{"id":349514,"date":"2026-03-16T19:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/349514\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:59:09","slug":"dolores-keane-distinctive-irish-folk-singer-dies-aged-72-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/349514\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores Keane, \u2018distinctive\u2019 Irish folk singer, dies aged 72 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Traditional Irish folk singer Dolores Keane has died aged 72.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The musician, a founder member of De Dannan who went on to have a solo career, died peacefully at her home in Co Galway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Among her best-known recordings were her 1988 version of Dougie MacLean\u2019s Caledonia, which featured on the compilation album A Woman\u2019s Heart with other leading female musicians, as well as Lion in a Cage and My Love is in America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Speaking on RT\u00c9\u2019s Drivetime, fiddle player Frankie Gavin said her death was \u201ca huge loss\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Dolores Keane pictured in 1993. Photograph: Independent News and Media\/Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/73HK7AKVBBC7PN26Z5Q7J34Q4Y.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"1245\"\/>Dolores Keane pictured in 1993. Photograph: Independent News and Media\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cHer personality just melted the hearts of everyone in Ireland. She was a wonderful personality. The kindest individual you could ever meet,\u201d he said, adding that she was an \u201cextraordinary singer\u201d who leaves behind \u201ca rich legacy\u201d for any young person looking to follow along in the tradition of Irish folk singing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cHer voice was so distinctive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cShe was a big hearted and super generous lady. It\u2019s just heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traditional Irish folk singer Dolores Keane has died aged 72. The musician, a founder member of De Dannan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[159100,159101,159102,42,159103,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-349514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-293-527","tag-arc0004705","tag-fin_293-527c","tag-headlines","tag-huty21826","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}