Cian Ducrot shares how music and the love of his mother got him through a turbulent childhood and set him on the path to winning a Grammy Award

Grammy award-winning Cian Ducrot is bringing his Dream Ship tour to Ireland in July. Photo: Ruth Medjber

Grammy award-winning Cian Ducrot is bringing his Dream Ship tour to Ireland in July. Photo: Ruth Medjber

Five years ago, The Mind Map website asked Cork singer songwriter Cian Ducrot to complete this sentence: “Great mental health for me means…” “Feeling all the emotions of the human condition,” he answered. “There’s too much focus on sadness and it being bad, but I believe all emotions are the key to the human condition.”

From the lows of a turbulent childhood to the highs of selling out arenas and winning a Grammy Award for songwriting, Ducrot has certainly experienced a gamut of emotions in his 28 years.