Fiachna Ó Braonáin plays the guitar and sings vocals with the Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 band Hothouse Flowers

Hothouse Flowers

The Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel and rock.-Career:The group first formed in 1985 when Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fiachna Ó Braonáin began performing as street musicians, or buskers, on the streets of Dublin,Ireland as "The...

. Born in Dublin, he received his school education at Scoil Lorcáin

Scoil Lorcáin

Scoil Lorcáin is an all-Irish voluntary primary gaelscoil which is located in Monkstown, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It prides itself in the Irish culture and teaches all subjects except English through the means of the Irish language. The school is financed by resources from the Department...

 and Coláiste Eoin

Coláiste Eoin

Coláiste Eoin is an Irish language Catholic voluntary secondary Gaelscoil for boys, under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust located in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It prides itself in the Irish culture, having successful hurling and football teams, traditional music bands,...

. The Hothouse Flowers were founded as a Dublin street-performance act called the Incomparable Benzini Brothers by Fiachna and his schoolmate Liam Ó Maonlaí

Liam Ó Maonlaí

Liam Ó Maonlaí is an Irish musician best known as a member of the Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin....

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Fiachna appears on a duet with Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...

 on her 2007 release Voila

Voila (album)

-Personnel:*Belinda Carlisle - vocals*Natacha Atlas - additional vocals on "Ma jeunesse fout le camp", "La Vie en rose", "Bonnie et Clyde" and "Des ronds dans l'eau"*Brian Eno - keyboards*Sagat Guirey - Flamenco guitar*Graham Henderson - accordion...

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In September 2007 he released an album with his other band PreNup. Fellow musicians are Cait O'Riordan

Cait O'Riordan

Caitlín O'Riordan is a British musician. She played bass guitar for the British-Irish punk/folk band The Pogues from 1983 to 1986. She later played with Elvis Costello, her husband from 1986 to 2002, as well as several other projects....

 (Ex-Pogues) and Dave Clarke (Hothouse Flowers).

with Hothouse Flowers

• People
  People (Hothouse Flowers album)
  People is the debut album by celtic rock group Hothouse Flowers, released in 1988. This album to date is the biggest selling debut album by an Irish artist in Ireland.-Track listing:#"I'm Sorry" – 3:36#"Don't Go" – 3:48#"Forgiven" – 3:21...
  
  - 1988 - UK
  UK Albums Chart
  The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
  
   #2
• Home
  Home (Hothouse Flowers album)
  Home is the second album by the Irish rock band Hothouse Flowers. Released in 1990 via London Records, it reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and spent 1 week at number 1 on the Australian charts. The band did an extended tour in Australia, and had built up a significant following there, which...
  
  - 1990 - UK #5
• Songs From the Rain - 1993 - UK #7
• Born - 1998
• Live - 1999
• Hothouse Flowers: The Best Of - 2000
• The Vaults: Volume 1 - 2003
• Into Your Heart - 2004
• Hothouse Flowers: The Platinum Collection - 2006

External links

• Fiachna Ó Braonáin's Official Site
• Fiachna on Twitter
• Fiachna Ó Braonáin on IMDb