouth.net|Blabbermouth]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210171535/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-cranberries-singer-confirms-collaboration-with-ac-dc-s-brian-johnson/|archive-date=10 February 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Magnotta|first=Andrew|date=13 June 2003|title=The Cranberries say Dolores wanted final album to be completed|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-04-26-the-cranberries-say-dolores-oriordan-wanted-final-album-to-be-completed/|url-status=live|work=[[iHeartRadio]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210172130/https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-04-26-the-cranberries-say-dolores-oriordan-wanted-final-album-to-be-completed/|archive-date=10 February 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> Johnson said he's been working on it for about seven years and that the musical to which O'Riordan would lend her voice was expected to feature many artists.<ref name="HelenOfTroy2003" /> The $1.2&nbsp;million production was initially to debut in March 2003 at the [[Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall]] in Florida.<ref name="HelenOfTroy2003" /> However, despite the pronouncement, the project was adjourned and Johnson expected it to be completed in late 2003 so that it could be played in London.<ref name="HelenOfTroy2003" />

In 2003, the band decided to take a temporary time-out to experiment with solo projects.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Cranberries are NOT going to split|url=http://www.hotpress.com/The-Cranberries/news/The-Cranberries-are-NOT-going-to-split/2679953.html|url-status=live|date=17 September 2003|work=Hot Press|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200331144021/https://www.hotpress.com/music/the-cranberries-are-not-going-to-split-2679953|archive-date=31 March 2020|access-date=31 March 2020}}</ref>

=== 2003–2009: Solo career and other projects ===
[[File:Dolores O'Riordan, Festivalbar, Milan, Italy, May 29, 2004.jpg|thumb|upright|left|O'Riordan on stage during a soundcheck at [[Festivalbar]] in Italy in May 2004]]
O'Riordan stated she had become a prisoner of her own celebrity and did not find a balance in her life.<ref name="IN-Wylie">{{cite news |first=Lorraine|last=Wylie|date=6 May 2017|title=Dolores O'Riordan on life with and without The Cranberries|url=https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2017/05/06/news/dolores-o-riordan-on-life-with-and-without-the-cranberries-1011825/|work=The Irish News|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200125155645/https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2017/05/06/news/dolores-o-riordan-on-life-with-and-without-the-cranberries-1011825/|archive-date=25 January 2020|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> In ''[[The Independent]]'', O'Riordan said she needed time not only to focus on her family and health but also on her solo career. She enjoyed being treated "like any ordinary person" living in Canada, and then became a volunteer at her children's school.<ref name="INDEPENDENT 2009">{{cite news |last=Akbar|first=Arifa|date=12 June 2019|title=The former Cranberries singer, Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dolores-oriordan-i-went-nuts-i-was-so-lonely-all-that-time-1702920.html|url-status=live|work=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510204209/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dolores-oriordan-i-went-nuts-i-was-so-lonely-all-that-time-1702920.html|archive-date=10 May 2019|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>

In 2003, O'Riordan recruited Canadian music producer [[Dan Brodbeck]] and musicians to develop new compositions for her solo project.<ref name="HP2005">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=World exclusive: Dolores O'Riordan readies debut solo album|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/world-exclusive-dolores-oriordan-readies-debut-solo-album-2836785|url-status=live|work=[[Hot Press]]|date=14 November 2005|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200125162045/https://www.hotpress.com/music/world-exclusive-dolores-oriordan-readies-debut-solo-album-2836785|archive-date=25 January 2020|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> Among them was drummer [[Graham Hopkins]], whom O'Riordan said she "loved for his energy".<ref name="HP2005" /> Also included bassist [[Marco Mendoza]], who had been a long time friend with O'Riordan and her husband; while Mendoza's father was a good friend of O'Riordan's father-in-law.<ref name="HP2005" /> As well as [[Steve DeMarchi]] as the main guitarist, who used to do live sessions with the Cranberries, along with his brother [[Denny DeMarchi]] who played keyboards and guitars for the band in the early 2000s.<ref name="HP2005" /> Brodbeck stated that their hiring was "100 per cent based on personalities clicking and musical tastes".<ref name="DURHAM">{{cite news|last=Friend|first=David|date=17 January 2018|title=Canadian producers on working with Cranberries singer|url=https://www.durhamregion.com/whatson-story/8076613-canadian-producers-on-working-with-cranberries-singer/|url-status=live|work=Durham Region|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200209142944/https://www.durhamregion.com/whatson-story/8076613-canadian-producers-on-working-with-cranberries-singer/|archive-date=9 February 2020|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="PEX 2018">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Canadian musicians remember|url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/8174947-canadian-musicians-remember-dolores-o-riordan/|url-status=live|newspaper=[[Peterborough Examiner]]|date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208235703/https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/8174947-canadian-musicians-remember-dolores-o-riordan/|archive-date=8 February 2020|access-date=9 February 2020|quote=Richard Chycki, a Toronto producer who handled preliminary tracking of O'Riordan's first solo album, said the singer will be forever remembered for her standout vocals and songwriting talent}}</ref> DeMarchi brothers' family had long been friends with Dolores O'Riordan's husband and their three children.<ref name="DURHAM" /> In a Canadian newspaper, Denny DeMarchi described that she was "a perfectionist on tour"; occasionally during the show, she would turn to her musicians and canceled a particular song "in the moment".<ref name="DURHAM" /><ref name="PEX 2018" /> Although the [[technical crew]] was frustrated because they had to make various changes, understanding prevailed, saying that "she was emotionally not able to go there". As described by DeMarchi, "[f]or her, singing wasn't just something to deliver... it was a real experience."<ref name="DURHAM" /><ref name="PEX 2018" />
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On 6 March 2004, O'Riordan performed "[[Ave Maria (Schubert)|Ave Maria]]" during the 54th International Song Festival at the [[Teatro Ariston|Ariston Theater]], [[Sanremo]], in northern Italy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nan|first=Chen|date=16 January 2018|title=Chinese musicians, fans mourn Cranberries singer O'Riordan|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201801/16/WS5a5d5d9aa3102c394518f78c.html|language=en|newspaper=[[China Daily]]|access-date=27 October 2019|archive-date=5 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005100033/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201801/16/WS5a5d5d9aa3102c394518f78c.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 May 2004, O'Riordan performed during the first concert of the [[Festivalbar]], in Milan, Italy.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dolores O'Riordan performs on stage during the first concert of the Festivalbar|url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/the-cranberries-lead-singer-dolores-oriordan-dead-at-46|url-status=live|publisher=[[WJBK]] |date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200201143700/https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/the-cranberries-lead-singer-dolores-oriordan-dead-at-46|archive-date=1 February 2020|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> In 2004, she appeared with the Italian artist [[Zucchero]] on the album ''[[Zu & Co.]]'', with the song "Pure Love".<ref name="ZUandCo-Peacock">{{cite news |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=15 January 2018 |title=The Cranberries' Vocalist Dolores O'Riordan Dies At 46 |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dies-46/ |url-status=live |work=uDiscoverMusic |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200412190548/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dies-46/ |archive-date=12 April 2020 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="ZUandCo-tracklist">{{cite web |url=https://www.placedeslibraires.fr/music/0600753187180-zu-co-zucchero/ |title=zu & co |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Place des Libraires |language=fr |access-date=3 August 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200803111115/https://www.placedeslibraires.fr/music/0600753187180-zu-co-zucchero/ |archive-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> The album also featured other artists such as [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Luciano Pavarotti]], [[Miles Davis]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[Macy Gray]] and [[Eric Clapton]].<ref name="ZUandCo-Peacock" /><ref name="ZUandCo-tracklist" /> In 2004, O'Riordan worked with composer [[Angelo Badalamenti]] of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' fame on the ''[[Evilenko]]'' soundtrack, providing vocals on several tracks, including "Angels Go to Heaven", the film's theme song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://regenmag.com/news/twin-peaks-composer-angelo-badalamenti-scores-reissued-on-vinyl/|title=Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti scores reissued on vinyl|last=Yücel|first=Ilker|date=18 February 2017|website=ReGen Magazine|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521212203/http://regenmag.com/news/twin-peaks-composer-angelo-badalamenti-scores-reissued-on-vinyl/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Evilenko">{{cite AV media|title=Dolores O'Riordan & Angelo Badalamenti – Angels go to heaven|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jySVxXgWhGM|date=7 November 2008|access-date=10 May 2020|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref name="Evilenko2">{{cite AV media|title=Dolores O'Riordan – The Woodstrip/There's No Way Out |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a4dXgO967M|date=25 September 2011|access-date=10 May 2020|via=YouTube}}</ref> Badalamenti later said that "she's a wonderful lyricist with an edge to her voice".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spiritandfleshmag.com/interviews/interview-with-angelo-badalamenti/|title=The Dream Man|last=Deyneko|first=Yelena|date=18 February 2017|website=Spirit And Flesh Mag|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033503/https://spiritandfleshmag.com/interviews/interview-with-angelo-badalamenti/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, she appeared on the [[Jam & Spoon]]'s album ''Tripomatic Fairytales 3003'' as a guest vocalist on the track "Mirror Lover".<ref name="THE HERALD 2018">{{cite news |first=David|last=Pollock|date=16 January 2018|title=Lead singer of The Cranberries |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15843054.obituary-dolores-oriordan-lead-singer-of-the-cranberries/|url-status=live|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126191452/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15843054.obituary-dolores-oriordan-lead-singer-of-the-cranberries/|archive-date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="Jam&Spoon">{{cite AV media|people=Trip Hop Nation|date=25 February 2012|title=Jam & Spoon (feat. Dolores O'Riordan) – "Mirror Lover"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehLaZ4ejais|via=YouTube|publisher=Trip Hop Nation}}</ref> On 3 December 2005, O'Riordan made her third appearance at the Vatican's annual Christmas concert, where she performed "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)|War Is Over]]", "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]" and "[[O Come, All Ye Faithful|Adeste Fideles]]" in duet with Italian tenor Gian Luca Terranova.<ref name="Vatican-setilsts" />

In April 2006, O'Riordan signed a contract with Ciulla Management, based in [[Sherman Oaks]], California.<ref name="HP-Ciulla">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan makes silver screen debut |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/dolores-oriordan-makes-silver-screen-debut-2864504 |url-status=live |work=[[Hot Press]]|date=15 May 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200427181853/https://www.hotpress.com/music/dolores-oriordan-makes-silver-screen-debut-2864504|archive-date=27 April 2020|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="RA-Ciulla">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan planea lanzar su carrera en solitario a nivel internacional|trans-title=Dolores O'Riordan plans to launch her solo career internationally|url=https://www.radioacktiva.com/2006/dolores-oriordan-planea-lanzar-su-carrera-en-solitario-a-nivel-internacional-266979-23279.html |url-status=live |language=es|work=[[Radioacktiva]] |location=Colombia |date=4 April 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509195234/https://www.radioacktiva.com/2006/dolores-oriordan-planea-lanzar-su-carrera-en-solitario-a-nivel-internacional-266979-23279.html |archive-date=9 May 2020|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> Prematurely before the release of her first solo album, the former [[Trent Reznor]] and [[Marilyn Manson]] mentor Tony Ciulla became her manager.<ref name="HP-Ciulla" /><ref name="RA-Ciulla" /> She made a [[cameo appearance]] in the [[Adam Sandler]] comedy ''[[Click (2006 film)|Click]]'', released on 23 June 2006, as a wedding singer performing an alternate version of the Cranberries' "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]", set to strings.<ref name="THE HERALD 2018" /><ref name="HP-Ciulla" /> On 9 December 2006 she would be invited at the Vatican Christmas concert which took place in [[Monte Carlo]], as the concert which was to be held at the Vatican was canceled by the Pope Benedict XVI.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Malcolm|date=1 September 2006|title=Pope abolishes Vatican pop concert|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1527809/Pope-abolishes-Vatican-pop-concert.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101203123/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1527809/Pope-abolishes-Vatican-pop-concert.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She sang "Angel Fire" from her forthcoming solo album with an orchestra and [[Steve DeMarchi]], also "[[Away in a Manger]]" and "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]".<ref name="Vatican-setilsts" /> Since she had no label at the time, her husband Don Burton stated that they decided to go with an [[Independent record label|indie]], and therefore, not continue with [[Universal Music Group|UMG]] during her hiatus.<ref name="HP-Tyaransen2009">{{cite news |last=Tyaransen|first=Olaf |date=25 August 2009|title=Ethereal Gir |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/ethereal-girl-5747667 |url-status=live|work=[[Hot Press]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509220117/https://www.hotpress.com/music/ethereal-girl-5747667|archive-date=9 May 2020|access-date= 9 May 2020 }}</ref> In December 2006, [[Sanctuary Records]] signed O'Riordan for a solo record deal; of their recently signed artist, Julian Wall of Sanctuary Records noted that "Dolores comes to us with an immense international CV".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cranberries star signs solo deal |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cranberries-4-1316594 |url-status=live|date=15 December 2006|work=[[NME]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509213552/https://www.nme.com/news/music/cranberries-4-1316594|archive-date=9 May 2020|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="BB-Ferguson2007">{{cite magazine|last=Ferguson|first=Tom|date=12 May 2007|title=Global Pulse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhMEAAAAMBAJ&q=2007%20dolores%20O%27Riordan%20are%20you%20listening%20tour%20dates&pg=PA34|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=119|issue=19|page=34|issn=0006-2510|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=10 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510121744/https://books.google.fr/books?id=GhMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA34&ots=lf21vCYyOM&dq=2007%20dolores%20O%27Riordan%20are%20you%20listening%20tour%20dates&hl=fr&pg=PA34}}</ref>

The music video for "[[Ordinary Day (Dolores O'Riordan song)|Ordinary Day]]", directed by Caswell Coggins, was filmed in [[Prague]], in February 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=Balušek|first=Honza|title=Poslechněte si 'Ordinary Day' Dolores O'Riordan|trans-title=Listen to 'Ordinary Day' Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://musicserver.cz/clanek/18053/poslechnete-si-ordinary-day-dolores-o-riordan/?nomobile=1|url-status=live |date=13 June 2017|language= cs|work=Music Server|location=Czech Republic|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509210413/https://musicserver.cz/clanek/18053/poslechnete-si-ordinary-day-dolores-o-riordan/?nomobile=1|archive-date=9 May 2020|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Caswell Coggins|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/chris-cornell-video-interview-performance-footage-available/|url-status=live |date=13 June 2017|work=[[Blabbermouth.net|Blabbermouth]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509202723/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/chris-cornell-video-interview-performance-footage-available/ |archive-date=9 May 2020|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref> ''[[Are You Listening? (Dolores O'Riordan album)|Are You Listening?]]'' was released in May 2007. The album entered and peaked at number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Top Rock Albums ranking, and number 77 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="Billboard-Trust20180115">{{cite news |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=15 January 2018 |title=The Cranberries' Biggest Billboard Chart Hits |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-cranberries-biggest-billboard-chart-hits-zombie-linger-dreams/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200607154201/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8094285/the-cranberries-biggest-billboard-chart-hits-zombie-linger-dreams |archive-date=7 June 2020 |access-date=7 June 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref> "Ordinary Day" was its first single, released in late April, and was produced by [[BRIT Awards]] winner, [[Youth (musician)|Martin "Youth" Glover]], whose previous credits included [[the Verve]], [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]], [[Primal Scream]], [[U2]] and [[Paul McCartney]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showperson.asp?name=Martin+%22Youth%22+Glover |title=Nummers van Martin Glover |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Ultratop |location=Belgium |language=nl |trans-title=Songs by Martin Glover |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027050616/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showperson.asp?name=Martin+%22Youth%22+Glover |url-status=live }}</ref> In August "When We Were Young" was released as the second single from the album.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Titus|first=Christa|date=18 August 2007|title=The Billboard reviews – Singles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Q4EAAAAMBAJ&q=When+We+Were+Young+dolores+o%27riordan+second+single&pg=PA48|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=119|issue=33|page=48|issn=0006-2510|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=10 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510112806/https://books.google.fr/books?id=5Q4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA48&dq=When%20We%20Were%20Young%20dolores%20o%27riordan%20second%20single&hl=fr&pg=PA48}}</ref> Colm O'Hare of ''[[Hot Press]]'' averred that O'Riordan could have chosen to exploit the underlying sonorities of the Cranberries on ''Are you Listening?'' to keep her devotees waiting until the reunion, but instead, "she's done something far more ambitious by releasing this multi-layered collection of songs that traverses styles and genres".<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Hare |first=Colm |date=1 May 2007 |title=Are You Listening? |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/are-you-listening-2922304 |work=Hot Press |access-date=11 May 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153410/https://www.hotpress.com/music/are-you-listening-2922304 |url-status=live }}</ref> At that time, the couple split their time between [[Dublin]] and her husband's native Canada "surrounded by bears, wolves and all that great outdoor stuff", said O'Riordan.<ref name="HKC2007">{{cite news|last=Chaudhuri|first=Nilly|date=4 September 2007|title=Dolores O Riordan Interview|url=https://www.hkclubbing.com/articles/interviews/dolores-o-riordan-interview.html|work=HK Clubbing|location=Hong Kong|access-date=24 January 2020|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153407/https://www.hkclubbing.com/articles/interviews/dolores-o-riordan-interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

O'Riordan performed on many televised live performances in 2007 in support of that record, and travelled to over 22 countries in Europe, North America and South America on the 2007 O'Riordan world tour.<ref name="BB-Ferguson2007" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Dorosh|first=Orest|date=3 January 2018|title=Denny DeMarchi|url=https://canadianbeats.ca/2018/01/03/denny-demarchi-and-marta-shpak-release-their-debut-music-video/|work=Canadian Beats|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128150741/http://canadianbeats.ca/2018/01/03/denny-demarchi-and-marta-shpak-release-their-debut-music-video|archive-date=28 November 2018|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> On 21 March 2007, she performed on TV show ''[[Taratata]]'' in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deharo |first1=Ambre |last2=Hizzir |first2=Hamza |date=16 January 2018 |title=Mort de Dolores O'Riordan |trans-title=Death of Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.lci.fr/musique/mort-de-dolores-o-riordan-zombie-linger-ode-to-my-family-the-cranberries-en-5-chansons-incontournables-youtube-2076104.html |language=fr |publisher=[[La Chaîne Info|LCI]] |location=France |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=24 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824131631/https://www.lci.fr/musique/mort-de-dolores-o-riordan-zombie-linger-ode-to-my-family-the-cranberries-en-5-chansons-incontournables-youtube-2076104.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 20 April 2007, O'Riordan made an appearance live on ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'' on [[RTÉ]] in Dublin.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=RTE Late Late Show|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW3WklE0Y2s |date=26 April 2007 |access-date=10 May 2020|publisher=Irish Soul|via=YouTube}}</ref> On 16 May 2007, she appeared on [[Carson Daly]]'s late-night show, ''[[Last Call with Carson Daly]]'', in Burbank, California, in an episode that aired on 18 May 2007.<ref name="BB-Ferguson2007" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.upcoming.org/venue/last-call-with-carson-daly-16599 |title=Last Call with Carson Daly |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Archive Upcoming |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126075821/https://archive.upcoming.org/venue/last-call-with-carson-daly-16599 |url-status=live }}</ref> She also appeared on 17 May 2007, on NBC's ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' in Burbank, California, in an episode that aired on 19 May 2007.<ref name="BB-Ferguson2007" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sharetv.com/shows/the_tonight_show_with_jay_leno/season_15/pg-3 |title=The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Season 15 (2006–2007) |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=ShareTV |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153453/https://sharetv.com/shows/the_tonight_show_with_jay_leno/season_15/pg-3 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 25 May 2007, O'Riordan performed during a live broadcast of Channel 7's ''[[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]]'' in Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wallis |first=Adam |date=16 January 2019|title=The Cranberries share final music with Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4852576/the-cranberries-final-album/ |url-status=live |publisher=Global Television Network|agency=[[Global News]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510141459/https://globalnews.ca/news/4852576/the-cranberries-final-album/ |archive-date=10 May 2020 |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> In May 2007 she played six songs acoustically at ''True Music'' with [[Katie Daryl]] on [[Hdnet]] in Los Angeles, California, in an episode that aired on 2 September 2007.<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Celtic Yodels |date=14 September 2007 |title=Live at True Music on HDNet|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxbtgLXn4bY |access-date=10 May 2020|publisher=Celtic Yodels |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/katie-daryl/credits/358750/462406/|title=True Music – Musical acts perform|last=Daryl|first=Katie|date=2 September 2007|website=TV Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131171326/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/katie-daryl/credits/358750/462406/|archive-date=31 January 2020|access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref> The same month she performed on the ''[[Heaven and Earth Show]]'' aired on BBC One.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Dolores O'Riordan on a Religion show, Heaven and Earth|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xOP3oXUGKo|date=13 May 2007|access-date=10 May 2020|via=YouTube}}</ref> On 29 June 2007, O'Riordan took to the stage of Festivalbar in [[Catania]], Italy.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= L'edizione di FestivalBar 2007|trans-title=The edition of FestivalBar 2007|url=https://www.lifegate.it/persone/stile-di-vita/festivalbar_musica_impatto_zero |url-status=live|language=it|work=LifeGate|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510153609/https://www.lifegate.it/persone/stile-di-vita/festivalbar_musica_impatto_zero|archive-date=10 May 2020|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> On 2 August 2007, Sanctuary Records UK division ceased their activity and was acquired by UMG at about $88&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=UMG sheds Sanctuary label staff |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/umg-sheds-sanctuary-label-staff-149457 |date=6 September 2007|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200509223139/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/umg-sheds-sanctuary-label-staff-149457|archive-date=9 May 2020|access-date= 9 May 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan commented, "they started off as a management company for [[Iron Maiden]], maybe 25 years ago. But they've been around forever and now they've become a record company, and I thought, that looks grand and solid—they're indie and they'll be good. Jesus, six months into ''Are you Listening?'' they got bought out by Universal in the States...".<ref name="HP-Tyaransen2009" /> On 19 November 2007, she cancelled the remainder of her European Tour ([[Lille]], Paris, [[Luxembourg]], [[Warsaw]] and [[Prague]]) due to illness.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dolores O'Riordan annule sa tournée pour raisons de santé|trans-title=Dolores O'Riordan cancels tour for health reasons|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/11/19/303077-dolores-o-riordan-annule-sa-tournee-pour-raisons-de-sante.html|language=fr|date=19 November 2007|work=La Dépêche|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604124543/https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/11/19/303077-dolores-o-riordan-annule-sa-tournee-pour-raisons-de-sante.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2007, she performed in a few small American clubs, including [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], and [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]], Virginia.<ref>{{cite news|last=Spencer |first=Hawes|date=6 December 2007|title='Mesmerizing': O'Riordan gives it away at Gravity| url=http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2007/12/06/PHOTOPHILE-dolores-A.rtf.aspx|url-status=live|work=[[The Hook (newspaper)|The Hook]]|issue=649|location=Charlottesville|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201044552/http://www.readthehook.com/81541/photophile-mesmerizing-oriordan-gives-it-away-gravity |archive-date=1 February 2013| access-date=24 February 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Dolores O'Riordan.jpg|thumb|right|O'Riordan promoting her debut solo album ''[[Are You Listening? (album)|Are You Listening?]]'' in 2007]]
In 2008, O'Riordan won an [[EBBA Awards|EBBA]] Award. Every year the European Border Breakers Awards recognize the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year.<ref name="EBBA">{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Winners of the 2011 European Border Breakers' Awards announced |url=https://esns.nl/ebba-overview/ebba-results/ |location=Netherlands |work=[[Eurosonic Noorderslag|Esns]] |access-date=9 May 2020 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505043356/https://esns.nl/ebba-overview/ebba-results/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In January 2009, the [[University Philosophical Society#Honorary patrons|University Philosophical Society (Trinity College, Dublin)]] invited the Cranberries to reunite for a concert celebrating O'Riordan's appointment as an honorary member of the Society, which led the band members to consider reuniting for a tour and a recording session.<ref name="TG-2010-04-02">{{cite news |last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|date=2 April 2010|title=The Cranberries – Royal Albert Hall, London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/02/the-cranberries-review|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405162529/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/02/the-cranberries-review|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Bray-2012-02-23">{{cite news|first=Allison|last=Bray|date=23 February 2012|title=Why it's all smelling of 'Roses' for the Cranberries|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/why-its-all-smelling-of-roses-for-the-cranberries-26824540.html|newspaper=Irish Independent|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135327/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/why-its-all-smelling-of-roses-for-the-cranberries-26824540.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Reunited Cranberries Trinity|url=http://www.showbiz.ie/news/january09/12-the-reunited-cranberries-trinity.shtml|url-status=live|date=12 January 2009|work=ShowBiz Ireland|access-date=16 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315142607/http://www.showbiz.ie/news/january09/12-the-reunited-cranberries-trinity.shtml|archive-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> Of the event, embracing her performance with the Cranberries, O'Riordan stated that "the minute we started playing it felt like we'd never stopped", pointing out that "it's a chemistry. It just fits".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Cranberries |url=https://www.13thfloor.co.nz/the-cranberries-due-to-play-one-nz-in-auckland/ |url-status=live|date=15 March 2012 |work=The 13th Floor|location=New Zealand |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200511182445/https://www.13thfloor.co.nz/the-cranberries-due-to-play-one-nz-in-auckland/ |archive-date=11 May 2020| access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan released her second album ''[[No Baggage]]'', featuring 11 tracks, in August 2009.<ref name="Moore-2010-01-18">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Sarah |date=18 January 2010 |title=Dolores O'Riordan: No Baggage |url=https://www.popmatters.com/118101-dolores-oriordan-no-baggage-2496143888.html |url-status=live |type=webzine|work=PopMatters |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200330100016/https://www.popmatters.com/118101-dolores-oriordan-no-baggage-2496143888.html |archive-date=30 March 2020|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> The first single "The Journey" was released on 13 July 2009, followed by a second single, "Switch Off the Moment". The music video for "The Journey" was directed by Robin Schmidt and filmed in 16&nbsp;mm on 8 May 2009, at [[Howth]] Beach Pier and at Howth Summit, Dublin, Ireland. The music video aired on 29 July 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blueberrycreatives.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Robin-Schmidt-2.pdf |title=Director,Editor & Motion Graphic Designer |last=Schmidt |first=Robin |website=Blueberry Creatives |publisher=Blueberry |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720081713/https://blueberrycreatives.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Robin-Schmidt-2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |people=Robin Schmidt |title=Robin Schmidt 'Island Light' Reel|url=https://vimeo.com/channels/202360/8936748 |access-date=10 May 2020 |publisher=Robin Schmidt|via=Vimeo|quote= Shot in Dublin on 16mm}}</ref> O'Riordan said of ''No Baggage'' "I probably haven't worn my heart on my sleeve like this since the second album ''No Need to Argue''".<ref name="Moore-2010-01-18" /> Nevertheless, ''No Baggage'' was poorly received by music critics compared to ''Are you Listening?'', and neither album replicated the success of the Cranberries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/no-baggage/dolores-oriordan/critic-reviews |title=No Baggage by Dolores O'Riordan |author=Zoe |date=n.d. |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153412/https://www.metacritic.com/music/no-baggage/dolores-oriordan/critic-reviews |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/are-you-listening-mw0000571228 |title=Dolores O'Riordan – Are You Listening? |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |date=n.d. |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=13 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213082038/https://www.allmusic.com/album/are-you-listening-mw0000571228 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 2009–2012: Comeback and ''Roses'' ===
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[[File:Dolores O'Riordan guitar 2010.jpg|thumb|left|upright|O'Riordan performing with her signature [[Gibson SG]] electric guitar in Paris in May 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://equipboard.com/pros/dolores-o-riordan/gibson-sg-standard-electric-guitar|title= Dolores O'Riordan Gibson SG Standard Electric Guitar|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=Equipboard|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200125163730/https://equipboard.com/pros/dolores-o-riordan/gibson-sg-standard-electric-guitar|archive-date=25 January 2020|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>]]
On 25 August 2009, while promoting her solo album ''[[No Baggage]]'' in New York City on [[WFAN-FM|101.9 RXP radio]],<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=WXRP Breaks News On The Cranberries Reunion|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/62917/wxrp-breaks-news-on-the-cranberries-reunion|url-status=live|location=New York|date=25 August 2009|work=All Access|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207162023/https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/62917/wxrp-breaks-news-on-the-cranberries-reunion|archive-date=7 February 2020|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan announced the Cranberries Reunion World Tour of 107 concerts.<ref name="Bray-2012-02-23" /><ref name="ILL-Lynch">{{cite news|last=Lynch|first=Richard|date=8 March 2012|title=The Cranberries Are Back|url=https://www.ilovelimerick.ie/the-cranberries-are-back/|url-status=live|work=I Love Limerick|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207164259/https://www.ilovelimerick.ie/the-cranberries-are-back/|archive-date=7 February 2020|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="FIRSTAV">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Cranberries|url=http://first-avenue.com/performer/cranberries|work=[[First Avenue (nightclub)|First Avenue]]|date=25 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113131042/http://first-avenue.com/performer/cranberries|archive-date=13 November 2012|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> Following the statement, O'Riordan reported that she thought about how much she missed the band before making the decision to tour again, saying of Lawler and the two Hogan brothers that "they're a big part of my heart and soul".<ref>{{Cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Cranberries reunion lures O'Riordan from Ontario cabin|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cranberries-reunion-lures-o-riordan-from-ontario-cabin-1.865145|place=Canada|url-status=live|date=28 August 2009|publisher=[[CBC News]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502130516/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cranberries-reunion-lures-o-riordan-from-ontario-cabin-1.865145|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> In October 2009, O'Riordan attended, along with actresses [[Tessa Thompson]] and Emma Bates, an event at The Westwood Theatre in [[Ontario]], after a screening of ''South Dakota: A Woman's Right to Choose'', a film about teenage pregnancy and abortion.<ref name="LATIMES-Abcarian">{{cite news |last=Abcarian|first=Robin|date=15 February 2020|title=South Dakota: A Woman's Right to Choose|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-06-la-ca-abortion6-2009dec06-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215220000/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-06-la-ca-abortion6-2009dec06-story.html|archive-date=15 February 2020|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan moderated a discussion with high school pupils; she remained neutral and allowed the girls to formulate their own opinions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hallowell|first=Billy|date=17 January 2018|title=It Belittles Women|url=https://www.faithwire.com/2018/01/17/it-belittles-women-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-once-passionately-slammed-abortion/|website=Faithwire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119103318/https://www.faithwire.com/2018/01/17/it-belittles-women-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-once-passionately-slammed-abortion/|archive-date=19 January 2018|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan and the Cranberries allowed their songs "[[Dreams (The Cranberries song)|Dreams]]", "Empty" along with "Apple Of My Eye" and "Stupid", to feature in the film released in the US in October 2013.<ref name="LATIMES-Abcarian" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Debra |date=16 January 2018 |title=The untold truth|url=https://www.grunge.com/105156/untold-truth-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan/ |url-status=live |work=Grunge|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200516222509/https://www.grunge.com/105156/untold-truth-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan/ |archive-date=16 May 2020 |access-date=16 May 2020 }}</ref><ref name="PATHEOS-O'Hare2018">{{cite news|last=O'Hare|first=Kate|date=16 January 2018|title=A Complicated Catholic Life|url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kateohare/2018/01/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-catholic/|url-status=live |work=[[Patheos]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430172044/https://www.patheos.com/blogs/kateohare/2018/01/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-catholic/ |archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>

The Cranberries reformed and the tour began in [[North America]] in mid-November, followed by [[South America]] in mid-January 2010 and [[Europe]] in March 2010.<ref name="ILL-Lynch" /><ref name="FIRSTAV" /> The band played songs from O'Riordan's solo albums, many of The Cranberries' classics, as well as new songs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Farragher |first=Michael |date=n.d.|title=The Cranberries reunion heads for the U.S. |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/cranberries-reunion-heads-for-the-us-56927202 |url-status=live |work=Irish Central|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200516154924/https://www.irishcentral.com/cranberries-reunion-heads-for-the-us-56927202 |archive-date=16 May 2020 |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> In 2010, O'Riordan told ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine that playing with Fergal Lawler, Noel, and Mike Hogan worked better dynamically with her voice.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Smirke|first=Richard|date=10 March 2010|title=6 Questions with Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RsAnJ7Zx_qgC&pg=RA8-PA30|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|issue=8|page=30|issn=0006-2510|access-date=16 May 2020|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516160653/https://books.google.fr/books?id=RsAnJ7Zx_qgC&pg=RA8-PA30&dq=billboard+the+cranberries+2012+richard+Smirke&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs--_W4bjpAhUwxYUKHYwoBAoQ6AEIKDAA}}</ref> By 2010, O'Riordan suffered from [[vocal cord nodules]] which caused her doctor to prescribe six weeks of inability to perform. Consequently, concert dates were cancelled and postponed, but the recurring problem persisted until 2012.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dolores O'Riordan comme Whitney Houston|trans-title=Dolores O'Riordan as Whitney Houston |url=https://musiqueradio.com/article_news9254_the-cranberries--dolores-o-riordan-comme-whitney-houston.php|url-status=live|date=8 April 2010|language=fr|work=Musique Radio|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200516192612/https://musiqueradio.com/article_news9254_the-cranberries--dolores-o-riordan-comme-whitney-houston.php |archive-date=16 May 2020|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="UG">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/cranberries_its_not_going_to_be_hard_to_deliver_roses.html|title=Cranberries: 'It's not going to be hard to deliver 'Roses'|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=26 January 2012|website=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200207212134/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/cranberries_its_not_going_to_be_hard_to_deliver_roses.html|archive-date=7 February 2020|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Saceanu|first=Corina|date=21 July 2010|title=The Cranberries|url=https://www.romania-insider.com/the-cranberries-the-music-we-loved-and-hummed-in-the-90s-was-finally-live-in-bucharest|url-status=live|work=Romania Insider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005043212/https://www.romania-insider.com/the-cranberries-the-music-we-loved-and-hummed-in-the-90s-was-finally-live-in-bucharest|archive-date=5 October 2010|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>

On 1 July 2011, a concert entitled "TU Warszawa"—"Here, Warsaw" was the main event of the inauguration of [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Poland's presidency of the EU council]]. O'Riordan performed "[[Zombie (The Cranberries song)|Zombie]]" and "I Lied" (English version of the Polish song "Skłamałam") with the [[Sinfonia Varsovia]] Orchestra, in [[Warsaw]], Poland.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Inauguration of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council |url=https://culture.pl/en/event/the-inauguration-of-the-polish-presidency-of-the-eu-council |url-status=live|date=n.d.|publisher=[[Culture.pl]]|location=Poland|agency=Adam Mickiewicz Institute|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200516165750/https://culture.pl/en/event/the-inauguration-of-the-polish-presidency-of-the-eu-council|archive-date=16 May 2020 |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Biweekly |first=John |date=27 May 2011 |title=Big Inauguration |url=https://www.biweekly.pl/article/2239-big-inauguration.html |editor=Agnieszka Słodownik |work=Biweekly |issue=20 |location=Poland |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306144846/https://www.biweekly.pl/article/2239-big-inauguration.html |url-status=live }}</ref> At this point in her career, to keep up with her bookings, negotiations and finances, O'Riordan began to be managed by Danny Goldberg, former [[Kurt Cobain]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] manager. Goldberg has also managed [[Sonic Youth]] and [[Courtney Love]]'s band [[Hole (band)|Hole]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Buchanan|first=Brett|date=19 January 2018|title=Late Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan discussed Kurt Cobain|url=http://www.alternativenation.net/clone/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-revealed-avoided-kurt-cobains-fate-eerie-interview/|url-status=live|work=Alternative Nation|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126144152/http://www.alternativenation.net/clone/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-revealed-avoided-kurt-cobains-fate-eerie-interview/|archive-date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citizen.org/about/person/danny-goldberg/|title=Danny Goldberg|date=n.d.|work=[[Public Citizen]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126144357/https://www.citizen.org/about/person/danny-goldberg/|archive-date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="ALLMUSIC-Roses">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/roses-mw0002278143/credits|title=The Cranberries – Danny Goldberg Management|author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|date=4 February 2012|access-date=26 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624032244/https://www.allmusic.com/album/roses-mw0002278143/credits|archive-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> O'Riordan celebrated the reunion by touring with the Cranberries across Asia in July 2011, where the crowd was "impressed with her wide vocal range and strong vocal control".<ref name="ASIAONE-Nan2018">{{cite news|last=Nan|first=Chen|date=16 January 2018|title=Chinese musicians, fans mourn Cranberries singer O'Riordan|url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/chinese-musicians-fans-mourn-cranberries-singer-oriordan|url-status=dead|work=[[AsiaOne]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118231248/https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/chinese-musicians-fans-mourn-cranberries-singer-oriordan|archive-date=18 January 2018|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Cranberries Live in Singapore|url=https://www.popcultureonline.net/the-cranberries-live-in-singapore/|url-status=live|date=n.d.|work= POPCulture Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207172344/https://www.popcultureonline.net/the-cranberries-live-in-singapore/|archive-date=7 February 2020|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> During the six years of their hiatus, O'Riordan and Noel Hogan occasionally shared ideas.<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Cranberries plan tour in support of Roses| url=https://glidemagazine.com/19986/the-cranberries-plan-tour-in-support-of-roses/|url-status=live|date=14 February 2012|work=Glide Magazine|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200209153800/https://glidemagazine.com/19986/the-cranberries-plan-tour-in-support-of-roses/|archive-date=9 February 2020|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> In 2011, they recorded their sixth album, ''[[Roses (Cranberries album)|Roses]]'' with longtime producer Stephen Street, released in February 2012.<ref name="ALLMUSIC-Roses" />

[[File:Dolores O'Riordan performing in May 2012.jpg|thumb|O'Riordan in May 2012]]
On 22 March 2012, the Cranberries cancelled nine minutes before the show at the [[Enmore Theatre]] in [[Sydney]], O'Riordan suffered from food poisoning and was unable to perform. When she recovered, the ''Roses Tour'' resumed two days later and the cancelled show was rescheduled for 26 March.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Cranberries apologise for concert no-show|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2012/0324/436357-cranberries/|url-status=live|date=24 March 2012|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216113512/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2012/0324/436357-cranberries/|archive-date=16 February 2020|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> In May 2012, the final two concerts of the North American tour of the Cranberries had to be postponed for a then undisclosed reason, which was later said to involve from O'Riordan's "hectic touring schedule"; this caused some uncertainty about the upcoming European leg of the tour.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fitzgerald|first=Aine|date=24 May 2012|title=Rock star Dolores O'Riordan takes time off|url=https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/122388/Limerick-rock-star-Dolores-O-Riordan.html|url-status=live|newspaper=[[Limerick Leader]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028184840/https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/122388/Limerick-rock-star-Dolores-O-Riordan.html|archive-date=28 October 2019|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> For the second leg of the Roses World Tour, O'Riordan hired a touring backing vocalist, Johanna Cranitch. During anterior tours, backup vocals were performed by the band's backup guitarist, [[Steve DeMarchi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joyofviolentmovement.com/tag/the-cranberries/|title=Johanna Cranitch|first1=Williman|last1=Ruben|last2=Helms|date=15 October 2019|website=The Joy of Violent Movement|access-date=16 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216112514/https://joyofviolentmovement.com/tag/the-cranberries/|archive-date=16 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/white-prism-new-track-shake-you-off/|title=An Angular, Runway-Inspired New Track From New York's White Prism|first=Aly|last=Comingore|date=16 February 2015|work=T: The New York Times Style Magazine|access-date=16 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413172012/https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/white-prism-new-track-shake-you-off/|archive-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> In November 2012, the extent to which her father's 2011 death was affecting O'Riordan was made public when she admitted in ''[[Le Télégramme]]'' that she was unable to perform "[[Ode to My Family]]" throughout the 32 shows of the second leg of the European tour; O'Riordan said "I hope to be able to sing it back one day, but for now, it's too soon".<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan: "À un moment, je me suis perdue" |trans-title=Dolores O'Riordan. "At one point, I got lost" |language=fr |location=Brittany|newspaper=[[Le Télégramme]]|date=21 November 2012|page=17|issn=0751-5928}}</ref>

=== 2013–2018: The Voice of Ireland and ''Something Else'' ===
{{Main|The Cranberries}}
O'Riordan replaced [[Sharon Corr]] as one of the mentors on [[RTÉ]]'s ''[[The Voice of Ireland (series 3)|The Voice of Ireland]]'' during the [[The Voice of Ireland (series 3)|2013–14 season]].<ref name="HERALD-2013-10-05" /><ref name="Finn2018-01-15">{{cite news |last=Finn|first=Melanie|date=15 January 2018|title=An Irish female icon|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/an-irish-female-icon-tv-producer-pays-tribute-to-dolores-oriordan-36490707.html|url-status=live|newspaper=Irish Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115211300/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/an-irish-female-icon-tv-producer-pays-tribute-to-dolores-oriordan-36490707.html|archive-date=15 January 2018|access-date=7 February 2020|quote=I loved spending time with her. She was entertaining, funny and her outlook on life was so different to anyone else.}}</ref> O'Riordan reached the final of the competition with her act Kellie Lewis, who finished in second place.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Flaherty |first=Jamie |date=18 January 2018 |title='Dolores I will love you always always always' – Kellie Lewis |url=https://avondhupress.ie/dolores-i-will-love-you-always-always-always-kellie-lewis/ |work=The Avondhu |location=Ireland |access-date=17 May 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124043620/https://avondhupress.ie/dolores-i-will-love-you-always-always-always-kellie-lewis/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IE-Finn2014-07-14">{{cite news |last=Finn |first=Melanie |date=14 July 2014 |title=Dolores O'Riordan is done with The Voice of Ireland|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/dolores-oriordan-is-done-with-the-voice-of-ireland-30428957.html |url-status=live |work=[[Irish Independent]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200517143048/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/dolores-oriordan-is-done-with-the-voice-of-ireland-30428957.html |archive-date=17 May 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> In October 2013, O'Riordan and [[Marco Mendoza]] reconvened their partnership and were working on the songs for her announced third solo album scheduled for 2014, and presumably some film possibilities.<ref>{{cite news|last=Michele Derrough|first=Leslie|date=21 October 2013|title=Marco Mendoza|url=https://glidemagazine.com/41100/marco-mendoza/|url-status=live|website=Glide Magazine |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200517144724/https://glidemagazine.com/41100/marco-mendoza/|archive-date=17 May 2020|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> Her final performance at the Vatican Christmas concert occurred in December 2013,<ref name="Vatican" /> where she performed "Letting Go" from ''[[Are You Listening? (Dolores O'Riordan album)|Are You Listening?]]'', "[[Silent Night]]" in duet with [[Elisa (Italian singer)|Elisa Toffoli]], "[[Away in a Manger]]" and "[[Happy Xmas (War Is Over)]]".<ref name="Vatican-setilsts" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cranberriesworld.com/2013/12/07/dolores-sang-for-the-pope-tonight-at-concerto-di-natale/|title=Dolores sang tonight at "Concerto di Natale"|date=7 December 2013|website=Cranberries World|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423143118/http://cranberriesworld.com/2013/12/07/dolores-sang-for-the-pope-tonight-at-concerto-di-natale/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the autumn of 2013, as her hometown of [[Limerick]] was preparing to start its tenure as ''Irish City of Culture'' in 2014, O'Riordan was approached by the city to play a special gig.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Here's how Ireland welcomed in 2014|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/new-years-eve-2014-1245196-Jan2014/|url-status=live|work=[[TheJournal.ie]] |date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419120604/https://www.thejournal.ie/new-years-eve-2014-1245196-Jan2014/|archive-date=19 April 2019|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> During a New Year's Eve party under the [[St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick|Spire of St Mary's Cathedral]], she performed with a quartet from the [[Irish Chamber Orchestra]], playing "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]", "[[Zombie (The Cranberries song)|Zombie]]" and one solo, "The Journey".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan & Maverick Sabre for Limerick Culture Bash|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/dolores-oriordan-maverick-sabre-for-limerick-culture-bash-10540678|url-status=live|work=Hot Press|date=28 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216131120/https://www.hotpress.com/music/dolores-oriordan-maverick-sabre-for-limerick-culture-bash-10540678|archive-date=16 February 2020|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>

In mid-January 2014, between shoots for ''The Voice'', O'Riordan stated that she had written 15 songs for a solo album and she planned to go to Los Angeles to elaborate the start of the album.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan, The Voice|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/dolores-oriordan-im-doing-the-voice-because-my-16-year-old-son-suggested-it-29911702.html|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=13 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200518210524/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/dolores-oriordan-im-doing-the-voice-because-my-16-year-old-son-suggested-it-29911702.html|archive-date=18 May 2020|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> In April 2014, disillusioned by her experiences in the music industry, O'Riordan told Barry Egan that the record business made her "extraordinarily wealthy, but sucked the blood out of her, like a particularly ferocious vampire".<ref name="IE-2018-01-22" /> In mid-July 2014, O'Riordan had announced that she would not return to ''The Voice of Ireland'' for a second season due to her health condition affected by flights from Dublin to Canada during seven weeks of filming.<ref name="IE-Finn2014-07-14" />

In April 2014, O'Riordan began recording new material with Jetlag, a collaboration with [[Andy Rourke]] of [[the Smiths]] and Olé Koretsky, a DJ and producer based in New York. They then formed a trio under the name [[D.A.R.K. (band)|D.A.R.K.]] Their first album, ''Science Agrees'', was released in September 2016.<ref>{{cite news |first=Alan|last=Corr |date=13 September 2016 |title=D.A.R.K. – Science Agrees|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2016/0911/815790-d-a-r-k-science-agrees|url-status=live|publisher=RTÉ News |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200521163612/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/music-reviews/2016/0911/815790-d-a-r-k-science-agrees/|archive-date=21 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Healy|first=Pat|date=3 September 2016 |title=D.A.R.K. – Science Agrees|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21989-science-agrees |url-status=live|work=Pitchfork |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904211219/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21989-science-agrees/|archive-date=4 September 2016|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>

In late April 2017, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band, the Cranberries released a new studio album ''[[Something Else (Cranberries album)|Something Else]]'', featuring acoustic versions of their greatest hits, and backed by the [[Irish Chamber Orchestra]]. Three new songs appear on this album: "Rupture," "Why" and "The Glory" the last song written by O'Riordan and Noel Hogan, in their song-writing partnership.<ref name="IH-Dillane-2018-01-31">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishhumanities.com/blog/dolores-oriordans-unique-contribution-to-popular-music/|title=Dolores O'Riordan's Impact and Legacy|last=Dillane|first=Aileen|website=Irish Humanities Alliance|date=31 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501142045/https://www.irishhumanities.com/blog/dolores-oriordans-unique-contribution-to-popular-music/|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019|quote=Aileen Dillane is course director of the MA in Irish Music Studies at the [[Irish World Academy of Music and Dance|Irish World Academy]], [[University of Limerick]] and is currently a research fellow at the Dept of Music, [[King's College London|King's College]], London}}</ref><ref name="Mella2017">{{cite web|url=https://crypticrock.com/cranberries-something-else-album-review/|title=Something Else (Album Review)|last1=Vera|first1=Alfie|last2=Mella|date=25 April 2017|website=Cryptic Rock |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200217183927/https://crypticrock.com/cranberries-something-else-album-review/|archive-date=17 February 2020|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> The album was well received by critics; reviewers have praised "the return of one of Ireland's finest songsmiths", and reacted favourably to the orchestral and acoustic reimagining.<ref name="Mella2017" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-else-mw0003030758|title=The Cranberries – Something Else|first=Neil|last=Z.Yeung|date=28 April 2017|publisher=AllMusic |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323183938/https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-else-mw0003030758|archive-date=23 March 2019|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/75207/The-Cranberries-Something-Else/|title=Something Else|date=27 October 2017|website=Sputnikmusic |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180118094418/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/75207/The-Cranberries-Something-Else/|archive-date=18 January 2018|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> Music critic Karen Gwee has described O'Riordan's voice "more measured, more labile and rich with maturity", whilst "the thinness of her voice dilutes the anxious energy of "Animal Instinct", one of the album's tracks".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/04/album-review-the-cranberries-something-else/|title=The Cranberries – Something Else|first=Karen|last=Gwee|date=18 April 2017|website=[[Consequence of Sound]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905113025/https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/04/album-review-the-cranberries-something-else/|archive-date=5 September 2018|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>

In May 2017, the band started the world tour as acoustic concerts, with a [[string quartet]]. Most of the time, O'Riordan sang seated on a stool. After eleven shows, O'Riordan was said to be in "excruciating pain". The Cranberries published on social media the cancellation of the sold-out tour in Europe and North America, stating that O'Riordan's back problem was in the mid- to upper area of her spine and diaphragmatic movements associated with breathing and singing exacerbated the pain.<ref>{{cite news|last=Libby |first=Birk |title=Dolores O'Riordan Back Problems |url=https://popculture.com/music/2018/01/15/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-back-problems/|url-status=live|date=15 January 2018|website=Pop Culture|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200521170608/https://popculture.com/music/news/little-richard-sons-of-anarchy-theo-rossi-remembers-rock-game-changer/|archive-date=21 May 2020|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Anne|last=Sheridan|date=24 May 2017|title=Dolores O'Riordan instructed by doctors to 'immediately cease works' for four weeks|url=http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/251582/limerick-band-the-cranberries-forced-to-cancel-14-tour-dates.html|work=Limerick Leader|url-access=subscription|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=21 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621070238/https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/251582/limerick-band-the-cranberries-forced-to-cancel-14-tour-dates.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During her rest, O'Riordan had been planning a new album of the Cranberries, and had written and recorded [[In the End (album)|demo versions]] in her final years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=15 January 2019|title=The Cranberries Announce Final Album With Dolores O'Riordan, In the End|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-cranberries-final-album-dolores-oriordan-in-the-end-779079/|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=12 October 2019|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117102331/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-cranberries-final-album-dolores-oriordan-in-the-end-779079/|url-status=live}}</ref>

O'Riordan's last public performance was on 14 December 2017 in [[New York City]], where she sang three Cranberries songs at [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s Christmas party.<ref>{{cite news |last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=15 January 2018 |title=Dolores O'Riordan Dead At 46 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1978499/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-at-46/news/ |work=Stereogum |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200521194733/https://www.stereogum.com/1978499/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-at-46/news/|archive-date=21 May 2020|access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=G.J|title=Mort de Dolores O'Riordan : L'enfer de la dépression|trans-title=Death of Dolores O'Riordan : The hell of depression|url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/mort-de-dolores-o-riordan-the-cranberries-l-enfer-de-la-depression_a268675/1|language=fr|editor=PureMédias|work=Purepeople|date=15 January 2018|location=Paris|access-date=12 October 2019|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026164404/https://www.purepeople.com/article/mort-de-dolores-o-riordan-the-cranberries-l-enfer-de-la-depression_a268675/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBCNews-2018-01-16">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies suddenly aged 46 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42696376|url-status=live|work=[[BBC News]] |date=16 January 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180115231508/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42696376|archive-date=15 January 2018|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> On 15 December 2017, [[Eminem]] released his album ''[[Revival (Eminem album)|Revival]]'' which included a large sample from the song "[[Zombie (The Cranberries song)|Zombie]]" as the hook for his rap song "In Your Head".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leight |first1=Elias |last2=Reeves |first2=Mosi |last3=Shipley |first3=Al |last4=Vozick-Levinson |first4=Simon |title=Eminem's 'Revival': A Track-by-Track Guide |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eminems-revival-a-track-by-track-guide-124053/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=15 December 2017 |access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026075514/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eminems-revival-a-track-by-track-guide-124053/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Artistry ==
=== Influences ===
O'Riordan's deeply religious mother had a strong influence on her musical development, introducing her to Elvis Presley at an early age.<ref name="i-D">{{cite web|url=https://i-d.co/article/talking-twenty-five-years-of-the-cranberries-with-dolores-oriordan/|title=Talking twenty five years of The Cranberries|last=Whitehouse|first=Matthew|date=2 May 2017|website=[[I-D]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430210740/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/evzgdm/talking-twenty-five-years-of-the-cranberries-with-dolores-oriordan|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="RTE Halloran">{{cite news |last=Halloran|first=Cathy|date=24 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan's life and legacy|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2018/0124/935660-dolores-oriordan/|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430164547/https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2018/0124/935660-dolores-oriordan/|archive-date=30 April 2020 |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan's Catholic education and experience playing the church organ also introduced her to classical church music genres such as [[Gregorian chant]], which she described as having "great melodies."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-16 |title=Irish bishop recalls the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan for her Catholic faith and inspiration |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2018/01/16/irish-bishop-recalls-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-her-catholic-faith-and |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=America Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref name="DIGT" />{{efn|O'Riordan said in 2001 "One of the most amazing experiences of my life was to go into a monastery and see monks coming out at 6am and start chanting. I used to go to monasteries to get away from the whole world and all the crap that comes from teenage pressures".<ref name="HP Clark">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/remembering-dolores-really-religious-music-gregorian-chant-22764426|title=I do most of the music writing|last=Clark|first=Stuart|date=14 January 2019|work=[[Hot Press]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501102252/https://www.hotpress.com/music/remembering-dolores-really-religious-music-gregorian-chant-22764426|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>}}<ref name="RTE Halloran" /><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dolores loved monks' chants and monasteries, mourners are told|url=https://www.irishcatholic.com/dolores%E2%80%A8-loved%E2%80%A8-monks%E2%80%A8-chants%E2%80%A8-and%E2%80%A8-monasteries-%E2%80%A8mourners%E2%80%A8-%E2%80%A8told/|publisher=[[The Irish Catholic]]|date=25 January 2018|access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153257/https://www.irishcatholic.com/dolores%E2%80%A8-loved%E2%80%A8-monks%E2%80%A8-chants%E2%80%A8-and%E2%80%A8-monasteries-%E2%80%A8mourners%E2%80%A8-%E2%80%A8told/|url-status=live}}</ref> Months before she died, O'Riordan tested the resonance and the acoustics of the [[Glenstal Abbey]] church in Ireland to sing there.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brady|first=Chai|date=24 January 2019|title=O'Riordan mourned at Limerick monastery |url=https://www.irishcatholic.com/graceful-dolores-oriordan-mourned-at-limerick-monastery/|publisher=[[The Irish Catholic]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430170757/https://www.irishcatholic.com/graceful-dolores-oriordan-mourned-at-limerick-monastery/|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan stated that this apprenticeship by this detachment of the world in a raw and devoted setting influenced a lot of her development as an artist and as a musician.{{sfn|Gulla|2005|p=97}}<ref name="PATHEOS-O'Hare2018" />

She referred to Presley and [[John Lennon]] as particularly large influences during her early years. Other early influences include [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Jim Reeves]] and [[Bing Crosby]].<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Dolores O'Riordan Late Show 2001|language=en-GB|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmJZfZa5z0 |access-date=2 July 2021|location=UK |publisher=[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)]]|series=The Late Late Show|via=YouTube}}</ref> In her teenage years, O'Riordan spent much of her time with her brothers who listened to [[heavy metal music]],<ref name="guardianobit" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Rock_Concert.Remembering_Dolores_O_Riordan_of_The_Cranberries_By_Ringo_Pebam|title=Remembering Dolores|first=Ringo|last=Pebam |website=E-Pao |date=27 January 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430172930/http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Rock_Concert.Remembering_Dolores_O_Riordan_of_The_Cranberries_By_Ringo_Pebam|archive-date=30 April 2020 |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> while being equally passionate about rock and [[Traditional Gaelic music|Gaelic]] folk music.<ref name=guardianobit /><ref name=Thomsen>{{cite book|last= Thomsen|first= Brian|author-link=Brian Thomsen |year=2005|title=Ireland's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Celtic Pride, Fantastic Folklore, and Oddities of the Emerald Isle|location=Washington, DC|publisher=[[Potomac Books]]|pages=176–177|isbn=978-1-59797-442-4}}</ref>

When she had reached the age of 16,<ref name="DIGT" /> O'Riordan had started listening to [[the Smiths]],<ref name="THE HERALD 2018" /> [[the Cure]],<ref name="THE HERALD 2018" /><ref name="GUARDIAN Mossman">{{cite news |last=Mossman|first=Kate|date=13 September 2018|title=The Smiths, The Cure, and church influences|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/13/she-was-on-a-roll-the-cranberries-on-the-last-days-of-dolores-oriordan|work=[[The Guardian]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430185800/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/13/she-was-on-a-roll-the-cranberries-on-the-last-days-of-dolores-oriordan|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref> [[R.E.M.]],<ref name="INDEPENDENT 2009" /><ref name="PASTE Brodsky">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/the-cranberries.html |title=25th Anniversary, '90s Nostalgia|first=Rachel |last=Brodsky |date=28 April 2017 |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste Magazine]]|publisher=Paste Media Group|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430203905/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-cranberries/the-cranberries/|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref> [[Depeche Mode]],<ref name="INDEPENDENT 2009" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Andrew|last=Limbong|date=16 January 2018|title=A healthy dose of The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/578247252/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-lead-singer-dies-at-46?t=1580235632500|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128183537/https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/578247252/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-lead-singer-dies-at-46?t=1580235632500|archive-date=28 January 2020|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> which constituted her primary musical influences.<ref name="DIGT" /> She had also been influenced by [[the Kinks]],<ref name="HOTPRESS Davies">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Kinks|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/kinks-star-dave-davies-planned-record-music-dolores-oriordan-22763667|url-status=live|work=[[Hot Press]]|date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430201409/https://www.hotpress.com/music/kinks-star-dave-davies-planned-record-music-dolores-oriordan-22763667|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]],<ref name="POLLSTAR Pittman">{{cite news|last=Pittman|first=Sarah Marie|date=24 March 2016|title=Dolores O'Riordan Heads Up New Supergroup|url=https://www.pollstar.com/article/dolores-oriordan-heads-up-new-supergroup-45257|url-status=live|work=[[Pollstar]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430205225/https://www.pollstar.com/article/dolores-oriordan-heads-up-new-supergroup-45257|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dark-mn0003490284/biography|title=Artist Biography by Neil Z. Yeung|first=Neil Z. |last=Yeung|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128184116/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dark-mn0003490284/biography|archive-date=28 January 2020|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]],<ref name="PASTE Brodsky" /> and [[New Order (band)|New Order]].<ref name="FORBES2018">{{cite news |first=Steve|last=Baltin|title=Irish singer Dolores O'Riordan| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2018/01/15/looking-back-at-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-a-1999-interview-with-the-late-singer/|work=[[Forbes]] |date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214154047/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2018/01/15/looking-back-at-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-a-1999-interview-with-the-late-singer/%2316c1c1463923|archive-date=14 February 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="POLLSTAR Pittman" />

She credited [[Johnny McEvoy]]'s song "[[The Old Bog Road]]" as one of the most beautiful old Irish songs and praised [[the Pogues]]' songs.<ref name="i-D" /> She made a reference to Ireland's most famous poet, [[William Butler Yeats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.clas.ufl.edu/mbryant/2018/02/14/casting-hearts-the-yeats-effect/|title=Casting Hearts: The Yeats Effect|author=<!--Not stated-->|website=Clas|date=14 February 2018|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430213350/https://people.clas.ufl.edu/mbryant/2018/02/14/casting-hearts-the-yeats-effect/|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan stated of the grunge decade; "creatively it was a really great time", mentioning [[Pearl Jam]], [[Blind Melon]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Boyles|first=Jen|date=25 November 2009|title=Family, future, and accepting the past|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-talks-family-future-and-accepting-the-past-6723573|work=[[City Pages]]|publisher=|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430213904/http://www.citypages.com/music/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-talks-family-future-and-accepting-the-past-6723573|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> She wrote the song "I'm Still Remembering" six months after the death of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] frontman [[Kurt Cobain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/50-cent-neil-young-10-songs-call-out-kurt-cobain|title=50 Cent to Neil Young: 10 songs that call out Kurt Cobain|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 May 2017|website=[[Grammy Award]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430214553/http://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/50-cent-neil-young-10-songs-call-out-kurt-cobain|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pluggedin.com/music-reviews/album/cranberries-tothefaithfuldeparted/|title=To The Faithful Departed|website=[[Plugged In (publication)]]|date=1 December 1996|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430214813/https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/cranberries-tothefaithfuldeparted/|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> In 2009, talking about her three favourite albums, O'Riordan mentioned the Smiths' album [[The Smiths (album)|''The Smiths'']], Depeche Mode's album ''[[Violator (album)|Violator]]'', and the original soundtrack of the film ''[[The Mission (soundtrack)|The Mission]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Boyles|first=Jen|date=25 November 2009|title=The Extended Interview|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-the-extended-interview-6642793|work=[[City Pages]]|publisher=|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430215812/http://www.citypages.com/music/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-the-extended-interview-6642793|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> Her other musical influences include [[Morrissey]], [[Led Zeppelin]],<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)|url=http://heraldypress.com/dolores-oriordan/|work=Heraldy Press |date=1 March 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430221103/http://heraldypress.com/dolores-oriordan/|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref> also [[Metallica]], and [[James Hetfield]] whom she met in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cranberriesworld.com/2012/03/30/the-cranberries-chose-metallica-on-mon-taratata-a-moi/|title=The Cranberries chose Metallica on "Mon Taratata"|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=30 March 2012|website=Cranberries World|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430221704/http://cranberriesworld.com/2012/03/30/the-cranberries-chose-metallica-on-mon-taratata-a-moi/|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://smokingsides.com/asfs/O/O'Riordan.html|title=Smoking cigars with James Hetfield of Metallica|author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Smoking Sides|date=3 October 2004|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200430221852/http://smokingsides.com/asfs/O/O'Riordan.html|archive-date=30 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Cranberries se declararon fanáticos de Metallica|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-the-cranberries-se-declararon-fanaticos-metallica-276209.aspx|url-status=live|language=es|work=Andina|location=Peru|date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104154221/https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-the-cranberries-se-declararon-fanaticos-metallica-276209.aspx|archive-date=4 January 2022|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> She drew her influences from everyday life, events that occurred in the world, or her friendly and romantic relationships.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thigpen|first=David E.|date=26 March 1995|title=Relishing Cranberries With Smart Lyrics And Expressive Style|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/mar/26/relishing-cranberries-with-smart-lyrics-and/|quote=Ms. O'Riordan could sing almost anything and make it seem musical|work=Spokesman|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730070947/http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/mar/26/relishing-cranberries-with-smart-lyrics-and/|archive-date=30 July 2019 |access-date=1 December 2019}} [https://archive.status/SAE70 Alt URL]</ref> Her [[yodeling]] signature came from listening to his father singing that way: she also cited female rock singers "like Sinéad O'Connor and [[Siouxsie Sioux]]".<ref name="Brodsky" /> O'Riordan realized that "it was something that could work into The Cranberries' format because a lot of that was used in religious Irish music".<ref name="Brodsky">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/04/the-cranberries.html|title=The Cranberries Talk 25th Anniversary, '90s Nostalgia|first=Rachel|last=Brodsky|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=28 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200408165107/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-cranberries/the-cranberries/|archive-date=8 April 2020|access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref>

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O'Riordan penned her first song, called "Calling", at the age of 12.{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=23}}{{sfn|Bianco|Knight|1998|p=38}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Gillibrand|first=Abigail|date=15 January 2018|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/15/the-life-of-dolores-oriordan-as-the-cranberries-star-is-found-dead-aged-46-7231871/|title=She wrote her first song, Calling|work=[[Metro UK]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501101546/https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/15/the-life-of-dolores-oriordan-as-the-cranberries-star-is-found-dead-aged-46-7231871/|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> She was the lead lyricist and co-composer of the band's songs with guitarist [[Noel Hogan]], although she wrote a lot of the song structures.<ref name="HP Clark" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Lam|first=Katherine|date=6 September 2018|title=Main lyricist and co-songwriter|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-died-by-drowning-due-to-alcohol-intoxication|publisher=[[Fox News]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501105231/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-died-by-drowning-due-to-alcohol-intoxication|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> In the early days of the Cranberries, Hogan gave her a sequence of chords he had composed; a week later she came back with lyrics finished of "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]"{{efn|A song she wrote about being rejected. O'Riordan said "some years later, after I was married, the guy Linger is about wrote me a long letter, saying: 'I know the song's about me. I never meant to hurt your feelings. Can we meet?' I thought: It's too late. You dumped me!".<ref name="GUARDIAN Simpson">{{cite news |last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=8 May 2017|title=The Cranberries: how we made Linger|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/08/the-cranberries-how-we-made-linger-dolores-oriordan-noel-hogan|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501105708/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/08/the-cranberries-how-we-made-linger-dolores-oriordan-noel-hogan|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>}} and wrote "Sunday" shortly after.<ref name="GUARDIAN Simpson" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Savage|first=Mark|date=5 May 2019|title=chord sequence|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48146646|work=[[BBC News]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501110920/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48146646|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan described in 1993 that she chose to be a singer and songwriter for the creative aspect, "something new", saying that she would not have been happy singing traditional Irish music for a living.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hochman|first=Steve|date=2 October 1993|title=I always wanted to be in a band|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-02-ca-41303-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501111717/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-02-ca-41303-story.html|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan had a preference for solitude as an approach to writing songs. According to Hogan, the Cranberries never changed their writing process after their first encounter. Throughout their partnership, O'Riordan and Hogan never sat in a room together and wrote at the same time.<ref name="ABC-2019-02-07">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Cranberries — became one of the biggest rock bands in the world|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/the-cranberries-unlikely-success-noel-hogan/10790326 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200524170513/https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/the-cranberries-unlikely-success-noel-hogan/10790326 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>

[[File:The Cranberries @ Olympia Theatre (4127551777).jpg|thumb|upright|left|O'Riordan performing in [[Montreal]] in 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://equipboard.com/pros/dolores-o-riordan/gibson-es-335-electric-guitar|title= Dolores O'Riordan Gibson ES-335 Electric Guitar|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1 January 2005|website=Equipboard |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200125163923/https://equipboard.com/pros/dolores-o-riordan/gibson-es-335-electric-guitar|archive-date=25 January 2020|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>]]
O'Riordan tended to write her ideas continuously through the day, although most of the melodies came in the night since she struggled with insomnia;<ref name="SW2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan/37587|title=Interview: The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan|last=Slater|first=Aron|date=26 May 2017|website=Songwriting Magazine |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501114635/https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan/37587|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> and so, she had a history of sleeping pills dependence in the course of her career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainmentvoice.com/2019/04/25/the-cranberries-honor-the-memory-of-dolores-oriordan-with-final-album-in-the-end/|title=Memory of Dolores|first=Adi|last=Mehta|website=Entertainment Voice|date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126132100/http://entertainmentvoice.com/2019/04/25/the-cranberries-honor-the-memory-of-dolores-oriordan-with-final-album-in-the-end/|archive-date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> She experienced [[writer's block]] for months during one period of her life.<ref name="SW2017" />

{{blockquote|text=I draw from a lot of different life experiences: births, deaths, war, pain, depression, anger, sadness. [ ... ] I found it very easy to write lyrics when I was younger because I had no inhibitions—they just came pouring out. I find as I get older it's more difficult: you develop fears and you go, 'What will people think of this?' But it's important not to think too much about what people will think, because then you'll never write!|source=Dolores O'Riordan, speaking of song themes in ''How I Wrote...: Songwriting Magazine''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/how-i-wrote-zombie-by-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan/46127|title=How I wrote 'Zombie' by The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan|last=Linderman|first=James|date=19 September 2019|website=Songwriting Magazine|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501145425/https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/how-i-wrote-zombie-by-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan/46127|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>}}

O'Riordan noted in ''[[Ultimate Guitar]]'' on her writing process, "lyrics are very important for me to make sure that I'm portraying whatever it is I need to portray. So I sit there but the funny thing is they've come to me anywhere". [ ... ] 'Oh, I have to go get a pen quick'. In the middle of the night when you're trying to go to sleep and they're going around in your head, your words, and you just get up and go out and write them down".<ref name="UG" /> O'Riordan was easily bored and could not rest for a week,<ref name="Browne 2019" /> Hogan described O'Riordan's routine working on her songs late at night or overnight: "her emails were like text messages. Fifteen of them, but they're all, like, two lines, at two o'clock in the morning."<ref name="IrTimes2018">{{cite news|last=Mossman|first=Kate|date=18 September 2018|title=She was on a roll|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/she-was-on-a-roll-the-cranberries-on-the-last-days-of-dolores-o-riordan-1.3633054|newspaper=The Irish Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501122141/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/she-was-on-a-roll-the-cranberries-on-the-last-days-of-dolores-o-riordan-1.3633054|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan wrote songs about themes that have evolved over the course of her career, her experience taught her to never feel inhibited and always make an effort to try other things artistically.<ref>{{cite news|last=Somarriba|first=Marie Rose|date=24 June 2019|title=Her skill at writing courageous songs never stopped|url=https://verilymag.com/2019/06/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-all-over-now-song-relationship-lessons-2019|work=Verily Magazine |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501122448/https://verilymag.com/2019/06/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-all-over-now-song-relationship-lessons-2019|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan interview |url=http://chicago.gopride.com/news/interview.cfm/articleid/111609|url-status=live|work=Go Pride Chicago |date=1 July 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501122920/http://chicago.gopride.com/news/interview.cfm/articleid/111609|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan stated in ''[[The Independent]]'' that she wrote about what is getting to her at the time, she said that writing lyrics was, "about the things you need to talk about, I write to get my emotions out. It's self-therapeutic".<ref>{{cite news |last=Boyd|first=Brian|date=16 January 1994|title=An unexpected source of success: The Cranberries|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-show-people-an-unexpected-source-of-success-the-cranberries-1407340.html|work=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Digital News & Media Ltd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501123538/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-show-people-an-unexpected-source-of-success-the-cranberries-1407340.html|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=27 December 2019}}</ref>

In the ''[[National Post]]'', music producer Dan Brodbeck commented that on the first day at the studio after being hired, she played him a few chords and a piano medley, then left him alone with little guidance.<ref name="NP2018">{{cite news|last=Friend|first=David|date=16 June 2018|title=Canadian producers remember vibrant creative partnerships with Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/canadian-producer-remembers-vibrant-creative-partnership-with-dolores-oriordan|work=[[National Post]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501123915/https://nationalpost.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/canadian-producer-remembers-vibrant-creative-partnership-with-dolores-oriordan|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan came back a few hours later and accredited his work, then she took a microphone and started singing lyrics off the top of her head; Brodbeck stated: "it was always spur-of-the-moment, gut reaction stuff".<ref name="NP2018" /> [[Gil Moore]], owner of Metalworks Studios, referred to O'Riordan as "a God-given talent". Moore later stated, "she was the quintessential signature style artist, a very free spirit. She was the antithesis of a formula writer. She just went her own way".<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Beggs|date=23 January 2018|title=Members of Mississauga music industry mourn death of Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.mississauga.com/whatson-story/8086233-members-of-mississauga-music-industry-mourn-death-of-cranberries-singer-dolores-o-riordan/|url-status=live|publisher=Mississauga News|location=Ontario|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207163317/https://www.mississauga.com/whatson-story/8086233-members-of-mississauga-music-industry-mourn-death-of-cranberries-singer-dolores-o-riordan/|archive-date=7 February 2020|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>

=== Voice ===
{{Listen |filename=The Cranberries - Pathetic Senses.ogg|title="Pathetic Senses" |description=O'Riordan displayed one of her vocal capabilities on [[the Cranberries]]' trademark sound. The song captures O'Riordan soaring up to [[Soprano]] High C ([[C (musical note)|C]] [[octave|6]]).<ref name="RP" />}}

O'Riordan<!--DO NOT REMOVE OR MODIFY THE TECHNICAL WORDS, VOICE TYPE AND VOCAL RANGE; IT'S ALL SOURCED FROM ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST AND VOCAL COACHES --> was a [[mezzo-soprano]], with a [[vocal range]] from [[B (musical note)|B]] [[octave|2]] to [[C (musical note)|C]] [[octave|6]].<ref name="Linehan2018" /><ref name="RP">{{cite web|url=http://therangeplanet.proboards.com/post/1963/thread|title=Dolores O'Riordan: Vocal profile, Significant High Notes, Significant Low Notes|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=27 November 2019|website=The Range Planet|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200209180818/http://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/795/dolores-oriordan?page=1&scrollTo=1963|archive-date=9 February 2020|access-date=8 December 2019|quote=Note: The Range Planet website (version 2.0 of The Range Place) was mentioned in ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''}}</ref><ref>Mezzo-soprano:
* {{cite news|last=Shakeel|first=Raheel|date=11 February 2018|title=In Memoriam: The Legacy of Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1388760|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501131904/https://www.dawn.com/news/1388760|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=5 September 2021|quote=Dolores O'Riordan, their lead vocalist's mezzo-soprano voice...}}
* {{cite news |last=George|first=Zoë|date=16 January 2018|title=The Cranberries' 'Zombie' like you've never heard it before|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2018628569/the-cranberries-zombie-like-you-ve-never-heard-it-before|work=[[Radio New Zealand]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501132252/https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/upbeat/audio/2018628569/the-cranberries-zombie-like-you-ve-never-heard-it-before|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=5 September 2021|quote=O'Riordan, a distinctive mezzo-soprano...}}</ref> She did not sing much in the 5th [[octave]] but rather in a [[Tessitura|range of vocal comfort]].<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Brand New Eyes|date=11 November 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan Best Vocals (The Cranberries)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQv_FYpm75M|via=YouTube |url-status=live|access-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501133009/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQv_FYpm75M|archive-date=1 May 2020|quote=She's a mezzo and she doesnt strain that much, her low notes are amazing.}}</ref> She was familiar with the [[Belting (music)|vocal belting]] of '90s [[alternative rock]]<ref name="RP" /> and was also devoted to her love of [[falsetto]].<ref name="RP" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Newham|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Newham|year=1998|title=Therapeutic Voicework: Principles and Practice for the Use of Singing as a Therapy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQ0Ld70aFioC&pg=PA86|location=UK|publisher=[[Jessica Kingsley Publishers]]|page=86|isbn=978-1-85302-361-3|access-date=3 January 2022|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153355/https://books.google.com/books?id=CQ0Ld70aFioC&pg=PA86|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mai|first=Elaine|date=20 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan: 'I still get chills every time I hear her sing'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-i-still-get-chills-every-time-i-hear-her-sing-1.3361390|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501134713/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-i-still-get-chills-every-time-i-hear-her-sing-1.3361390|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=5 September 2021|quote=...on Zombie she's doing that thing where she flicks from falsetto to full voice}}</ref> Her voice was rather [[Vocal weight|light]] without applying an uncomfortable weight, and she characteristically deployed a soft [[Voice projection|projection]] when she sang the lowest [[Musical note|notes]].<ref name="RP" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dye|first1=David|last2=Schlanger|first2=Talia|date=16 January 2018|title=Studio Sessions: Remembering Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2018/01/16/578291318/remembering-dolores-oriordan?t=1576018845654&t=1576096202330|publisher=[[NPR]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501135259/https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2018/01/16/578291318/remembering-dolores-oriordan?t=1576018845654&t=1576096202330|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=11 December 2019|quote=The way she would flip between the ethereal float of her higher notes and the dignified depth of her lower register}}</ref> O'Riordan's signature singing style integrated many elements, such as the [[lilting]] voice,<ref name="Linehan2018" /><ref>Lilting voice:
* {{cite book|last1=Shepherd|first1=John|last2=Horn|first2=David|last3=Laing|first3=Dave|author-link3=Dave Laing|last4=Paul|first4=Oliver|author-link4=Paul Oliver|last5=Wicke|first5=Peter|author-link5=Peter Wicke|year=2003|title=Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World: Performance and Production Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8KvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA161|volume=2|location=UK|publisher=Continuum|page=161|isbn=978-0-8264-6322-7|access-date=3 January 2022|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153355/https://books.google.com/books?id=x8KvAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA161|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://stairnaheireann.net/2019/09/06/otd-in-1971-birth-of-musician-singer-and-songwriter-dolores-oriordan-in-co-limerick-3/|title=1971 – Birth of musician, singer and songwriter, Dolores O'Riordan, in Co Limerick|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=15 January 2018|website=Stair na hÉireann|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208185517/https://stairnaheireann.net/2019/09/06/otd-in-1971-birth-of-musician-singer-and-songwriter-dolores-oriordan-in-co-limerick-3/|archive-date=8 December 2019|access-date=8 December 2019|quote=O'Riordan was notable for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice, for yodeling and for her strong Limerick accent}}</ref> mournful [[keening]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Mason|first=Amelia|date=16 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan, Lead Singer Of The Cranberries, Was A Voice To Be Reckoned With|url=https://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/01/16/dolores-oriordan-remembrance|work=[[WBUR-FM]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501141447/https://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/01/16/dolores-oriordan-remembrance|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> [[Glottis|glottal]] [[Ornamentation (music)|ornamentation]] and a distinctive attack on syllables.<ref name="IH-Dillane-2018-01-31" /> Mikael Wood of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' commented, "She had a high, airy tone that could turn ferocious without warning. She emphasized its breaks and curls, decorating the catchy melodies she wrote with florid vocal runs inherited from Celtic tradition."<ref>{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=16 January 2018|title=Appreciation: Remembering the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, whose voice was truly her own|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-dolores-oriordan-cranberries-appreciation-20180116-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200304211537/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-dolores-oriordan-cranberries-appreciation-20180116-story.html|archive-date=4 March 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan was also renowned for her [[yodeling]] techniques, embracing the sharp break of her voice.<ref name="Livingstone">{{cite news |last=Livingstone|first=Josephine|date=16 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan's Big, Big Love|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/146627/dolores-oriordans-big-big-love|url-status=live|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200201225725/https://newrepublic.com/article/146627/dolores-oriordans-big-big-love|archive-date=1 February 2020|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Fredette2018">{{cite news|last=Fredette|first=Meagan|date=15 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan, Singer In The Cranberries, Dead At 46|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/01/187938/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-obituary|work=[[Refinery29]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501154420/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/01/187938/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-obituary|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref><ref>Yodeling:
* {{cite book|last=Plantenga|first=Bart|author-link=Bart Plantenga|year=2013|title=Yodel in Hi-Fi: From Kitsch Folk to Contemporary Electronica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PqaBLY8BKKoC&pg=PA204|url-status=live|location=Madison|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]]|page=204|isbn=978-0-299-29054-2|access-date=4 January 2022|archive-date=6 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706184428/https://books.google.fr/books?id=PqaBLY8BKKoC&pg=PA204}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.community-choirs.co.uk/?p=155|title=Head Voice? Chest Voice? Eh?|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=4 February 2016|newspaper=Community Choirs &#124; Music in the Community and for the Community with Annie Griffith|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501152317/http://www.community-choirs.co.uk/?p=155|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.unlockyourvoice.com.my/sing-better-vocal-connection-vocal-mix/|title=How To Sing With Better Connection − Vocal Mix|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=24 January 2016|website=Unlock Your Voice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501152813/http://www.unlockyourvoice.com.my/sing-better-vocal-connection-vocal-mix/|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> She had never compromised her strong [[Hiberno-English|Irish accent]], even when she was criticized for that.<ref name="Fredette2018" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Sharkey|first=Bridget|date=16 January 2018|title=Critics called O'Riordan out for singing in her Limerick accent|url=https://www.simplemost.com/dolores-oriordan-dead-cranberries-singer-facts/|work=Simplemost|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501153618/https://www.simplemost.com/dolores-oriordan-dead-cranberries-singer-facts/|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Celebrities took to Twitter to show their shock and disbelief over the veteran singer's death|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/182318/cranberries-lead-singer-dies-age-46/|work=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |url-status=live|date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126182221/https://dailytimes.com.pk/182318/cranberries-lead-singer-dies-age-46/|archive-date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> Her singing was rooted in the [[Sean-nós singing|Sean-nós]] vocal style;<ref name="Livingstone" /> the [[University of Limerick]] wrote, "Dolores's voice carried strong traces of the Sean-nós (old style) Gaelic tradition of unaccompanied singing that so beautifully conveys sadness, regret and loneliness."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ul.ie/ceremonies/cranberries|title=The Cranberries |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=18 January 2019|website=[[University of Limerick]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405104943/https://www.ul.ie/ceremonies/cranberries|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> "Íosa", an [[outtake]] from the Cranberries' debut album, was the only song in which O'Riordan sang entirely in [[Irish language|Irish-Gaelic]], inspired by her path as a liturgical soloist.<ref name="TP020-09-06">{{cite news |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=6 September 2020 |title=Best Cranberries Songs: 20 Essential Tracks That Linger On |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-cranberries-songs-20-essential-tracks/ |url-status=live |work=uDiscoverMusic |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126173638/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-cranberries-songs-20-essential-tracks/ |archive-date=26 January 2020 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref> Around the age of 40, the [[timbre]] of her voice changed and became more mature.{{efn|O'Riordan smoked cigarettes excessively under the influence of alcohol.<ref name="BF2014" /> The extreme use of falsetto was also mentioned, although she managed to nuance with a "high, breathy voice".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.secretsofsinging.com/2012/10/14/secrets-for-a-healthy-voice/|title=Secrets for a Healthy Voice|author=Deana|website=The Secrets of Singing|date=12 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501155229/https://www.secretsofsinging.com/2012/10/14/secrets-for-a-healthy-voice/|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>}}<ref name="UG" />

''[[Melody Maker]]'' described O'Riordan's voice as "the voice of a saint trapped in a glass harp".<ref name="GUARDIAN Mossman" /><ref name="IrTimes2018" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://losangeles.eventful.com/events/celebrating-grammy-nominees-cranberries-/E0-001-133279813-2|title=Celebrating Grammy Nominees: The Cranberries in Los Angeles|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 January 2020|website=Los Angeles Eventful|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501161134/https://losangeles.eventful.com/events/celebrating-grammy-nominees-cranberries-/E0-001-133279813-2|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> In a ''Billboard'' article, Dan Weiss remarked that her voice was "at her best, one of the most impressive".<ref name="Weiss2018" /> Ireland's Prime Minister [[Leo Varadkar]] said O'Riordan was "the voice of a generation".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/News/Taoiseach_Leo_Varadkar_pays_tribute_to_Dolores_O%E2%80%99Riordan.html|title=Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has paid tribute to the former Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 January 2018|work=[[Merrion Street]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501161949/https://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/News/Taoiseach_Leo_Varadkar_pays_tribute_to_Dolores_O%E2%80%99Riordan.html|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lambert|first=Tarla|date=15 January 2018|title=The voice of a generation: Vale Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://womensagenda.com.au/life/vale-dolores-oriordan-may-never-hear-voice-like/|work=Women's Agenda|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501162617/https://womensagenda.com.au/life/vale-dolores-oriordan-may-never-hear-voice-like/|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref> Weiss praised O'Riordan's vocal ability, commenting: "She knew she could multiply her phrases in harmony and clever aural sculpting, which turned relatively simple and round chord progressions like "[[Ode to My Family]]" into complex waterfalls of vocalization, and yet the jangling folk guitars buffering them were clearly armored by capital-R rock".<ref>{{cite news|last=Weiss|first=Dan|date=15 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan's Voice Was An Unmistakable Light In The Time Of Grunge|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1978553/dolores-oriordans-voice-was-an-unmistakable-light-in-the-time-of-grunge/franchises/sounding-board/|url-status=live|work=Stereogum|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501164210/https://www.stereogum.com/1978553/dolores-oriordans-voice-was-an-unmistakable-light-in-the-time-of-grunge/franchises/sounding-board/|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>

=== Vocal recordings ===
[[File:DoloresO'Riordan.jpg|thumb|right|upright|O'Riordan performing in 2010]]
[[Noel Hogan]] described how O'Riordan tended to "layer a lot of harmonies, a lot of [[falsetto]] stuff" as soon as she first entered the recording studio, Xeric Studios, at the beginning of 1990.<ref name="SOS Doyle">{{cite web|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-cranberries-linger|title=Classic Tracks: The Cranberries 'Linger'. Producer: Stephen Street. Studio: Windmill 2|first=Tom|last=Doyle|date=12 November 2009|website=[[Sound on Sound]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200125214144/https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-cranberries-linger|archive-date=25 January 2020|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan used a [[Neumann U 87]] microphone for her vocal tracks, especially during the recording of the debut studio album ''[[Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?]]''.<ref name="SOS Doyle" /> In an interview with ''[[Sound on Sound]]'', in March 2019, Hogan and record producer [[Stephen Street]] described that "spontaneity was the key";{{efn|O'Riordan was especially shy in the earliest vocal sessions for the Cranberries' 1993 debut album and did not want to stay in the control room without her boyfriend. [[Stephen Street]] managed to win her confidence after four or five songs into the album—"the magic happens then", recalled Street.<ref name="SOS Doyle" />}} Hogan said: "she would like to do maybe three or four takes".<ref name="SOS Doyle" /> Regarding backing vocals she would go through very quickly, he said: "cause she had an amazing ear for tuning", then she ended with her highest notes.<ref name="SOS Doyle" /> She would add additional layers of vocal inflections over the existing main vocals as she went along.<ref name="SOS Doyle" /> In ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', Hogan described O'Riordan's voice during the recording of "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]": We're all looking at each in the room going, 'where did that come out from?' because she was so small and tiny—you didn't expect that. And then she only grew from that point on. As the years went down, she just got better and better."<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cranberries on new album|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3007781/cranberries-new-album-end-and-dolores-oriordans-demo-vocals|url-status=live|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|publisher=SCMP Publishers|location=China|date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212180115/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3007781/cranberries-new-album-end-and-dolores-oriordans-demo-vocals|archive-date=12 February 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>

O'Riordan was recognized for her raw natural voice,<ref>{{cite news|last=Province|first=Ben|date=16 January 2018|title=There will never be another Dolores O'Riordan|quote=It was raw, powerful and, at times, angelic|url=https://www.soundwordsstl.com/single-post/DoloresORiordan|work=Sound Words STL|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501175659/https://www.soundwordsstl.com/single-post/DoloresORiordan|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Ciarán|last=D'Arcy|date=16 January 2018|title=O'Riordan's unusual and immediately recognisable voice|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/how-the-international-media-covered-dolores-o-riordan-s-death-1.3357238|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501180814/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/how-the-international-media-covered-dolores-o-riordan-s-death-1.3357238|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> Hogan corroborated this on ''[[The Official Charts Company|Officialcharts]]'', he stated: "we weren't going to start using [[Auto-Tune]] and all that shite. She would absolutely kill us",<ref name="OC White">{{cite news|last=White|first=Jack|date=1 May 2019|title=The Cranberries' new album In The End|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-cranberries-new-album-in-the-end-helped-them-mourn-dolores-oriordan-it-was-nice-to-be-together-in-that-grieving-process-interview__26218/|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501181345/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-cranberries-new-album-in-the-end-helped-them-mourn-dolores-oriordan-it-was-nice-to-be-together-in-that-grieving-process-interview__26218/|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> speaking of the production of the band's latest album, ''[[In the End (album)|In the End]]'', created from demo vocals recorded by O'Riordan before her death.<ref name="OC White" /> O'Riordan tended to let her breathing be heard on the albums, preferring to focus on the delivery while emphasizing expressiveness and nuance rather than being perfectionist, saying "keep it natural, keep it real"—adding, "when it's too clean, when people go in and try to clean up the breath to make it sound seamless, it takes away from the reality".<ref name="DIGT" /> The voice recording protocol had evolved over the years, O'Riordan was worried about "[[oversinging]] and smothering the raw emotion in her delivery", as a result, she did not come to work in studios during daylight hours with Fergal Lawler and the two Hogan brothers.<ref name="Browne 2019" /><ref name="IrTimes2018" /> Lawler told [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] in a 2019 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview: "Dolores would come in to do the vocals and we'd have a chat. She'd have a listen to what we'd done and then we'd head off and let her do her thing. So in the evening time, you're almost looking out in the corridor to see if she's coming in."<ref name="Browne 2019">{{cite magazine |first=David|last=Browne|date=7 February 2019|title=The Making of the Cranberries' Haunted Farewell|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-cranberries-final-album-interview-790271/|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=[[Penske Business Media, LLC.]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212182354/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-cranberries-final-album-interview-790271/|archive-date=12 February 2020|access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
On 18 July 1994, O'Riordan married Canadian-born Don Burton, who was the former tour manager of [[Duran Duran]].{{sfn|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=248}}<ref name="Kennedy2018-01-15">{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=John R|date=15 January 2018|title=Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan Dies At 46|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/cranberries-singer-dolores-o-riordan-dies-at-46-1.3557083|work=[[iHeartRadio]]|location=Canada|access-date=22 January 2020|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225191813/https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/cranberries-singer-dolores-o-riordan-dies-at-46-1.3557083|url-status=live}}</ref> They met in the U.S. while Duran Duran and the Cranberries were on tour together.<ref name="RS-FOEGE95" /><ref name="Jenkins2018-01-16" /> The wedding was held at [[Holy Cross Abbey]] in County Tipperary.<ref name="Jenkins2018-01-16" /><ref name="Foley2018" /> The couple had three children.<ref name="Kennedy2018-01-15" /><ref name="Brendan2009-09-02">{{cite news|author=Brendan|date=2 September 2009|title=ex-Cranberries singer planning to live here full time|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-peterborough-examiner/20090902/281479272444465|work=PressReader |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227115003/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-peterborough-examiner/20090902/281479272444465|archive-date=27 December 2019|access-date=27 December 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan had a stepson from Burton's previous relationship.<ref name="Kennedy2018-01-15" /><ref name="Brendan2009-09-02" /> In 1996, they lived at The Coach House, a medieval-style residence beside [[Ballyhannon Castle]] at [[Quin, County Clare|Quin]] in County Clare, Ireland.<ref name="Coach-House2019">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Coach House – Dolores O'Riordan's former home and a Clare castle|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/the-coach-house-dolores-oriordans-former-home-and-a-clare-castle-37813059.html |url-status=live|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502120701/https://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/the-coach-house-dolores-oriordans-former-home-and-a-clare-castle-37813059.html |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=11 October 2019|quote=Asking price: €595,000}}</ref> They lived in their first home for a year while they planned their own ultra-modern house,<ref name="Coach-House2019" /> including a recording studio and guest apartment, set on a {{convert|16|acre||abbr=off|adj=mid}} plot in [[Dunquin]], west [[County Kerry]], on the [[Dingle Peninsula]], but they spent little time there and later sold the property.<ref name="TIMES Coyle">{{cite news |last=Coyle|first=Colin|date=26 September 2004|title=Changing her tune|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/canada-world/article/changing-her-tune-dlvptqp2535|work=[[The Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502122449/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/changing-her-tune-dlvptqp2535 |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=27 December 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Mahony|first=John|date=15 January 2018|title=Rock superstar's close links with Kerry|url=https://www.killarneytoday.com/rock-superstars-close-links-kerry/|work=Killarney Today |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502125227/https://www.killarneytoday.com/rock-superstars-close-links-kerry/ |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>

In 1998, the couple bought a {{convert|150|acre||abbr=off|adj=mid}} stud farm, called Riversfield Stud, located in [[Kilmallock]], County Limerick, before selling it for US$5&nbsp;million in 2004.<ref name="TIMES Coyle" /> They then moved to [[Howth]], County Dublin, where O'Riordan acquired a house in 2004, which she later sold in 2010,<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore|first=Andrew|date=30 January 2020|title=Incredible five-bedroom Dublin home once owned by Irish music legend|url=https://ireland-calling.com/lifestyle/calamber-dublin-home/|url-status=live |work=Ireland Calling|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510195743/https://ireland-calling.com/lifestyle/calamber-dublin-home/|archive-date=10 May 2020|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> and spent summers in a log cabin on a property they bought in 1994, near [[Trent Lakes|Buckhorn, Ontario]], north of [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]], Ontario, Canada.<ref name="PEX 2009-09-02">{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Stevenson |title=Ex-Cranberries singer planning to live here full-time |url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1725911 |url-status=dead |date=2 September 2009 |newspaper=The Peterborough Examiner |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915070254/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1725911 |archive-date=15 September 2012 |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="PEX 2018-01-15">{{cite news |last=Nutt |first=Jay |date=15 January 2018 |title=Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan dies at 46 |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/whatson-story/8174922-cranberries-dolores-o-riordan-dies-at-46-irish-rock-singer-lived-near-buckhorn-north-of-peterborough/ |url-status=live |newspaper=Peterborough Examiner |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200510164129/https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/whatson-story/8174922-cranberries-dolores-o-riordan-dies-at-46-irish-rock-singer-lived-near-buckhorn-north-of-peterborough/ |archive-date=10 May 2020 |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref>

{{wide image|Dunquin Dingle Ireland.jpg|950px|Former mansion of O'Riordan and Don Burton, large house to the far right, on the tip of the [[Dingle Peninsula]] in Ireland. The mansion dominated a hillside in [[Dunquin|Dún Chaoin]] and was nicknamed "Dolly's Folly" by some locals due to its construction of massive proportions into the landscape.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0930/820528-dolores-oriordans-kerry-mansion/ |title=Dolly's Folly in Dingle |last=Ó Coileáin |first=Aodh|year=2016 |orig-date=First broadcast 2 October 1996|website=RTÉ Ireland|access-date=13 December 2020 |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129061553/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0930/820528-dolores-oriordans-kerry-mansion/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Raised as a Roman Catholic, O'Riordan was an admirer of [[Pope John Paul II]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Siemaszko| first=Corky |date=15 January 2018 |title=Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries dies at age 46 |url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/01/15/dolores-o-riordan-lead-singer-cranberries-dead-age-46-n837801 |work=[[Euronews]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502114118/https://www.euronews.com/2018/01/15/dolores-o-riordan-lead-singer-cranberries-dead-age-46-n837801 |archive-date=2 May 2020 |via=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> whom she met in 2001 and 2002.<ref name="Foley2018" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Kehoe |date=9 December 2013|title=Cranberries star sings for the Pope at the Vatican |url=http://www.irishmusicdaily.com/blog/cranberries-star-sings-for-the-pope-at-the-vatican |work=Irish Music Daily |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502114305/https://www.irishmusicdaily.com/blog/cranberries-star-sings-for-the-pope-at-the-vatican |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> She was also interested in [[hurling]] and played the sport as a child.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/entertainment/around-town/hurling-fan-dolores-gets-hands-on-mccarthy-cup-29883354.html |title=Hurling fan Dolores gets hands on McCarthy cup |publisher=Independent.ie |first=Kirsty |last=Blake Knox |date=2 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="a great hurler"/> In 2018, [[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]] bridged a 45-year gap to win the [[2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2018 All-Ireland SHC]], and "[[Dreams (The Cranberries song)|Dreams]]" by The Cranberries was played at [[Croke Park]] to coincide with the festivities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/heartbroken-family-of-dolores-o-riordan-miss-her-every-single-day-1.3621065 |title='Heartbroken' family of Dolores O'Riordan miss her 'every single day' |newspaper=The Irish Times |first=David |last=Raleigh |date=6 September 2018 |quote=It's just so poignant that, at the moment she's all over the radio in Limerick too, because of the Limerick hurler's[sic] All-Ireland victory – she'll be forever synonymous with it. A few weeks ago in Croke Park, O'Riordan's Dreams had toasted the Limerick hurler's[sic] All-Ireland hurling victory.}}</ref> The team later brought [[Liam MacCarthy Cup |the trophy]] to her family home.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30864300.html |title=Liam MacCarthy makes emotional visit to home of Dolores O'Riordan on tour of Limerick |work=[[Irish Examiner]] |first=David |last=Raleigh |date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="a great hurler">{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/childhood-home-of-dolores-o-riordan-welcomes-liam-maccarthy-cup-1.3606556 |title=Childhood home of Dolores O'Riordan welcomes Liam MacCarthy Cup: Mother of late Cranberries singer says Dolores was 'a great hurler' |newspaper=The Irish Times |first=David |last=Raleigh |date=24 August 2018}}</ref>

In 2009, O'Riordan and her family moved full-time to Buckhorn, Ontario, living in a waterfront home on Big Bald Lake.<ref name="PEX 2009-09-02" /><ref name="PEX 2018-01-15" />

On 25 November 2011, O'Riordan's father died at his home in Limerick after six years of [[War metaphors in cancer|fighting cancer]]. According to O'Riordan, he held on to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary on 14 November.<ref name="IE-Egan2011" />

In July 2013, O'Riordan and her family moved to the exclusive area of Abington, in the [[Northside, Dublin|north of Dublin]], and they eventually developed the idea of buying a house.<ref name="HERALD-2013-10-05">{{cite news |last=Sweeney |first=Ken |date=5 October 2013 |title=Dolores named new Voice judge |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/dolores-named-new-voice-judge/29636483.html |url-status=live |work=[[The Herald (Ireland)|The Herald]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214201722/https://www.herald.ie/news/dolores-named-new-voice-judge-29636483.html |archive-date=14 February 2020 |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="EGAN 2013">{{cite news |first=Barry |last=Egan |date=15 November 2013 |title=Dolores decides not to linger in Ireland |url=https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/the-edge-dolores-decides-not-to-linger-in-ireland-29758717.html |url-status=live |newspaper=Irish Independent |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214202014/https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/the-edge-dolores-decides-not-to-linger-in-ireland-29758717.html |archive-date=14 February 2020 |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref>

In October 2013, O'Riordan told journalist and close friend Barry Egan in the [[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|''Sunday Independent'']]'s ''Life'' magazine that she had attempted suicide by overdosing on medication, but "wanted to live for her kids".<ref name="IE-2018-01-22">{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Barry |date=22 January 2018 |title=Dolores, the war is over, I hope you have found peace |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/dolores-the-war-is-over-i-hope-you-have-found-peace-36508900.html |url-status=live|newspaper=Irish Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012073315/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/dolores-the-war-is-over-i-hope-you-have-found-peace-36508900.html |archive-date=12 October 2019 |access-date=18 April 2021|quote=Dolores O'Riordan was one of Ireland's greatest ever singers with millions of fans across the world}}</ref> O'Riordan also spoke publicly of her painful personal history.<ref>{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Barry |date=10 November 2013 |title=Dolores O'Riordan reveals she suffered years of childhood sexual abuse |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cranberries-star-dolores-oriordan-reveals-she-suffered-years-of-childhood-sexual-abuse-29741483.html |url-status=live |newspaper=Irish Independent |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502140616/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cranberries-star-dolores-oriordan-reveals-she-suffered-years-of-childhood-sexual-abuse-29741483.html |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="IM 9 November 2013">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan reveals she was sexually abused as a child|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/cranberries-star-dolores-oriordan-reveals-2715652 |url-status=live|newspaper=Irish Mirror|date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502141036/https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/cranberries-star-dolores-oriordan-reveals-2715652 |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=20 September 2018}}</ref> O'Riordan was sexually abused by a family friend for four years from the ages of 8 to 12.<ref name="BF2014" /><ref name="II Egan 2014">{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Barry |date=14 November 2014 |title=Our Lady of Sorrows – Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/our-lady-of-sorrows-dolores-oriordan-30744987.html |work=Irish Independent |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180116065501/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/our-lady-of-sorrows-dolores-oriordan-30744987.html |archive-date=16 January 2018 |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> She developed depression, deep self-loathing and suicidal thoughts over the years which were worsened by her accelerating career and led to anorexia.<ref name="BF2014" /><ref name="II Egan 2014" /> Afterward, she said that she continued to move forward for her children and her husband.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mulraney |first=Frances |date=15 January 2019 |title=Dolores O'Riordan's death sent shock waves around the world |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/dolores-oriordan-health |website=Irish Central |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502143322/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/dolores-oriordan-health |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref> At her father's funeral in 2011, O'Riordan's abuser introduced himself to her and apologized for his actions.<ref name="BF2014" /><ref name="II Egan 2014" /> O'Riordan said in 2013 "I had nightmares for a year before my father's death about meeting him. ... I didn't see him for years and years and then I saw him at my father's funeral. I had blocked him out of my life".<ref name="BF2014" /><ref name="IM 9 November 2013" /><ref name="II Egan 2014" />

O'Riordan's family moved back to Canada in November 2013, considering they were used to the outdoors and the wilderness.<ref name="EGAN 2013" /> Towards the end of 2013, O'Riordan returned to live in Ireland, a decision that preceded the end of her marriage.<ref name="Kennedy2018-01-15" /><ref name="PEX 2018-01-15" />

O'Riordan and her husband Burton ended their marriage in September 2014 after 20 years together.<ref name="IE-2014-11-16">{{cite news|last=Egan|first=Barry|date=16 November 2014|title='People look at you and see a product. They don't see a soul, but an empty hole'|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/people-look-at-you-and-see-a-product-they-dont-see-a-soul-but-an-empty-hole-barry-egan-speaks-to-dolores-oriordan-30748193.html|url-status=live|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180116042757/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/people-look-at-you-and-see-a-product-they-dont-see-a-soul-but-an-empty-hole-barry-egan-speaks-to-dolores-oriordan-30748193.html |archive-date=16 January 2018 |access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Raleigh|first=David|date=13 November 2014|title=Dolores O'Riordan has split from her husband of 20 years|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/dolores-oriordan-splits-husband-20-4619138|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103164044/https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/dolores-oriordan-splits-husband-20-4619138|url-status=live}}</ref> Following her split from Burton, O'Riordan suffered from serious depression in 2014 and her mental health issues were compounded by alcohol use.<ref name="Resnikoff2018">{{cite news |last=Resnikoff|first=Paul|title=Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan Attempted Suicide In 2013 |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/01/18/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-suicide/|url-status=live|publisher=Digital Music News|date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200216163015/https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/01/18/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-suicide/|archive-date=16 February 2020|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan left Canada and moved to New York City, living first in a hotel in [[Union Square (New York)|Union Square]] and then at [[Trump Tower]].<ref name="IE-2014-11-16" />

On 10 November 2014, O'Riordan was arrested and charged in connection with [[air rage]] on an [[Aer Lingus]] flight from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK International Airport]] to [[Shannon Airport]].<ref name="BF2014">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The demons that linger in her life|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/dolores-oriordan-the-demons-that-linger-in-her-life-30758766.html|url-status=live|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|date=22 November 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200501155609/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/dolores-oriordan-the-demons-that-linger-in-her-life-30758766.html|archive-date=1 May 2020|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> During the flight, she grew verbally and physically abusive to the crew. When police were arresting her, she resisted, reminding them that her taxes paid their wages and shouting, "I'm the Queen of Limerick! I'm an icon!", headbutting one [[Garda Síochána|Garda]] officer and spitting at another.<ref name=deegan>{{cite news|last=Deegan|first=Gordon|date=24 February 2016|title=Dolores O'Riordan told to pay €6,000 over 'air rage' incident|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/dolores-o-riordan-told-to-pay-6-000-over-air-rage-incident-1.2546438|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=13 December 2017|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809150408/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/dolores-o-riordan-told-to-pay-6-000-over-air-rage-incident-1.2546438|url-status=live}}</ref> She allegedly fractured the air hostess's foot during the incident and was medically assessed at University Hospital, escorted by Shannon Police.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Shea|first=James|date=10 November 2014|title=Cranberries front woman released without charge|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/cranberries-front-woman-arrested-for-assault-on-board-new-york-to-shannon-flight|work=Irish Central|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307095444/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/cranberries-front-woman-arrested-for-assault-on-board-new-york-to-shannon-flight|url-status=live}}</ref> Following her arrest, O'Riordan spent three weeks in a psychiatric hospital. She later pleaded guilty to the charges.<ref>{{cite news|last=Deegan|first=Gordon|date=16 December 2015|title=Dolores O'Riordan pleads guilty to air rage offences|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/dolores-o-riordan-pleads-guilty-to-air-rage-offences-1.2468463|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=8 December 2020|archive-date=14 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814180148/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/dolores-o-riordan-pleads-guilty-to-air-rage-offences-1.2468463|url-status=live}}</ref> Eileen O'Riordan stated that her daughter was in a fragile mental state and that medical results indicated there was no alcohol or drugs detected in her daughter's system.<ref>{{cite news|last=Farell|first=Paul|date=15 January 2018|title=Don Burton: Who was Dolores O'Riordan's husband?|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/dolores-oriordan-husband-don-burton|work=Irish Central|access-date=25 January 2020|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421214540/https://www.irishcentral.com/dolores-oriordan-husband-don-burton|url-status=live}}</ref> The judge hearing her case agreed to dismiss all charges if she apologized in writing to her victims and contributed €6,000 ($7,300) to the court [[poor box]].<ref name=deegan /> Later, O'Riordan told the media that she had been stressed from living in New York hotels following the end of her 20-year marriage.<ref name="IE-2014-11-16" /> Her family described Dolores as "strong-minded and determined";<ref>{{cite news|last=Riegel|first=Ralph|date=6 September 2018|title='We're just glad it is over'|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/were-just-glad-it-is-over-family-of-dolores-oriordan-as-coroner-records-her-death-as-accidental-37289371.html|newspaper=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=26 November 2019|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025335/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/were-just-glad-it-is-over-family-of-dolores-oriordan-as-coroner-records-her-death-as-accidental-37289371.html|url-status=live}}</ref> however, discussing her mental instability and her volatile vulnerability in a 2014 interview with the ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'', O'Riordan explained that she "carried quite a burden of pain and torment from (her) past".<ref name="BF2014" /><ref name="Resnikoff2018" />

In January 2015, O'Riordan returned to the U.S., where she bought an apartment in the [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]] of New York.<ref>{{cite news |last=Egan|first=Barry|date=9 January 2015|title=Dolores makes a transfer to Manhattan|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/dolores-makes-a-transfer-to-manhattan-30895798.html|url-status=live|work=Irish Independent|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502151517/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/dolores-makes-a-transfer-to-manhattan-30895798.html|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=29 September 2019|quote=I love New York. The people are so nice in New York. I have tons of fans here and they're polite and discreet}}</ref> Also in 2015, O'Riordan developed a relationship with the U.S. musician Olé Koretsky, with whom she shared the last years of her life.<ref>{{cite news |last=Raleigh|first=David|date=28 May 2015|title=Singer looks glum on country walk in downpour day after her new love was revealed|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/dolores-always-rain-me-singer-5774915|work=Irish Mirror |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502152139/https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/dolores-always-rain-me-singer-5774915|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> In 2017, O'Riordan bought a new house near her hometown of Limerick.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The voice from Beyond the grave|url=https://www.jellypages.com/life-style/The-voice-from-Beyond-the-grave-h65165.html|url-status=live|work=Jelly News|agency=[[Tages-Anzeiger]]|date=23 March 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502152749/https://www.jellypages.com/life-style/The-voice-from-Beyond-the-grave-h65165.html|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>

In May 2017, O'Riordan publicly discussed her [[bipolar disorder]], stating that she had been diagnosed in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams|first=Andrew|date=3 May 2017|title=The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan, 45|url=https://www.metro.news/the-cranberries-lead-singer-dolores-oriordan-45-on-the-bands-new-album-the-voice-and-being-chased-by-a-bear/588726|url-status=live|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|publisher=DMG Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916175702/https://www.metro.news/the-cranberries-lead-singer-dolores-oriordan-45-on-the-bands-new-album-the-voice-and-being-chased-by-a-bear/588726|archive-date=16 September 2017|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref> According to one writer, music was more a therapy than a commodity for O'Riordan.<ref name="IN-Wylie" /> O'Riordan admitted that "there have been times when I've struggled. The death of my father and mother-in-law was very hard. Looking back, I think depression, whatever the cause, is one of the worst things to go through. Then again, I've also had a lot of joy in my life, especially with my children. You get ups as well as downs. Sure, isn't that what life's all about?"<ref name="IN-Wylie" />

O'Riordan started a suicide note in September 2017 during a period of taking [[lorazepam]] and drinking.<ref name="Siddique-2018-09-06">{{cite news |first=Haroon|last=Siddique|date=6 September 2018|title= Dolores O'Riordan dies aged 46|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/06/dolores-oriordan-died-by-drowning-due-to-alcohol-intoxication-inquest-finds|url-status=live|newspaper=The Guardian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200216174407/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/06/dolores-oriordan-died-by-drowning-due-to-alcohol-intoxication-inquest-finds|archive-date=16 February 2020|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> An American psychotherapist assessed O'Riordan on 26 December 2017, suggesting an abstinence from alcohol and noting no suicidal thoughts.<ref name="Siddique-2018-09-06" />

O'Riordan's final social media post, looking to the future, occurred on 4 January 2018.<ref name="BBCNews-2018-01-16" />

=== Wealth ===
In 2006, she was one of the 10 richest women in Ireland,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan was said to be one of the 10 richest women in Ireland|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/01/16/dolores-oriordan-lead-singer-cranberries-obituary/|url-status=live|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502132435/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/01/16/dolores-oriordan-lead-singer-cranberries-obituary/|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref> and was reported to be the fifth-richest woman in 1999.<ref name="GUARDIAN Mossman" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/1024/1085422-frontwoman-dolores-oriordan/|title=The Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan 1999|last=Kenny|first=Pat|date=12 November 1999|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502133011/https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/1024/1085422-frontwoman-dolores-oriordan/|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> In 2008, she was sixth on the list of the ten richest artists in Ireland; her net worth was $66&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Rich List Entertainers|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-rich-list-entertainers-26433894.html|url-status=live|work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502133434/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-rich-list-entertainers-26433894.html|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

== Death ==
{{wikinews|Irish rock band The Cranberries' lead singer Dolores O'Riordan dies at 46}}
On 15 January 2018, O'Riordan was found unresponsive in the bathroom of a London hotel room and pronounced dead at 9:16 a.m. She was 46.<ref name="BELLENEWS 2018" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=15 January 2018 |title=Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies aged 46 |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-dies-aged-46 |url-status=live |access-date=17 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117100306/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-dies-aged-46 |archive-date=17 January 2018}}</ref> An inquest at [[Westminster Coroner's Court]] held on 6 September,<ref name="STANDARD Simpson">{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Fiona |date=6 September 2018 |title=Dolores O'Riordan death |work=[[Evening Standard]] |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/dolores-oriordan-death-cranberries-singer-drowned-in-the-bath-of-hilton-hotel-room-due-to-alcohol-a3929271.html |url-status=live |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502170848/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/dolores-oriordan-death-cranberries-singer-drowned-in-the-bath-of-hilton-hotel-room-due-to-alcohol-a3929271.html |archive-date=2 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Begley |first=Ian |date=21 August 2018 |title=Inquest date now set for Cranberries star Dolores |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/inquest-date-now-set-for-cranberries-star-dolores-37235233.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502170304/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/inquest-date-now-set-for-cranberries-star-dolores-37235233.html |archive-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> ruled that she died as a result of accidental drowning in a bath following sedation by [[alcohol intoxication]].<ref name="STANDARD Simpson" /><ref name="BBC Westminster">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=6 September 2018 |title=Cranberries singer O'Riordan died by drowning |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45434898 |url-status=live |access-date=6 September 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180906131858/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45434898 |archive-date=6 September 2018}}</ref> Empty bottles were found in O'Riordan's room (five miniature bottles and a champagne bottle) as well as some prescription drugs. [[Toxicology]] tests showed that her body contained only "therapeutic" levels of these medications but a [[blood alcohol content]] of 330 mg/dL (0.33%).<ref name="STANDARD Simpson" /><ref name="BBC Westminster" />

O'Riordan lived in New York City at the time. She had travelled to London to work with [[Youth (musician)|Martin "Youth" Glover]] on her side-project D.A.R.K. and to meet representatives of the [[BMG Rights Management|BMG]] record label about a new Cranberries album.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan was working on new Cranberries album before she died, says publicist|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/20/dolores-oriordan-working-new-cranberries-album-died-says-publicist/|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200131234528/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/20/dolores-oriordan-working-new-cranberries-album-died-says-publicist/|archive-date=31 January 2020|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Nerssessian|first=Joe|date=19 January 2018|title=O'Riordan was in London to discuss plans for the band's latest album|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/dolores-oriordan-was-working-on-a-new-cranberries-album-before-her-untimely-death-36509243.html|work=[[Irish Independent]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200425140433/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/dolores-oriordan-was-working-on-a-new-cranberries-album-before-her-untimely-death-36509243.html|archive-date=25 April 2020|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="BBC 23 January 2018">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan: Funeral Mass for Cranberries singer|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42785789|work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB|date=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502191708/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42785789 |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> O'Riordan arrived at the [[London Hilton on Park Lane|Hilton Hotel]] on [[Park Lane, Mayfair]], on 14 January.<ref name="BELLENEWS 2018">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan Died by Drowning Due to Alcohol Intoxication|url=https://www.bellenews.com/tag/dolores-oriordan-cause-of-death/|work=BelleNews|date=6 September 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502164154/https://www.bellenews.com/tag/dolores-oriordan-cause-of-death/ |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> At 2 a.m. on 15 January 2018, O'Riordan had a phone call with her mother.<ref>{{cite news |first=Edel|last=Hughes|date=13 July 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan's heartbroken mother speaks out about perils of fame|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/dolores-oriordans-heartbroken-mother-eileen-12909474|work=[[Irish Mirror]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502163305/https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/dolores-oriordans-heartbroken-mother-eileen-12909474|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> It was later that morning that she was found and pronounced dead.

The day after her death, the tabloid newspaper ''Santa Monica Observer'' spread a false story that [[fentanyl]] had been found in the room indicating that London authorities suspected suicide and a "deliberate overdose."<ref>{{cite news |last=Libby |first=Birk |date=16 January 2018 |title=Source: Dolores O'Riordan Died of Fentanyl Poisoning in Suspected Suicide |url=https://popculture.com/celebrity/news/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-fentanyl-poisoning/ |work=Pop Culture |access-date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512055251/https://popculture.com/celebrity/news/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-fentanyl-poisoning/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The fentanyl overdose rumour endured for months.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fache-Cadoret |first1=Katia |last2=Giuliani |first2=Morgane |url=https://www.marieclaire.fr/the-cranberries-les-raisons-de-la-mort-de-sa-chanteuse-dolores-o-riordan-ont-ete-revelees,1251331.asp |title=Morte noyée, révèle l'enquête criminelle|trans-title=Drowned, reveals criminal investigation |work=[[Marie Claire]] |language=fr |date=6 September 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502175522/https://www.marieclaire.fr/the-cranberries-les-raisons-de-la-mort-de-sa-chanteuse-dolores-o-riordan-ont-ete-revelees,1251331.asp |archive-date=2 May 2020 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>

The cause of death was not made public for about eight months until the Westminster inquest.

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=== Memorial service ===
On 21 January 2018, O'Riordan's funeral opened three days of mourning in Ireland.<ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=7 October 2019|title=Dolores O'Riordan's Open-Casket Memorial Draws Thousands|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/dolores-oriordans-open-casket-memorial-draws-thousands/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502181944/https://pitchfork.com/news/dolores-oriordans-open-casket-memorial-draws-thousands/ |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref> Funeral plans included a service reserved for extended family and close friends.<ref>{{cite news|last=Joshi|first=Priya|date=19 January 2018 |title=Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan to be buried at a private funeral service in Ireland|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-be-buried-private-funeral-service-ireland-1655938|work=[[IB Times]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502182617/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-be-buried-private-funeral-service-ireland-1655938 |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref> A three-day funeral in her hometown, with O'Riordan [[lying in repose]], lasted from 20 to 22 January at St Joseph's Church. In a tribute normally reserved for heads of State, thousands streamed past her open coffin, in a four-hour public reposing inside St Joseph's Church in the city.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=21 January 2018|title=Thousands gather for Dolores O'Riordan Memorial in Ireland |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/thousands-gather-for-dolores-oriordan-memorial-in-ireland-126109/|magazine=Rolling Stone|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502204710/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/thousands-gather-for-dolores-oriordan-memorial-in-ireland-126109/|archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="IT Raleigh">{{cite news|last=Raleigh|first=David|date=22 January 2018|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/thousands-file-past-open-coffin-of-dolores-o-riordan-in-her-native-limerick-1.3362941|title=Fans from all around the world queued in the wind and rain |newspaper=The Irish Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502183550/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/thousands-file-past-open-coffin-of-dolores-o-riordan-in-her-native-limerick-1.3362941 |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan, wearing dark eyeshadow, with raven hair, was laid out wearing black and holding a set of pearl [[rosary]] beads.<ref name="IT Raleigh" /><ref>{{cite news |last=M. Evans|first=Morgan|date=22 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan mourned by thousands during open-casket viewing|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dolores-oriordan-mourned-by-thousands-during-open-casket-viewing|publisher=Fox News|location=New York|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502182552/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dolores-oriordan-mourned-by-thousands-during-open-casket-viewing |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> O'Riordan's music was played, while photographs of the singer performing and one of her songs with [[Pope John Paul II]] were placed along the walls.<ref name="BBC 23 January 2018" /><ref name="INDEPENDENT UK Loughrey">{{cite news |first=Loughrey|last=Clarisse|date=21 January 2018|title=Thousands of fans gather at Limerick church to mourn The Cranberries singer|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/dolores-oriordan-death-cranberries-funeral-repose-limerick-church-a8170791.html|work=[[The Independent]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502185444/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/dolores-oriordan-death-cranberries-funeral-repose-limerick-church-a8170791.html |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> Friends left a floral tribute next to the coffin, which read: "The song has ended, but the memories linger on".<ref name="INDEPENDENT UK Loughrey" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Fans pay tribute to Dolores O'Riordan in Limerick|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/21/fans-pay-tribute-to-dolores-oriordan-in-limerick|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502192210/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/21/fans-pay-tribute-to-dolores-oriordan-in-limerick |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>

O'Riordan was buried on 23 January after a service at Saint Ailbe's Roman Catholic Church, Ballybricken, [[County Limerick]];<ref name="BBC 23 January 2018" /><ref name="INDEPENDENT UK Loughrey" /> it began with the studio recording of "[[Ave Maria (Schubert)|Ave Maria]]" as sung by O'Riordan and [[Luciano Pavarotti]].<ref name="THEGUARDIAN McDonald">{{cite news |last=McDonald|first=Henry|date=23 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan funeral: mourners pay tribute to Cranberries singer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/23/dolores-oriordan-funeral-mourners-pay-tribute-cranberries-singer|newspaper=The Guardian |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502195329/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/23/dolores-oriordan-funeral-mourners-pay-tribute-cranberries-singer |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="INDEPENDENT Young">{{cite news |last1=Young|first1=David|last2=Carty|first2=Ed|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/poignant-ave-maria-duet-fills-church-as-dolores-oriordans-funeral-begins-36520817.html|title=Poignant Ave Maria duet fills church as Dolores O'Riordan's funeral begins|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502201151/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/poignant-ave-maria-duet-fills-church-as-dolores-oriordans-funeral-begins-36520817.html |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> At the end of the service, the Cranberries' song "[[When You're Gone (The Cranberries song)|When You're Gone]]" was played.<ref name="NME Reilly">{{cite news|last=Reilly|first=Nick|date=23 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan has been laid to rest in Ireland|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dolores-oriordan-has-been-laid-to-rest-in-ireland-2226468|work=[[NME]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502193405/https://www.nme.com/news/music/dolores-oriordan-has-been-laid-to-rest-in-ireland-2226468 |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="SKYNEWS 23 January 2018">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cranberries star Dolores O'Riordan laid to rest alongside her father|url=https://news.sky.com/story/cranberries-star-dolores-oriordan-laid-to-rest-alongside-her-father-11219458|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502201245/https://news.sky.com/story/cranberries-star-dolores-oriordan-laid-to-rest-alongside-her-father-11219458 |archive-date=2 May 2020|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> Among the attendees at her funeral were her mother, Eileen; her three children and their father, O'Riordan's former husband, Don Burton; her sister and brothers; all Cranberries members; O'Riordan's boyfriend, Olé Koretsky; Ireland's president, [[Michael D. Higgins]]; former [[rugby union]] player [[Ronan O'Gara]]; and [[Bono]]'s wife, [[Ali Hewson]].<ref name="BBC 23 January 2018" /><ref name="THEGUARDIAN McDonald" /><ref name="INDEPENDENT Young" /> O'Riordan was buried alongside her father.<ref name="BBC 23 January 2018" /><ref name="SKYNEWS 23 January 2018" />

=== Remembrances ===
==== Recognition ====
The President of Ireland, [[Michael D. Higgins]], was one of the first to pay his respects.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cranberries 'devastated' over Dolores O'Riordan's death |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0115/933534-dolores-oriordan-tributes/|date=21 January 2018|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503093346/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0115/933534-dolores-oriordan-tributes/ |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> The [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland, [[Leo Varadkar]], also paid his respects to O'Riordan.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=De Burca |first1=Demelza |last2=Hughes |first2=Edell |date=15 January 2018 |title=Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and The Cranberries pay tribute to the late Dolores O'Riordan| url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/taoiseach-leo-varadkar-cranberries-pay-11857776|work=Irish Mirror|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503092326/https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/taoiseach-leo-varadkar-cranberries-pay-11857776 |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref>
Also, in recognition of O'Riordan's influence, the [[Avett Brothers]] covered the Cranberries song "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gage|first=Jeff|date=24 January 2018|title=See Avett Brothers Cover the Cranberries' 'Linger' for Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/see-avett-brothers-cover-the-cranberries-linger-for-dolores-oriordan-129494/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503094419/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/see-avett-brothers-cover-the-cranberries-linger-for-dolores-oriordan-129494/ |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=3 May 2002}}</ref> [[Bono]] and [[Johnny Depp]] performed a tribute for O'Riordan ending the performance on "Linger", at the [[National Concert Hall]] in Dublin, Ireland, just hours after the sudden death of O'Riordan.<ref name="NEWS.COM.AU 2018">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bono and Johnny Depp perform moving tribute for Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/dolores-oriordan-dead-bono-sinead-oconnor-and-johnny-depp-pay-tribute-to-cranberries-singer/news-story/418ec1d9c8ec0aeffdb713b98e5cdd83|work=[[News.com.au]]|date=17 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503094910/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/dolores-oriordan-dead-bono-sinead-oconnor-and-johnny-depp-pay-tribute-to-cranberries-singer/news-story/418ec1d9c8ec0aeffdb713b98e5cdd83 |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref> Bono, [[Sinéad O'Connor]], Johnny Depp and [[Nick Cave]] gave Dolores O'Riordan a standing ovation at a birthday party for [[Shane MacGowan]], singer of [[the Pogues]].<ref name="NEWS.COM.AU 2018" /> On the announcement of her death on 15 January 2018, O'Riordan appeared on the huge 360° screen overhanging the [[Madison Square Garden]] floor in New York City during a [[New York Rangers]] game. A photo of this appearance was published on 17 January 2018 on Madison Square Garden's Facebook.<ref name="CW MSG">{{cite web|url=http://cranberriesworld.com/2018/01/17/wow-dolores-on-giant-screen-at-msg-in-nyc/|title=Dolores on giant screen at Madison Square Garden in New York City|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=17 January 2018|website=Cranberries World|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503095735/http://cranberriesworld.com/2018/01/17/wow-dolores-on-giant-screen-at-msg-in-nyc/ |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref>

Among those honouring O'Riordan were the Cranberries,<ref name="ENT-ie-2018">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=A huge number of fans, musicians and celebs pay tribute to Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://entertainment.ie/music/a-huge-number-of-fans-musicians-and-celebs-pay-tribute-to-dolores-oriordan-252102/|url-status=live |work=[[Entertainment.ie]] |location=Dublin |date=n.d.|orig-year=Published January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621145816/https://entertainment.ie/music/a-huge-number-of-fans-musicians-and-celebs-pay-tribute-to-dolores-oriordan-252102/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> Olé Koretsky,<ref name="OConnor-2018-01-18">{{cite news |last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=18 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan's partner says 'There's no real place for me here now'|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/dolores-oriordan-dead-the-cranberries-singer-boyfriend-ole-koretsky-statement-band-death-latest-a8165411.html|url-status=live |work=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503100839/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/dolores-oriordan-dead-the-cranberries-singer-boyfriend-ole-koretsky-statement-band-death-latest-a8165411.html |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref> [[Andy Rourke]] (former bassist of [[the Smiths]]),<ref name="OConnor-2018-01-18" /> [[Stephen Street]],<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Stephen Street|author-link=Stephen Street|date=15 January 2018|title= Producer Stephen Street Remembers 'Firebrand' Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cranberries-producer-stephen-street-remembers-firebrand-dolores-oriordan-253568/|url-status=live|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503104402/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cranberries-producer-stephen-street-remembers-firebrand-dolores-oriordan-253568/ |archive-date=3 May 2020 |access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> [[U2]],<ref name="McMenamy-2018-01-16">{{cite news |last=McMenamy|first=Emma|date=16 January 2018|title=Irish rockers U2 say they are 'floored' by the death of singer Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/irish-rockers-u2-say-floored-11862652|url-status=live |work=[[Irish Mirror]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503103732/https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/irish-rockers-u2-say-floored-11862652 |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> [[Duran Duran]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15">{{cite news |last=Peters|first=Mitchell|date=15 January 2018|title=Music Stars Pay Tribute to Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/music-stars-pay-tribute-to-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-8094286/|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503105218/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8094286/music-stars-pay-tribute-to-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> [[Julian Lennon]],<ref name="WRIF-Banas">{{cite news |last=Banas |first=Erica |date=15 January 2018 |title=Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan Dead At 46: Twitter Reaction |url=https://wrif.com/2018/01/15/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-46-twitter-reaction/ |publisher=[[WRIF]] |location=Detroit |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621154859/https://wrif.com/2018/01/15/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-46-twitter-reaction/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> [[Liz Phair]],<ref name="TWFuster-2018-01-15">{{cite news|last=Fuster|first=Jeremy|date=15 January 2018| title=Music World Mourns Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.thewrap.com/music-world-mourns-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-crushed/|work=[[TheWrap]]|url-status=live|publisher=The Wrap News Inc|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503102123/https://www.thewrap.com/music-world-mourns-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-crushed/ |archive-date=3 May 2020 |access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref> [[James Corden]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /> [[Josh Groban]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /> [[Roger Bennett (journalist)|Roger Bennett]],<ref name="Ledbetter-2018-01-15">{{cite news |last=Ledbetter|first=Carly|date=15 January 2018|title=Celebrities React To The Death Of Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/celebrities-react-dolores-oriordan-dead-dies_n_5a5ce571e4b04f3c55a4f4d1?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALHexRcFiSdGAK5CYPQtkPh4jvY7mRoqHtEFQCOJDsmrLPv0-hoCQBzef-khYiEUs2ftcnkdcf6YnyBBaFKNyTep0JXQBH9BSmdk63Dpg7V-la2kkBhj5H7DKR6vRA6JR5VtCdWoBQckygdJT5Bw-kjbM-9QL0C-cAhQRTYDLEYN|url-status=live |work=Le HuffPost|location=France|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026093643/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/celebrities-react-dolores-oriordan-dead-dies_n_5a5ce571e4b04f3c55a4f4d1?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALHexRcFiSdGAK5CYPQtkPh4jvY7mRoqHtEFQCOJDsmrLPv0-hoCQBzef-khYiEUs2ftcnkdcf6YnyBBaFKNyTep0JXQBH9BSmdk63Dpg7V-la2kkBhj5H7DKR6vRA6JR5VtCdWoBQckygdJT5Bw-kjbM-9QL0C-cAhQRTYDLEYN |archive-date=26 October 2020|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> [[Hozier]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /> [[Foster the People]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /> [[Elijah Wood]],<ref name="ENT-ie-2018" /> [[Peter Cornell (singer)|Peter Cornell]] (brother of [[Chris Cornell]], who died May of the previous year),<ref>{{cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Brett |date=17 January 2018 |title=Chris Cornell's Brother Reveals Beautiful Story About Meeting Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan|url=http://www.alternativenation.net/chris-cornell-brother-story-meeting-cranberries-dolores-oriordan/ |url-status=live |work=Alternative Nation |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529135712/http://www.alternativenation.net/chris-cornell-brother-story-meeting-cranberries-dolores-oriordan/ |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020 |quote=The headliner that night wasn't from the Emerald City [Seattle]. They were from Emerald Isle [Ireland] and they were humble and friendly, [...] The Cranberries. Goodnight Dolores. Brother will meet you at the Pearly Gates.}}</ref> [[Mark Lanegan]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /> [[Pearl Jam]],<ref name="Buchanan-2018-01-16">{{cite news|last=Buchanan|first=Brett|date=16 January 2018|title=Pearl Jam & Garbage Members Pay Tribute To Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.alternativenation.net/pearl-jam-garbage-members-pay-tribute-cranberries-dolores-oriordan/|url-status=live|work=Alternative Nation|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503104941/https://www.alternativenation.net/pearl-jam-garbage-members-pay-tribute-cranberries-dolores-oriordan/|archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref> [[Bryan Adams]],<ref name="ENT-ie-2018" /> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="PPcorn-2018">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Music World Reacts to the Death of Cranberries Singer Dolores O'Riordan |url=http://ppcorn.com/us/music-world-reacts-to-the-death-of-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan/ |url-status=live|work=PPcorn |date=n.d.|orig-year=Published January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621153031/http://ppcorn.com/us/music-world-reacts-to-the-death-of-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> [[Kodaline]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /> [[the The]],<ref name="ENT-ie-2018" /> [[Michael Stipe]] and [[R.E.M.]],<ref name="PPcorn-2018" /> [[Dave Davies]] of [[the Kinks]],<ref name="TWFuster-2018-01-15" /> [[Adele]],<ref name="McMenamy-2018-01-16" /> [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]],<ref name="Buchanan-2018-01-16" /> [[Annie Lennox]],<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Annie Lennox Pays Tribute to 'Brilliant' Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.hollywood.com/general/annie-lennox-pays-tribute-to-brilliant-dolores-oriordan-60710866/ |url-status=live|work=[[Hollywood.com|Hollywood]] |date=16 January 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621155712/https://www.hollywood.com/general/annie-lennox-pays-tribute-to-brilliant-dolores-oriordan-60710866/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> [[Cerys Matthews]],<ref name="McMenamy-2018-01-16" /> [[Lisa Stansfield]],<ref name="McMenamy-2018-01-16" /> [[Michelle Branch]],<ref name="TWFuster-2018-01-15" /> [[Dan Brodbeck]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Maloney |first=Patrick |date=15 January 2018 |title=Fanshawe College's Dan Brodbeck mourns Cranberries star Dolores O'Riordan as friend, colleague |url=https://lfpress.com/2018/01/15/fanshawe-colleges-dan-brodbeck-mourns-cranberries-star-dolores-oriordan-as-friend-colleague/ |url-status=live |work=[[The London Free Press]] |location=Ontario |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200621160252/https://lfpress.com/2018/01/15/fanshawe-colleges-dan-brodbeck-mourns-cranberries-star-dolores-oriordan-as-friend-colleague/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> [[Slash (musician)|Slash]],<ref name="WRIF-Banas" /> [[Graham Hopkins]],<ref name="Ledbetter-2018-01-15" /> [[Benjamin Kowalewicz]],<ref name="Ledbetter-2018-01-15" /> [[Vic Fuentes]],<ref name="ENT-ie-2018" /> actors [[Luke Evans]]<ref name="ENT-ie-2018" /> and [[François Arnaud (actor)|Francois Arnaud]],<ref name="TWFuster-2018-01-15" /> [[Questlove]],<ref name="SPINGordon-2018-01-15">{{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Arielle |date=15 January 2018 |title=Liz Phair, Questlove, James Corden, and More Pay Tribute to Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/01/dolores-oriordan-celebrity-tributes/ |url-status=live |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529165305/https://www.spin.com/2018/01/dolores-oriordan-celebrity-tributes/ |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> [[Kiesza]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /> [[Diplo]],<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /> [[Gao Xiaosong]],<ref name="BBCnews-Artharini2018">{{cite news |last=Artharini|first=Isyana|date=16 January 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan and Asia's enduring love for The Cranberries|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42699131|url-status=live|work=[[BBC News]]|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503110928/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42699131 |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> [[Colin Parry (actor)|Colin Parry]],<ref name="ENT-ie-2018" /> [[The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace]],<ref name="FOP-Taylor">{{cite web |url=https://www.peace-foundation.org.uk/dolores-oriordan-wrote-iconic-song-memory-boys-dies-suddenly/ |title=Dolores O'Riordan who wrote iconic song in memory of the boys dies suddenly |last=Taylor |first=Nick |date=15 January 2018 |website=Peace Foundation |publisher=[[The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace]] |access-date=30 May 2020 |quote=Dolores captured so much emotion in 'Zombie' and spoke for millions at a time of shock and devastation after the terrorist attack that killed the boys. |archive-date=3 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153409/https://www.peace-foundation.org.uk/dolores-oriordan-wrote-iconic-song-memory-boys-dies-suddenly/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ali Hewson]],<ref name="CI" /> [[Adi Roche]]<ref name="CI" /> and [[Chernobyl Children International]].<ref name="CI" />
On 29 March 2018, Mayor Stephen Keary presented the book of condolences with over 16,000 signatures to O'Riordan's mother Eileen, brothers Donal, Terry and Joe, and other family members.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacques|first=Alan|date=23 March 2018|title=Book of condolences for Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.limerickpost.ie/2018/03/29/book-of-condolences-for-dolores-oriordan-brings-comfort-to-her-family|work=[[Limerick Post]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503120810/https://www.limerickpost.ie/2018/03/29/book-of-condolences-for-dolores-oriordan-brings-comfort-to-her-family/ |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=30 September 2019}}</ref>

==== Further reaction ====
[[The Kinks]] guitarist [[Dave Davies]], a close friend of O'Riordan, had planned to collaborate on songs together before she died; they had an idea for a song called "Home"—"about being home again".<ref name="HOTPRESS Davies" />

Just prior to her death on 15 January 2018, while she was in London for a studio mixing session with Youth on D.A.R.K.'s second album, O'Riordan left a voice message—the last one she would ever leave—at 1:12&nbsp;a.m. to her longtime friend, Dan Waite, who coordinated a recording session of a "[[Zombie (The Cranberries song)|Zombie]]" cover that he had previously given O'Riordan to listen to and accredit.<ref name="BB 5 April 2018">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Voicemail from Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan emerges|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-final-recording-voicemail-audio-8289027/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=5 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503112648/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8289027/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-final-recording-voicemail-audio|archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref> According to Waite, she offered "to sing on it" on Christmas Eve 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ristić|first=Marko|date=12 February 2018|title=The news about the death of Dolores O'Riordan from The Cranberries shocked us all|url=https://www.hardwiredmagazine.com/tommy-vext-bad-wolves-interview/?lang=en|url-status=live|work=Hardwired Magazine|language=en|location=Serbia|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201107151412/https://www.hardwiredmagazine.com/tommy-vext-bad-wolves-interview/?lang=en|archive-date=7 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Power|first=Ed|date=3 April 2018|title=Bad wolves create a great tribute to Dolores|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30835380.html|url-status=live|work=Irish Examiner|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201107152134/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30835380.html|archive-date=7 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref> [[TMZ]] published this voice message on 5 April 2018.<ref name="BB 5 April 2018" /> On 18 January 2018, the heavy metal band [[Bad Wolves]] released this cover of "Zombie", which charted on multiple [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Rutherford|last=Kevin|date=31 January 2018 |title=Bad Wolves' Cover of The Cranberries' 'Zombie' Roars Onto Rock Charts|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/bad-wolves-cranberries-zombie-rock-charts/|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503113512/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8097436/bad-wolves-cranberries-zombie-rock-charts |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=3 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bad Wolves' Cover of The Cranberries' Zombie Goes Global |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Bad-Wolves-Cover-of-The-Cranberries-ZOMBIE-Goes-Global-20180130 |work=[[BroadwayWorld]]|date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503114133/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Bad-Wolves-Cover-of-The-Cranberries-ZOMBIE-Goes-Global-20180130 |archive-date=3 May 2020| access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref>

On 28 January 2018, the ''In Memoriam'' segment of the [[60th Annual Grammy Awards]] honored a number of music icons, including O'Riordan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=29 September 2018|title=The "In Memoriam" segment of the 2018 Grammy Awards|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/grammys-exclude-mark-e-smith-france-gall-more-from-2018-in-memoriam/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503115412/https://pitchfork.com/news/grammys-exclude-mark-e-smith-france-gall-more-from-2018-in-memoriam/ |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=29 September 2018}}</ref>

"[[Dreams (Cranberries song)|Dreams]]" was played in [[Croke Park]] to the 82,000-capacity crowd on 19 August 2018, after [[Limerick GAA]] won the [[Liam MacCarthy Cup]] in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] for the first time in 45 years.<ref>{{cite news |last=Keaveney|first=Mal|date=23 August 2018|title=Book of condolences for Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.limerickpost.ie/2018/08/23/photos-the-mother-of-all-parties-continues-in-limerick/|work=[[Limerick Post]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200506172709/https://www.limerickpost.ie/2018/08/23/photos-the-mother-of-all-parties-continues-in-limerick/ |archive-date=6 May 2020|access-date=30 September 2019}}</ref> The cup was later toured around Limerick and was brought by the team to O'Riordan's family home in Ballybricken.<ref>{{cite news|last=Raleigh|first=David|date=24 August 2018|title=Childhood home of Dolores O'Riordan welcomes Liam MacCarthy Cup|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/childhood-home-of-dolores-o-riordan-welcomes-liam-maccarthy-cup-1.3606556|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503120016/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/childhood-home-of-dolores-o-riordan-welcomes-liam-maccarthy-cup-1.3606556 |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=30 August 2018}}</ref>

On 24 April 2019, [[Saint Sister]], a duo from [[Northern Ireland]], performed an acappella rendition of "Dreams" at the funeral in [[St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast|St Anne's Cathedral]] in [[Belfast]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Shadwell|first=Talia|date=24 April 2019|title=Lyra McKee funeral: Updates as loved ones pay moving tribute to murdered journalist|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/live-lyra-mckee-funeral-belfast-14545166|work=Metro|publisher=[[DMG Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200419125831/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/live-lyra-mckee-funeral-belfast-14545166 |archive-date=19 April 2020|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref> of [[Lyra McKee]]; McKee, some allege, was killed by the [[New IRA]] on 18 April 2019.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 April 2019|title=Lyra McKee murder: Journalist shot dead during Derry rioting|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47985469|work=[[BBC News]]|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190419134353/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47985469|archive-date=19 April 2019|access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>

=== Aftermath ===
In mid-September 2018, bandmate [[Noel Hogan]] confirmed that they would no longer be continuing as the Cranberries and would disband after releasing their final album, ''[[In the End (album)|In the End]]''.<ref name="IP2018-09-15">{{cite news|first=Rebecca|last=Keane|title=The Cranberries to split after final album|url=https://www.irishpost.com/news/no-need-continue-cranberries-split-final-album-159769|url-status=live|work=[[The Irish Post]]|date=15 September 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200126175425/https://www.irishpost.com/news/no-need-continue-cranberries-split-final-album-159769|archive-date=26 January 2020 |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=J.P.|last=Mauro|date=20 January 2019 |title=The Cranberries announce release of final album with the late Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://aleteia.org/2019/01/20/the-cranberries-announce-release-of-final-album-with-the-late-dolores-oriordan/ |work=[[Aleteia]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503140503/https://aleteia.org/2019/01/20/the-cranberries-announce-release-of-final-album-with-the-late-dolores-oriordan/ |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> He stated: "We don't want to continue without Dolores, so we're just going to leave after this".<ref name="IP2018-09-15" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Aoife |last=Kelly |date=15 September 2018|title='There is no need to continue' – Cranberries will split after last album featuring vocals of Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/there-is-no-need-to-continue-cranberries-will-split-after-last-album-featuring-vocals-of-dolores-oriordan-37319033.html |work=Irish Independent|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503140649/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/there-is-no-need-to-continue-cranberries-will-split-after-last-album-featuring-vocals-of-dolores-oriordan-37319033.html |archive-date=3 May 2020|access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref>

On September 6, 2023, what would have been O'Riordan's 52nd birthday, an album of unreleased solo songs was posthumously announced that the singer recorded a few years before her death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2023 |title=UK: Dolores O'Riordan solo unreleased new music to be released |url=https://www.bmg.com/uk/news/Dolores-ORiordan-solo-unreleased-new-music-to-be-released.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=www.bmg.com}}</ref>

=== Posthumous sales ===
The Cranberries dominated [[Amazon Music|Amazon]]'s music digital sales in the 24 hours following O'Riordan's death announcement, with sales surging on the site by 913,350% of their album ''[[Something Else (The Cranberries album)|Something Else]]''. O'Riordan's solo work ''[[Are You Listening? (Dolores O'Riordan album)|Are You Listening?]]'' was ranked second. The Cranberries' albums also dominated Amazon's ranking of physical CD and vinyl sales, along with her solo album, ''[[No Baggage]]'', seeing an increase in sales of 200,000%. Four albums of the Cranberries reached the [[ITunes Store|iTunes]] Top 10 Albums chart, with ''[[Stars: The Best of 1992–2002]]'' peaking at No. 2.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cranberries sales jump by over 900,000 percent after Dolores O'Riordan's death |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/cranberries-sales-900000-percent-dolores-oriordan-death |work=Irish Central |date=16 January 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180517112916/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/cranberries-sales-900000-percent-dolores-oriordan-death |archive-date=17 May 2018 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Huddleston2018-01-16">{{cite news |last=Huddleston Jr. |first=Tom |date=16 January 2018 |title=The Cranberries' sales and streams have surged|url=https://fortune.com/2018/01/16/the-cranberries-sales-and-streams-have-surged-since-dolores-oriordans-death/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription|publisher=Fortune Media Group Holdings |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529214508/https://fortune.com/2018/01/16/the-cranberries-sales-and-streams-have-surged-since-dolores-oriordans-death/ |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> The band's biggest hits, including "Linger", "Dreams" and "Zombie", ranked in the top five most-downloaded digital songs on Amazon's list, and ranked in the top 10 of the iTunes songs chart.<ref name="Huddleston2018-01-16" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Morgan Britton|first=Luke |date=16 January 2018 |title=The Cranberries sales surge following death of singer Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-cranberries-sales-surge-dolores-oriordan-death-2220127 |url-status=live |work=[[NME]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200601112741/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-cranberries-sales-surge-dolores-oriordan-death-2220127|archive-date=1 June 2020 |access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:Dolores O'Riordan No Need to Argue Tour Outfit - Hard Rock Cafe Chicago.jpg|thumb|left|O'Riordan's ''No Need to Argue–''era outfit displayed at the [[Hard Rock Cafe]], Chicago]]
O'Riordan has been referred to as "one of the most distinctive voices in alternative rock history".<ref name="Weiss2018" /><ref name="TP020-09-06" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Spevack |first=William |date=21 January 2018 |title=Why Dolores O'Riordan And Grunge Era's Pain Is Tragically Authentic |url=http://www.alternativenation.net/why-dolores-oriordan-and-grunge-era-pain-tragically-authentic/ |url-status=live |work=Alternative Nation |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210904172827/http://www.alternativenation.net/why-dolores-oriordan-and-grunge-era-pain-tragically-authentic/ |archive-date=4 September 2021 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref> Through her impact on the music industry, she has been described as "one of the most recognisable voices in pop culture".<ref>{{cite news |last=Rawat |first=Kshitij |date=16 January 2018 |title=Who was Dolores O'Riordan? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/who-was-dolores-oriordan-5026450/ |url-status=live |work=[[The Indian Express]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210904193146/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/who-was-dolores-oriordan-5026450/ |archive-date=4 September 2021 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref> O'Riordan also brought an "inimitable" and "unique voice" to the 1990s' music scene and to rock music.<ref name="Linehan2018" /><ref name="Kelly2017">{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Aoife |date=15 January 2017 |title='An icon, a huge talent and a distinctive voice' − Shocked friends, fans and industry peers pay tribute to the late Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/an-icon-a-huge-talent-and-a-distinctive-voice-shocked-friends-fans-and-industry-peers-pay-tribute-to-the-late-dolores-oriordan-36490536.html |url-status=live |work=The Independent |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210904203956/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/an-icon-a-huge-talent-and-a-distinctive-voice-shocked-friends-fans-and-industry-peers-pay-tribute-to-the-late-dolores-oriordan-36490536.html |archive-date=4 September 2021 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="TP2018-01-15">{{cite news |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=15 January 2018 |title=Dolores O'Riordan, Cranberries, and a Legacy that will live long into the future |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/cranberries-dolores-oriordan/ |url-status=live |work=uDiscoverMusic |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529220729/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/cranberries-dolores-oriordan/ |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=4 September 2021|quote=Dolores O'Riordan brought a unique, inimitable voice to rock music, and left a lasting artistic legacy.}}</ref> She is considered an "icon of Irish pop"<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Jennifer |date=16 January 2018 |title=Dolores O'Riordan, a fragile icon of Irish pop |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/dolores-oriordan-a-fragile-icon-of-irish-pop-njt9ccr96 |url-status=live |work=[[The Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210904110446/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dolores-oriordan-a-fragile-icon-of-irish-pop-njt9ccr96 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref> and a "1990s rock icon", characterised by a wide spectrum of vocals resources.<ref name="Kelly2017" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Report: Ferocious 90s Rock Icon Dead At 46 |url=https://iloveclassicrock.com/report-ferocious-90s-rock-icon-dead-46/ |url-status=live|work=I Love Classic Rock |date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529141506/https://iloveclassicrock.com/report-ferocious-90s-rock-icon-dead-46/ |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zukowski |first=Zenae |date=15 January 2018 |title=90s rock icon Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) dead at 46 |url=https://www.metalinsider.net/video/90s-rock-icon-dolores-oriordan-the-cranberries-dead-at-46 |url-status=live |work=Metal Insider |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529145616/https://www.metalinsider.net/video/90s-rock-icon-dolores-oriordan-the-cranberries-dead-at-46 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Dolores O'Riordan: 'Elle avait une tempête dans la voix' |trans-title=She had a storm in her voice |url=https://fr.euronews.com/2018/01/16/dolores-o-riordan-elle-avait-une-tempete-dans-la-voix- |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[Euronews]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=16 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210904220941/https://fr.euronews.com/2018/01/16/dolores-o-riordan-elle-avait-une-tempete-dans-la-voix- |archive-date=4 September 2021 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>

[[Recording Academy]] contributor Philip Merrill called O'Riordan "a gifted songwriter and vocalist whose ballads helped define alt-pop in the 1990s".<ref name="GRAMMY2018-01-16">{{cite news |last=Merrill |first=Philip |date=16 January 2018 |title=The Cranberries' iconic voice behind the '90s hits 'Dreams', 'Zombie' and 'Linger' has died |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-lead-vocalist-dies-46 |url-status=live|work=[[Grammy Award]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529150941/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-lead-vocalist-dies-46|archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> She was credited for her innovative style embodied by her "measured vocal power, her honest, vulnerable songwriting", reinforced by her Irish accent, thus helping the Cranberries to rise "into worldwide stardom".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Rachel |author-link1=Rachel Martin (broadcast journalist) |last2=Whitley-Berry |first2=Victoria |date=23 April 2019 |title=The Cranberries' Final Album |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/23/713529217/the-cranberries-final-album-celebrates-the-new-beginning-dolores-o-riordan-wante?t=1590253491002 |url-status=live |publisher=[[NPR]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529152031/https://www.npr.org/2019/04/23/713529217/the-cranberries-final-album-celebrates-the-new-beginning-dolores-o-riordan-wante?t=1590253491002&t=1590765240789 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> Music industry publication ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' considered the song "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]" as "pure Irish poetry", while "[[Dreams (The Cranberries song)|Dreams]]", which contains no chorus, is regarded as "one of the greatest songs of all time".<ref name="Goodman2018-01-16" /><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d.|title=10 Reasons Why The Cranberries' 'Dreams' Is One of the Greatest Songs of All Time|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/the-cranberries-dreams-best-song-dolores-oriordan-8094289/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200607144412/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8094289/the-cranberries-dreams-best-song-dolores-oriordan |archive-date=7 June 2020 |access-date=7 June 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref> [[Amanda Petrusich]] wrote how she deviated from the ''norm'', saying that most of the other rock singers at the time sounded "plainly and hopelessly cool—disaffected, vaguely antagonistic and aloof", while "O'Riordan sounded like a maniac".<ref>{{cite news |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Petrusich|date=16 January 2020 |title=The Ferocious, Sublime Dolores O'Riordan, of the Cranberries |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-ferocious-sublime-dolores-oriordan-of-the-cranberries |url-status=live |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529153156/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-ferocious-sublime-dolores-oriordan-of-the-cranberries |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> Following news of O'Riordan's death, [[U2]] described O'Riordan's music, and vocal style by these words: "out of the West came this storm of a voice—she had such strength of conviction, yet she could speak to the fragility in all of us".<ref name="RS2018-01-15">{{cite news |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=15 January 2018 |title=Dolores O'Riordan, the Cranberries Singer, Dead at 46 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dolores-oriordan-the-cranberries-singer-dead-at-46-253547/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529155340/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dolores-oriordan-the-cranberries-singer-dead-at-46-253547/ |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=19 April 2021}}</ref> [[Hozier]] and [[Foster the People]] called O'Riordan "a true pioneer" for future generations.<ref name="BBPeters-2018-01-15" /><ref name="RS2018-01-15" />

According to ''[[Hot Press]]''{{'}} [[Stuart Clark (critic)|Stuart Clark]], who wrote the press release for the Cranberries' first cassette EP, O'Riordan was an artist who "left an indelible mark". He also referred to her as an Irish female icon.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Stuart |date=15 January 2020 |title=Dolores O'Riordan: Our 2018 Tribute To The Irish Icon |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/remembering-dolores-oriordan-2018-tribute-irish-icon-22800405 |url-status=live |work=[[Hot Press]]|location=Dublin|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529160232/https://www.hotpress.com/music/remembering-dolores-oriordan-2018-tribute-irish-icon-22800405 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Crowley |first=Sinead |date=15 January 2019 |title=Dolores O'Riordan, one year on – Sinead Crowley on an Irish icon |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/0115/1023360-dolores-oriordan-one-year-on-sinead-crowley-on-an-irish-icon/ |url-status=live |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529160744/https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/0115/1023360-dolores-oriordan-one-year-on-sinead-crowley-on-an-irish-icon/ |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> TV producer [[Shinawil|Larry Bass]] regarded her as "not only an icon but an Irish female icon. Very few Irish women had achieved the heights that she had on a global stage".<ref name="Finn2018-01-15" /> For contemporary Ireland's singers, O'Riordan is considered a "beacon for future generations of singers", stated ''Hot Press'' editorial writer Peter McGoran.<ref>{{cite news |last=McGoran |first=Peter |date=24 January 2018 |title=In The New Hot Press: We say goodbye to Dolores O'Riordan |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/in-the-new-ihot-pressi-we-say-goodbye-to-dolores-oriordan-21674838 |url-status=live |work=Hot Press|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529163225/https://www.hotpress.com/music/in-the-new-ihot-pressi-we-say-goodbye-to-dolores-oriordan-21674838 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> Irish President Michael D Higgins praised O'Riordan's and the band's "immense influence on rock and pop music in Ireland and internationally".<ref name="SPINGordon-2018-01-15" />

At O'Riordan's funeral service, both young and old travelled from all over the world—including from Spain, China and South America—to pay their respects in person along with many Irish politicians.<ref name="IT Raleigh" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Costello |first=Norma |date=21 January 2018 |title=The Cranberries superfan |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/cranberries-superfan-spends-life-saving-11890266 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[Irish Mirror]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529165735/https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/cranberries-superfan-spends-life-saving-11890266 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> A place of pilgrimage, the grave of O'Riordan continues to attract devotees from around the world.<ref name="IH-Dillane-2018-01-31" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Raleigh |first=David |date=13 January 2019 |title=Congregation, including fans from around world|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-attend-dolores-o-riordan-s-first-anniversary-mass-1.3756436 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529170220/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-attend-dolores-o-riordan-s-first-anniversary-mass-1.3756436 |archive-date=29 May 2020|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan's commitment to her roots, which was consolidated by her authenticity, attracted fascination.<ref name="IH-Dillane-2018-01-31" /> According to [[Una Mullally]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'', O'Riordan's native accent positioned the Cranberries as a "truly" Irish band, which maintained its cultural identity and integrity, whose "global success was instigated by how America embraced them", by their music videos in "heavy rotation", and "crucially, by American radio".<ref name="NYT-Mullally2018" /> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated that in 1995 the Cranberries were "Ireland's biggest musical export since U2".<ref name="RS2018-01-15" /> Paul Sexton of ''Billboard'' and the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] have acknowledged O'Riordan and the Cranberries' influence on people, citing them as "one of the biggest-selling rock bands of the '90s".<ref name="ABC-2019-02-07" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=13 March 1999|title=Island's Cranberries make a fresh start with fourth release|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA104|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=111|issue=11|page=104|issn=0006-2510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104154151/https://books.google.com/books?id=6A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q=the%20Cranberries%20were%20one%20of%20the%20biggest%20rock%20bands%20in%20the%20world%2C%20(in%20the%2090s)&f=false|archive-date=4 January 2022|access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> Ethnomusicologist Dr. Aileen Dillane commented that "countless other writers and Twitter commentators reminisced upon how the band seemed to encapsulate the '90s ''zeitgeist'' and on the profound impact they and Dolores as lead singer had on their lives and sense of who (and where) they were in the world at that time".<ref name="IH-Dillane-2018-01-31" /> In 2018, Hannah Tindle of ''[[Another Magazine]]'' wrote that "her strength of character shone through in the songs she wrote that remain, to this day, some of the most seminal in music history".<ref>{{cite news |last=Tindle |first=Hannah |date=17 January 2018 |title=A Tribute to Ireland's Most Poignant Female Rock Vocalist |url=https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/10500/a-tribute-to-irelands-most-poignant-female-rock-vocalist |url-status=live |work=[[Another Magazine]]|location=UK|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200607142001/https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/10500/a-tribute-to-irelands-most-poignant-female-rock-vocalist |archive-date=7 June 2020 |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>

In January 2018, the ''Dallas Observer'' listed O'Riordan alongside [[David Bowie]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[Tom Petty]] as iconic musicians who died between 2016 and 2018.<ref name="DO-North2018">{{cite news |last=North |first=Caroline |date=16 January 2018 |title=Dallas remembers the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, who died yesterday at 46 |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-musicians-share-how-theyve-been-influenced-by-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-10263041 |url-status=live |work=[[Dallas Observer]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529194442/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-musicians-share-how-theyve-been-influenced-by-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-10263041 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> In 2018, the ''South Coast Herald'' stated that "Dolores O'Riordan and the Cranberries inspired millions".<ref>{{cite news |last=Venter |first=Juan |date=16 January 2018 |title=The Irish musician and singer-songwriter died suddenly in London |url=https://southcoastherald.co.za/259664/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-inspired-millions/ |url-status=live |work=South Coast Herald |location=[[KwaZulu-Natal South Coast]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529200128/https://southcoastherald.co.za/259664/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-inspired-millions/ |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> O'Riordan inspired contemporary artists around the world while having a lasting impact on various musical styles;<ref>{{cite news |last=Papadatos |first=Markos |date=17 January 2018 |title=New York musicians remember The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/music/bands-and-singers-remember-dolores-o-riordan-of-the-cranberries/article/512288 |url-status=live |work=Digital Journal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529193647/http://www.digitaljournal.com/entertainment/music/bands-and-singers-remember-dolores-o-riordan-of-the-cranberries/article/512288 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref> following news of her death, [[Maggie Rogers]] said, "Dolores O'Riordan's voice helped me understand my place in the world."<ref>{{cite news |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=16 January 2018 |title=The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan has died, aged 46 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-died-aged-46-2219731 |url-status=live |work=[[NME]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210904165901/https://www.nme.com/news/music/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-died-aged-46-2219731 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref> [[AsiaOne]] argued that the Cranberries—especially O'Riordan's voice and singing style—have influenced many Chinese musicians and have had an unprecedented lasting impact on popular music across Asia.<ref name="ASIAONE-Nan2018" /> The [[BBC]] added that O'Riordan was a major musical influence to [[Faye Wong]], one of China's biggest pop stars.<ref name="BBCnews-Artharini2018" /> Others influenced by O'Riordan include [[Florence Welch]],<ref name="TP2018-01-15" /> [[Adele]],<ref name="TP2018-01-15" /><ref>{{cite AV media |people=Raised On Radio |date=22 May 2020 |orig-year=First published 2011|title=Adele – Chooses The Tracks Of My Years — Radio Broadcast 2011|language=en-GB|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckQjaUh5Yhw |access-date=23 May 2020|location=UK |publisher=[[BBC Radio 2]]|series=BBC Radio 2 Music Best Bits|via=YouTube}}</ref> [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]],<ref name="PPcorn-2018" /> [[Heather Baron-Gracie]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Power |first=Ed |date=17 September 2018 |title= She gave off that attitude – she was totally herself |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/i-looked-up-to-dolores-o-riordan-she-gave-off-that-attitude-she-was-totally-herself-1.3628357 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529221807/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/i-looked-up-to-dolores-o-riordan-she-gave-off-that-attitude-she-was-totally-herself-1.3628357 |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> [[Michelle Branch]]<ref name="GRAMMY2018-01-16" /> and [[Avril Lavigne]].

O'Riordan was regarded as a humanitarian activist advocating for children throughout the world; most of the songs of O'Riordan communicated her empathy with human suffering and reflected popular hope for peace.<ref name="CI" />{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=31}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks-Delphin |first=First |date=26 January 2018 |title=Dolores O'Riordan's lingering influence |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2018/01/26/dolores-oriordans-lingering-influence |url-status=live |work=[[America (magazine)|America Magazine]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529222315/https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2018/01/26/dolores-oriordans-lingering-influence |archive-date=29 May 2020 |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace stated that O'Riordan "left a legacy through her music that speaks for so many of us and called on all of us to follow a path of peace".<ref name="FOP-Taylor" />

On 19 February 2018, [[RTÉ One]] broadcast a 40-minute documentary entitled ''Dolores'', including never-before-seen interviews, produced by [[Dave Fanning]].<ref>{{cite news |last=McManus |first=Darragh |date=19 February 2018 |title='Dolores' documentary review: 'illuminating, elegiac and often funny' |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/rtes-dolores-documentary-review-illuminating-elegiac-and-often-funny-36621183.html |url-status=live |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200529223840/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/rtes-dolores-documentary-review-illuminating-elegiac-and-often-funny-36621183.html |archive-date=29 May 2020|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
=== Awards and nominations ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4|Žebřík Music Awards
| 1994
| rowspan=4|Herself
| rowspan=4|Best International Female
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/1996-1992/|title=1996-1992 – Anketa Žebřík|access-date=2022-01-04|archive-date=2021-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716012228/https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/1996-1992/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1996
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/2003-1997/|title=2003-1997 – Anketa Žebřík|access-date=2022-01-04|archive-date=2021-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716013812/https://www.anketazebrik.cz/historie/2003-1997/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
| {{nom}}
{{end}}
* 1995: She received an [[1995 MTV Europe Music Awards|MTV Europe Music Award]].{{sfn|Bianco|Knight|1998|p=40}}<ref name="MTV95-WinnerList">{{cite magazine|last=Masson|first=Gordon|date=10 November 2001|title=MTV Europe Music Awards Winners 1994–2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABIEAAAAMBAJ&q=the+cranberries+won+zombie+best+song+mtv+award+1995&pg=PA50|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=113|issue=45|page=50|issn=0006-2510|access-date=31 May 2020|quote=MTV EMAs 1994–2000 Winner list|archive-date=31 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531120459/https://books.google.fr/books?id=ABIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA50&dq=the%20cranberries%20won%20zombie%20best%20song%20mtv%20award%201995&hl=fr&pg=PA50}}</ref> "[[Zombie (The Cranberries song)|Zombie]]" was awarded Best Song and bested [[Michael Jackson]]'s "You Are Not Alone".<ref name="MTV95-WinnerList" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Atwood|first=Brett|author-link=Brett Atwood|date=28 October 1995|title=November Awards Abound: Billboard Vid, MTV Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=107|issue=43|page=102|issn=0006-2510|access-date=31 May 2020|quote=1995 MTV EMAs, all nominees lists|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812145149/https://books.google.com/books?id=rA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102}}</ref>
* 1995: She received a [[World Music Award]].{{sfn|Reisfeld|1996|p=20}}
* 1995: She was nominated for [[Brit Award for International Group|International Group]] at the [[Brit Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ireland-at-the-brit-awards-look-back-at-every-irish-winner-and-nominee__25596/|title=Ireland at the BRIT Awards|last=White|first=Jack|date=19 January 2019|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405154303/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ireland-at-the-brit-awards-look-back-at-every-irish-winner-and-nominee__25596/|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Fabiana|date=15 January 2018|title=Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan dies at 46|url=http://magazine.musictory.com/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dies-46-2645/|work=Magazine Musictory |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405161117/http://magazine.musictory.com/cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dies-46-2645/|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* 1996: She received a [[Juno Award]].{{sfn|Bianco|Knight|1998|p=40}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://junoawards.ca/nomination/1996-best-selling-album-foreign-or-domestic-the-cranberries/|title=1996 Best Selling Album 'No Need to Argue'|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 March 1996|website=[[Juno Award]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405153631/https://junoawards.ca/nomination/1996-best-selling-album-foreign-or-domestic-the-cranberries/|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* 1997: She was nominated for a Juno Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://junoawards.ca/nomination/1997-producer-of-the-year-bruce-fairbairn-the-cranberries-co-producers/|title=1997 Juno Award Nominees|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 March 1997|website=[[Juno Award]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405154850/https://junoawards.ca/nomination/1997-producer-of-the-year-bruce-fairbairn-the-cranberries-co-producers/|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* 1997: She received the [[Ivor Novello Award]] for International Achievement, at London's Grosvenor House.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musicforstowaways.wordpress.com/2018/11/08/ivor-novello-awards-the-1990s/|title=Ivor Novello Awards 1997|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=11 August 2018|website=Music For Stowaways |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405155953/https://musicforstowaways.wordpress.com/2018/11/08/ivor-novello-awards-the-1990s/|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Skene|first=Gordon|date=15 January 2018|title=Past Daily Soundbooth: Memorial Edition|url=https://pastdaily.com/2018/01/15/dolores-oriordan-1991-past-daily-memorial-edition/|work=Past Daily |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405161639/https://pastdaily.com/2018/01/15/dolores-oriordan-1991-past-daily-memorial-edition/|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* 2008: She received a [[European Border Breakers Award]].<ref name="EBBA" /><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=European Border Breakers Award|url=https://www.creativeeuropeireland.eu/culture/news/irish-artist-soak-to-perform-at-european-border-breaker-award-ebba-ceremony-on-wednesday-13th-jan|work=Creative Europe Ireland|date=11 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405162317/https://www.creativeeuropeireland.eu/culture/news/irish-artist-soak-to-perform-at-european-border-breaker-award-ebba-ceremony-on-wednesday-13th-jan|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* 2016: She received a [[BMI Awards]] and a Special Citation of Achievement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/the-cranberries-release-everybody-else-is-doing-it-so-why-cant-we-25th-anniversary-box-set-out-october-19/|title=Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) Award|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d.|website=Umusic |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200411180908/http://www.umusic.ca/press-releases/the-cranberries-release-everybody-else-is-doing-it-so-why-cant-we-25th-anniversary-box-set-out-october-19/|archive-date=11 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lynch|first=Richard|date=14 October 2016|title=Dreams reaches 3mill radio plays in USA|url=https://www.ilovelimerick.ie/the-cranberries-single-dreams/|work=I Love Limerick |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200411180606/https://www.ilovelimerick.ie/the-cranberries-single-dreams/|archive-date=11 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>
* 2018: She was named the Top Female Artist of All Time in [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s Alternative Songs chart, encompassing soloists, group frontwomen and women in duos. On the 30th anniversary of the music chart, O'Riordan was named at the top of the 30-name list.<ref name="BB Zellner">{{cite news |last=Zellner|first=Xander|date=11 October 2018|title=O'Riordan of The Cranberries leads, followed by Meg White of The White Stripes |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/alternative-songs-female-artists-cranberries-alanis-paramore/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405163320/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8479043/alternative-songs-female-artists-cranberries-alanis-paramore|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="IM McGrory">{{cite news |last=McGrory|first=Linda|date=16 October 2018|title=Dolores O'Riordan named top female artist of all time by Billboard's Alternative Songs|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/dolores-oriordan-named-top-female-13426895|work=Irish Mirror |url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405163717/https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/dolores-oriordan-named-top-female-13426895|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* 2020: She was nominated for a posthumous [[2020 Grammy Awards]]. The Cranberries' ''[[In the End (album)|In the End]]'' received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Grammy Awards 2020: List of nominees and winners|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50474343| url-status=live |language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|location=UK |date=20 November 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200706163121/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50474343 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shiller|first=Rebecca|date=27 January 2020|title=The Cranberries remember Dolores O'Riordan|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8549330/the-cranberries-video-interview-2020-grammys|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405165538/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8549330/the-cranberries-video-interview-2020-grammys|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>

'''Honours'''
* 2009: She received the [[University Philosophical Society]]'s honorary patronage of [[Trinity College Dublin]].<ref name="TG-2010-04-02" /><ref>{{cite news|last=McGrath|first=Dominic|date=15 January 2018|title=The day The Cranberries reunited in Trinity|url=http://www.universitytimes.ie/2018/01/the-day-the-cranberries-reunited-in-trinity/|url-status=live|work=[[The University Times]]|location=Trinity College Dublin|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405163059/http://www.universitytimes.ie/2018/01/the-day-the-cranberries-reunited-in-trinity/|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
* 2019: She received an honorary Doctorate from the [[University of Limerick]]. The posthumous Honorary Doctorate of Letters was presented to Dolores's mother Eileen O'Riordan. Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan and Fergal Lawler were also honoured at the ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Honorary doctorate from University of Limerick|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/the-cranberries-honorary-doctorate-university-of-limerick/|work=Irish Central |date=15 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405164048/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/the-cranberries-honorary-doctorate-university-of-limerick/|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Donoghue|first=Anna|title=The Cranberries to receive UL honorary doctorate|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/the-cranberries-to-receive-ul-honorary-doctorate-896504.html|work=[[Irish Examiner]] |date=9 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200405164347/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/the-cranberries-to-receive-ul-honorary-doctorate-896504.html|archive-date=5 April 2020|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>

== Solo discography ==
{{Hatnote|This section contains O'Riordan's solo discography. For releases with the Cranberries, see [[the Cranberries discography]].}}

=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="9"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Sales
|-
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Irish Albums Chart|IRE]]<br /><ref name="IRE Charts">{{cite web |url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dolores+O'Riordan |title=Discography Dolores O'Riordan |publisher=irish-charts.com |access-date=15 January 2018 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023044037/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dolores+O%27Riordan |url-status=live }}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref>{{cite Ryan|page=209}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Ultratop#Ultratop 200 Albums (Flemish chart)|BEL]]<br /><ref name="NZ Charts" />
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br /><ref name="NZ Charts" />
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[GfK Entertainment Charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="NZ Charts" />
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]<br /><ref name="ITA Charts">{{cite web|url=http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=dolores%20o%27riordan&cat=a|title=Dolores O'Riordan|publisher=italiancharts.com|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135211/http://italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=dolores%20o%27riordan&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref name="NZ Charts">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Dolores+O%27Riordan&titel=Are+You+Listening%3F&cat=a|title=Are You Listening? (Album)|publisher=charts.nz|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153413/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Dolores+O%27Riordan&titel=Are+You+Listening%3F&cat=a|url-status=live}}; {{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Dolores+O%27Riordan&titel=No+Baggage&cat=a|title=No Baggage (Album)|publisher=charts.nz|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153406/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Dolores+O%27Riordan&titel=No+Baggage&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2272/dolores-oriordan/|title=Dolores O'Riordan|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629004244/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2272/dolores-oriordan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/dolores-oriordan|title=Dolores O'Riordan|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117002924/https://www.billboard.com/music/dolores-oriordan|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row | ''[[Are You Listening? (Dolores O'Riordan album)|Are You Listening?]]''
|
* Released: 4 May 2007
* Label: [[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]
* Formats: CD, digital download
| 15
| 58
| 38
| 11
| 39
| 2
| 10
| 28
| 77
|
* Europe: 600,000<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-rich-list-entertainers-26433894.html|title=News Irish News|date=30 March 2008|access-date=11 November 2019|archive-date=2 May 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502133434/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-rich-list-entertainers-26433894.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope=row| ''[[No Baggage]]''
|
* Released: 21 August 2009
* Label: [[Cooking Vinyl]], [[Rounder Records|Rounder]]
* Formats: CD, digital download
| 80
| —
| 75
| 30
| 77
| 6
| 25
| —
| —
|
* Europe: 30,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2009/PR%20-%2020101004.htm|title=New IMPALA Awards|publisher=[[IMPALA]]|date=5 October 2010|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170827005732/http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2009/PR%20-%2020101004.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|align="center" colspan="12" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

=== Singles ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!rowspan="2" style="width:2em;" | Year
!rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
!colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
!rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Album
|-
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br /><ref name="IRE Charts" />
!style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|ITA]]<br /><ref name="ITA Charts" />
|-
| 2004
| style="text-align:left;"| "Pure Love" {{small|(with [[Zucchero Fornaciari|Zucchero]])}}
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Zu & Co.]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| style="text-align:left;"| "[[Ordinary Day (Dolores O'Riordan song)|Ordinary Day]]"
| 50
| 2
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Are You Listening?''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "When We Were Young"
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| style="text-align:left;"| "The Journey"
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''No Baggage''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Switch Off the Moment"
| —
| —
|-
|align="center" colspan="5" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|-
|}

=== Other appearances ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Other artist(s)
! scope="col"| Comment
|-
! scope="row"| "Soon Is Never Soon Enough"
| 1992
| [[Moose (band)|Moose]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Backing vocals<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hURGve-rtp0|title=Moose – Soon Is Never Soon Enough|date=18 May 2010}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Carousel"
| 1993
| Touch of Oliver
| style="text-align:left;"| Backing vocals<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Kb8NPsJM4|title=Touch of Oliver featuring Dolores O'Riordan – Carousel|date=25 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "The Sun Does Rise"
| 1994
| [[Jah Wobble]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Duet<ref>{{cite web|title=Биография солистки The Cranberries Долорес О'Риордан|url=https://ria.ru/spravka/20180115/1512660908.html|website=РИА Новости|language=ru|date=15 January 2018|access-date=4 January 2022|archive-date=21 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121101607/https://ria.ru/spravka/20180115/1512660908.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Pure Love"
| 2004
| [[Zucchero]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Duet<ref>{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_BGYppc4NE |title=Zucchero & Dolores O'riordan- Pure Love |date=12 December 2007}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Mirror Lover"
| 2005
| [[Jam & Spoon]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Vocals<ref name="Jam&Spoon" />
|-
! scope="row"| "The Butterfly"
| 2006
| [[Angelo Badalementi]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Vocals
|-
! scope="row"| "Senza Fiato"
| 2007
| [[Giuliano Sangiorgi]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Duet<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=269gRgNsU0o|title=NEGRAMARO – Senza fiato – feat. Dolores O'Riordan (video ufficiale)|date=2 February 2010}}</ref>
|-
|}

=== Other contributions ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Album
! scope="col"| Comment
|-
! scope="row"| "God Be with You"
| 1997
| ''[[The Devil's Own]]''
| style="text-align:left;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=La Saga des Cranberries|url=http://www.rtl.fr/culture/musique/saga-la-saga-des-cranberries-7771238284|publisher=RTL|language=fr|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052208/https://www.rtl.fr/culture/musique/saga-la-saga-des-cranberries-7771238284|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "[[It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)#Artists for Children's Promise version|It's Only Rock 'n' Roll]]"
| 1999
| Single
| style="text-align:left;"| With supergroup Artists for Children's Promise
|-
! scope="row"| "Ave Maria"
| rowspan="3"| 2004
| ''[[The Passion of the Christ#Music|The Passion of the Christ: Songs Inspired By]]''
| style="text-align:left;"| Solo track<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.dolores-o-riordan-ist-im-alter-von-46-jahren-gestorben-hre-stimme-machte-the-cranberries-unverwechselbar.ba552add-1a2c-4ced-8586-a20dd7da69da.html|title=Ihre Stimme machte The Cranberries unverwechselbar|first=Andrea|last=Kachelrieß|language=de|date=16 January 2018|work=Stuttgarter Zeitung|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181135/https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.dolores-o-riordan-ist-im-alter-von-46-jahren-gestorben-hre-stimme-machte-the-cranberries-unverwechselbar.ba552add-1a2c-4ced-8586-a20dd7da69da.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Angels Go to Heaven"
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Evilenko]]''
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Vocals; film soundtrack<ref name="Evilenko" /><ref name="Evilenko2" />
|-
! scope="row"| "The Woodstrip/There's No Way Out"
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Linger (The Cranberries song)|Linger]]"
| 2006
| ''[[Click (2006 film)|Click]]''
| style="text-align:left;"| Film soundtrack<ref>{{cite news|title=Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, dead at 46|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/dolores-o-riordan-lead-singer-cranberries-dead-46-article-1.3757938|website=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=15 January 2018|access-date=4 January 2022|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026024249/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/dolores-o-riordan-lead-singer-cranberries-dead-46-article-1.3757938|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Centipede Sisters"
| 2008
| ''[[Roll Play]] 2''
| style="text-align:left;"| Television soundtrack<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6sWOuccGYA|title=Dolores O'Riordan – Centipede Sisters|date=24 September 2008}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Cryopian D"
| 2015
| ''Like a Puppet Show''
| style="text-align:left;"| Vocals and mixed; vinyl-only release<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Like-Puppet-Show-John-Malkovich/dp/B017L0F3NA|title=Like a Puppet Show Double Vinyl|website=Amazon|date=26 November 2015|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731142219/https://www.amazon.com/Like-Puppet-Show-John-Malkovich/dp/B017L0F3NA|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Angela's Song"
| 2017
| ''[[Angela's Christmas]] (Netflix)''
| style="text-align:left;"| Netflix Film Music Performer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80230507|title=Angela's Christmas|date=8 December 2017|publisher=Netflix|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217105252/https://www.netflix.com/title/80230507|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Year
!Role
!Notes
|-
|''[[Saturday Night Live]]!''
|1995
|Herself (musical guest)
|Episode: "[[Saturday Night Live (season 20)|George Clooney / The Cranberries]]"
|-
|''[[Charmed]]''
|1999
|Herself
|Episode: "[[Charmed (season 2)|She's a Man, Baby, a Man!]]"
|-
|''[[Click (2006 film)|Click]]''
|2006
|Herself (cameo)
|performs "Linger" during Ben's wedding
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book|last=Reisfeld|first=Randi|year=1996|title=This is the sound : the best of alternative rock|language=en|location=New York|edition=1st |publisher=Aladdin Paperbacks|publication-date=1996|pages=[https://archive.org/details/thisissoundb00reis/page/18 18–33]|url=https://archive.org/details/thisissoundb00reis|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-689-80670-4}}
* {{cite book|last1=Bianco|first1=David P. |last2=Knight|first2=Judson|year=1998|title=Parents aren't supposed to like it : rock & other pop musicians of today|volume=1|language=en|location=Detroit|edition=1st|editor-last=Bianco|editor-first=David P. |publisher=U X L|publication-date=1998|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780787617325/page/37 37–41]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780787617325|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-7876-1732-5}}
* {{cite book|last1=Rees|first1=Dafydd|last2=Crampton|first2=Luke|year=1999|title=Rock stars encyclopedia|language=en|location=New York|edition=2nd |publisher=DK Pub |pages=[https://archive.org/details/rockstarsencyclo00rees/page/248 248-249]|url=https://archive.org/details/rockstarsencyclo00rees|url-access=registration|isbn=978-0-7894-4613-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Gulla |first=Bob |author-link=Bob Gulla |date=2005 |title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History – The grunge and post-grunge years, 1991–2005|volume=6|location=Connecticut |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|isbn=978-0-313-32981-4}}
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|last1=Stokes|first1=Niall|author-link1=Niall Stokes|last2=Clark|first2=Stuart|author-link2=Stuart Clark (critic)|year=2021|title=Why Can't We?&nbsp;– The Story of The Cranberries and the Band's Iconic Frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan|publisher=[[Hot Press]] Books|location=Ireland|isbn=978-0-9576114-6-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Lucchini|first=Daniele|date=2021|title=Dolores O'Riordan & The Cranberries. Parole di una star riluttante. Testi commentati|location=Rome|publisher=Arcana Edizioni|isbn=9788892770027|language=it-IT}}

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