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ELEANOR SHANLEY

Biography


Brief Biography (Courtesy of the Artist's site, 2007)

Eleanor hails from Keshcarrigan in County Leitrim in the North West of Ireland. She still spends much of her time there. Eleanor grew up listening to music.

Her mothers family were all very musical and childhood was spent learning songs from her extended family. She was learning all kinds of ballads and had a substantial Irish traditional repertoire long before it was hip !


Having finished school she moved to Dublin to and worked in FAS, the state recruitment agency, but continued to be involved in music and drama. Eleanor studied drama with Betty Ann Norton and joined the "Leitrim Wild Roses" Tops of the Town group. She also sang in various sessions, the most common being the sessions in Ned O'Sheas "Merchant" and it was here that Frank Cooney and Ned O'Shea introduced her to De Danann. That changed everything. Dolores Keane had just left the band. Eleanor met Frankie Gavin and Alec Finn and two weeks later was touring Wales, Finland and Sweden. The day job was gone and for the next five ye

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Eleanor Shanley

Irish Roots musician

Eleanor Shanley is an Irish Roots musician, from Keshcarrigan in County Leitrim in the North West of Ireland.

Early life

Shanley was born into a musical family and comes from a line of traditional singers.[1] After finishing school she moved to Dublin. During the day she worked in FAS, the state recruitment agency; in the evenings she studied drama with Betty Ann Norton and joined the "Leitrim Wild Roses" Tops of the Town group. She also sang in various sessions, mainly in Ned O'Sheas "Merchant". It was there that she met De Dannan.[2]

Career

She made her first appearance as a singer with traditional group De Danann in 1990, and sang with them for five years[3] She went on to sing with Ronnie Drew.[4] She had also toured with Christy Moore and Sharon Shannon as a soloist both in Ireland and abroad.

Shanley has recorded with Ronnie Drew, Sharon Shannon, Eddi Reader, Tommy Fleming, Desmond O'Halloran, Dolores Keane, Christie Hennessy and The Dubliners.

Her cover version of t

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