Michelle Lally
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Biography
LimerickLimerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...
born Lally is a singer from Ireland. She has covered several renditions of contemporary easy listening Irish traditional songs.
Musical career
Lally is the lead vocalist of De DannanDe Dannan
De Dannan was an Irish folk music group. They were formed by Frankie Gavin , Alec Finn , Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh and Charlie Piggott as a result of sessions in Hughes's Pub in An Spidéal, County Galway, subsequently inviting Dolores Keane to join the band...
fiddler Frankie's group, Hibernian Rhapsody (which originally went by the name De Dannan
De Dannan
De Dannan was an Irish folk music group. They were formed by Frankie Gavin , Alec Finn , Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh and Charlie Piggott as a result of sessions in Hughes's Pub in An Spidéal, County Galway, subsequently inviting Dolores Keane to join the band...
as well). They have performed with The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Liverpool.
Lally's debut album If This Be Love features songs by some of Ireland's leading songwriters such as Jimmy MacCarthy, Mick Hanly, and John Spillane. She has been described by Jimmy MacCarthy as "A voice that lingers in the mind's ear, when the enchanted listening is done," and Mick Hanly has said her voice is truly beautiful and beautifully true.
Discography
- If This Be Love TARA 4019
- The Full Score - Frankie Gavin & Hibernia Rhapsody TARA 4020