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Shonagh Daly

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Shonagh Daly (born 1980 in Castletroy, Co. Limerick) is an Irish singer and musical performer.

Performances

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'Discovered' by Andrew Lloyd Webber,[1] Shonagh sang at the inaugural gala for George W. Bush on 18 January 2001 which was also attended by Tony Blair[2][3]

She went on to perform at the first Ground Zero memorial concert (at the request of Rudolph Giuliani).[4]

Shonagh sang in November 2003 in London where her audience included the Queen, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, Laura Bush, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.[5]

Following an appearance on The Late Late Show in 2003 in a comedy sketch as Michael Jackson[6] she has since gone on to record an album and appear in a number of West End theatre productions including Les Misérables and The Beautiful Game in both London and Cork.

She also appeared at Andrew Lloyd Webber's Birthday in the Park and sang Buenos Aires from the musical Evita.

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ Shonagh's Smiling Through in Les Miserables Role from The Irish Post
  2. ^ Irish singer charms US President Bush from The Irish Post
  3. ^ The Beautiful Game facts and figures from ReallyUseful.com Archived 9 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Andrew Lloyd Webber's production company
  4. ^ Music and prayer at Ground Zero from BBC News Monday, 29 October 2001
  5. ^ Teen sings for Bush, Blair and the queen[permanent dead link] from United Press International, 21 November 2003
  6. ^ RTÉ Album Review for Shonagh Daly, includes reference to Late Late Show performance
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