Singer Dolores Keane has died at the age of 72.<\/p>\n
The Caledonia singer passed away at home in Galway in the early hours of Monday morning.<\/p>\n
She was a founder member of De Dannan, and also went on to have a solo career.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
T\u00e1naiste Simon Harris has described her as one of Ireland’s greatest singer-songwriters, saying her music was synonymous in every kitchen, pub and dance hall the length and breadth of the country.<\/p>\n
“I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of Ireland\u2019s greatest singer-songwriters, Dolores Keane. Dolores possessed a voice that could reach deep into your soul.<\/p>\n
“A voice that could carry a sense of joy, but also sorrow in each and every note. Her music was synonymous in every kitchen, pub and dance hall the length and breadth of the country.<\/p>\n
“Dolores was also so popular, simply for her unrivalled sense of wit and kindness that touched the lives of so many.<\/p>\n
“Above all, Dolores Keane summed up everything good about our proud Irish musical tradition. I know she will be particularly missed in her home County of Galway, where many a ceil\u00ed she performed since a young age.<\/p>\n
“My deepest condolences to her family, friends and huge circle of fans. Ar dheis D\u00e9 go raibh a hanam.<\/p>\n
Arts Minister Patrick O\u2019Donovan said: \u201cI am deeply saddened by the passing of Dolores Keane, one of Ireland\u2019s most soulful and iconic voices.<\/p>\n
\u201cA true pioneer of the folk tradition, her unique gift brought the beauty of Irish song to the global stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer music and her spirit will live on in the hearts of all who were moved by her incredible talent. May she rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer Dolores Keane has died at the age of 72. The Caledonia singer passed away at home in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-349603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","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\/349603","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=349603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}