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Irish folk singer Dolores Keane dies aged 72
Irish folk singer Dolores Keane has died. She was 72.
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Irish folk singer Dolores Keane dies aged 72
Irish folk singer Dolores Keane has died. She was 72.
Irish folk singer Dolores Keane dies aged 72
The popular musician died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Caherlistrane, Co Galway overnight.
A member of the renowned Keane family, she first came to prominence performing with her aunts Rita and Sarah.
She performed with De Dannan in the mid-1970s and recorded several albums with then husband John Faulkner, before embarking on a solo career.
She enjoyed national and international success.
Her 1988 recording of Dougie MacLean's Caledonia was among her most well-known recordings, but her repertoire spanned the decades, leading the late Nanci Griffith to describe her as someone who had "a sacred voice".
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