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Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (/oʊˈrɪərdən/ oh-REER-dən; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who achieved international fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band the Cranberries. She was the main lyricist and co-songwriter of the band, and she also played acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, and piano. O'Riordan became one of the most recognisable voices in alternative rock and was known for her signature yodel and her strong Limerick accent.
O'Riordan was born to a Catholic working-class family in County Limerick, Ireland. She began performing as a soloist in her church choir before leaving secondary school to join the Cranberry Saw Us in 1990. After changing their name to the Cranberries, the band released the number-one album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? in 1993; No Need to Argue (1994) and To the Faithful Departed (1996) were also substantial commercial successes. The Cranberries' hit songs include "Dreams" (1992), "Linger" (1993), "Zombie" (1994), and "Ode to My Family" (1994). The band went on hiatus in 2003. During the hiatus, O'Riordan released two solo studio albums: Are You Listening? (2007) and No Baggage (2009). The Cranberries reunited in 2009, released Roses (2012), and went on a world tour. O'Riordan's other activities included appearing as a judge on RTÉ's The Voice of Ireland (2013–2014) and recording material with the trio D.A.R.K. (2014). The Cranberries' seventh album, Something Else (2017), was the last to be released during her lifetime.
Throughout her life, O'Riordan suffered from depression and the pressure of her own success; she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2015. She died from drowning due to alcohol intoxication in January 2018 at the age of 46. After her death, the Cranberries released the Grammy-nominated album In the End (2019), which featured her final vocal recordings; the group then disbanded. With the Cranberries, O'Riordan sold more than 40 million albums worldwide during her lifetime; as of 2019, that total had increased to almost 50 million. She was honoured with the Ivor Novello International Achievement award. In the months following her death, O'Riordan was named the top female artist of all time on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born on 6 September 1971 in Ballybricken in County Limerick, Ireland. She was the youngest of nine children, two of whom died in infancy. Her father, Terence Patrick "Terry" O'Riordan (1937–2011), worked as a farm labourer until a motorbike accident in 1968 left him with brain damage. Her mother, Eileen (née Greensmith), was a school caterer. O'Riordan was raised in a devout Roman Catholic family. She was named by her mother in honor of the Lady of the Seven Dolours.
O'Riordan was singing before she could talk. When she was five years of age, the principal of her school took her into the sixth class, sat her on the teacher's desk, and told her to sing for the twelve-year-old students in the class. She started with traditional Irish music and playing the Irish tin whistle when she went to school.
When O'Riordan was seven years old, her sister accidentally burned the family house down. The family's rural community was able to raise funds to purchase a new homestead for them. O'Riordan's formative experiences were as a liturgical soloist in the choir in a local church and as a singer at school. From the age of eight, she was sexually abused for four years by a person whom she trusted. At the age of ten, she sang in local pubs where her uncles took her.
O'Riordan attended Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ school in Limerick. School principal Aedín Ní Bhriain said that on O'Riordan's first day at Laurel Hill Coláiste, at the age of 12, she stood up in front of classmates and announced: "My name is Dolores O'Riordan and I'm going to be a rock star". She then stood on her chair and sang "Tra la la la la, Triangle". According to her schoolfriend Catherina Egan she was "boisterous, wild, but lovely". She regularly played the spoons and the bodhrán. O'Riordan began piano lessons at age 12. She later achieved Grade 4 in Practical and Grade 8 in Theory. She sat every day at the piano in the main hall to play, then her classmates sat around her after having lunch to listen to her sing. When she was 17, she learned to play the guitar and performed a solo gig at her school.
O'Riordan described having a strict daily routine through her teenage years that consisted of going to piano lessons, going to church and doing homework. O'Riordan later admitted that she had neglected her school lessons in favour of writing music and songs, although at school she became head girl. Former principal Anne Mordan described O'Riordan as a "delightful, unsophisticated, sensitive student, who enjoyed her time with us" and as "a bright, kind, good-humoured girl, who loved her family, her friends, and had an easy relationship with all her teachers, both lay and FCJ sisters". During her six years at Laurel Hill Coláiste, O'Riordan won the Slógadh song contest almost every year; in total, she won 20 Slógadh medals.
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Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (/oʊˈrɪərdən/ oh-REER-dən; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who achieved international fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band the Cranberries. She was the main lyricist and co-songwriter of the band, and she also played acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, and piano. O'Riordan became one of the most recognisable voices in alternative rock and was known for her signature yodel and her strong Limerick accent.
O'Riordan was born to a Catholic working-class family in County Limerick, Ireland. She began performing as a soloist in her church choir before leaving secondary school to join the Cranberry Saw Us in 1990. After changing their name to the Cranberries, the band released the number-one album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? in 1993; No Need to Argue (1994) and To the Faithful Departed (1996) were also substantial commercial successes. The Cranberries' hit songs include "Dreams" (1992), "Linger" (1993), "Zombie" (1994), and "Ode to My Family" (1994). The band went on hiatus in 2003. During the hiatus, O'Riordan released two solo studio albums: Are You Listening? (2007) and No Baggage (2009). The Cranberries reunited in 2009, released Roses (2012), and went on a world tour. O'Riordan's other activities included appearing as a judge on RTÉ's The Voice of Ireland (2013–2014) and recording material with the trio D.A.R.K. (2014). The Cranberries' seventh album, Something Else (2017), was the last to be released during her lifetime.
Throughout her life, O'Riordan suffered from depression and the pressure of her own success; she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2015. She died from drowning due to alcohol intoxication in January 2018 at the age of 46. After her death, the Cranberries released the Grammy-nominated album In the End (2019), which featured her final vocal recordings; the group then disbanded. With the Cranberries, O'Riordan sold more than 40 million albums worldwide during her lifetime; as of 2019, that total had increased to almost 50 million. She was honoured with the Ivor Novello International Achievement award. In the months following her death, O'Riordan was named the top female artist of all time on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born on 6 September 1971 in Ballybricken in County Limerick, Ireland. She was the youngest of nine children, two of whom died in infancy. Her father, Terence Patrick "Terry" O'Riordan (1937–2011), worked as a farm labourer until a motorbike accident in 1968 left him with brain damage. Her mother, Eileen (née Greensmith), was a school caterer. O'Riordan was raised in a devout Roman Catholic family. She was named by her mother in honor of the Lady of the Seven Dolours.
O'Riordan was singing before she could talk. When she was five years of age, the principal of her school took her into the sixth class, sat her on the teacher's desk, and told her to sing for the twelve-year-old students in the class. She started with traditional Irish music and playing the Irish tin whistle when she went to school.
When O'Riordan was seven years old, her sister accidentally burned the family house down. The family's rural community was able to raise funds to purchase a new homestead for them. O'Riordan's formative experiences were as a liturgical soloist in the choir in a local church and as a singer at school. From the age of eight, she was sexually abused for four years by a person whom she trusted. At the age of ten, she sang in local pubs where her uncles took her.
O'Riordan attended Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ school in Limerick. School principal Aedín Ní Bhriain said that on O'Riordan's first day at Laurel Hill Coláiste, at the age of 12, she stood up in front of classmates and announced: "My name is Dolores O'Riordan and I'm going to be a rock star". She then stood on her chair and sang "Tra la la la la, Triangle". According to her schoolfriend Catherina Egan she was "boisterous, wild, but lovely". She regularly played the spoons and the bodhrán. O'Riordan began piano lessons at age 12. She later achieved Grade 4 in Practical and Grade 8 in Theory. She sat every day at the piano in the main hall to play, then her classmates sat around her after having lunch to listen to her sing. When she was 17, she learned to play the guitar and performed a solo gig at her school.
O'Riordan described having a strict daily routine through her teenage years that consisted of going to piano lessons, going to church and doing homework. O'Riordan later admitted that she had neglected her school lessons in favour of writing music and songs, although at school she became head girl. Former principal Anne Mordan described O'Riordan as a "delightful, unsophisticated, sensitive student, who enjoyed her time with us" and as "a bright, kind, good-humoured girl, who loved her family, her friends, and had an easy relationship with all her teachers, both lay and FCJ sisters". During her six years at Laurel Hill Coláiste, O'Riordan won the Slógadh song contest almost every year; in total, she won 20 Slógadh medals.
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