Geraldine Brannigan
Geraldine Brannigan, (born 1954), (sometimes listed as Geraldine Branagan
Career
Together with her band, she was active in the Irish showband scene. As Geraldine & the Brannigans they competed in the Irish preliminary to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. Entitled Fadó Fadó/"Long, Long Ago" they finished in fourth place.
In 1978, as Geraldine & Pickles, Brannigan represented Ireland with the song Say It With Music at the
Brannigan performed her single "Casablanca" (co-written by Martin & Coulter) in an episode of the
An album was released in 1981 (as The GB Band) in which her future husband Phil Coulter as a composer had participated.[1][4]
She also toured South Africa in 1982 with guitarist Tony Cox.
Eurovision
As a solo singer, Brannigan was commissioned in 1975 by the broadcaster
Personal life
In November 1998, Brannigan married her long-time partner Phil Coulter in a low-key ceremony at Wicklow registry office, witnessed by their six children, Danielle, Dominique, Alexandra, Daragh, Ryan and Georgina, and 16 guests.[5][6][7] Coulter had noticed Brannigan in a Guinness TV advert in Dublin and felt that he had to meet her.[6] He later said in an interview on Miriam Meets... on RTÉ Radio 1, that it was love at first sight.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Geraldine Branagan". IrishRock.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- VIAF 120789381
- ^ World Popular Song Festival In Tokyo '78 at Discogs
- ^ "Альбом: Geraldine, GB Band, The - Geraldine" [Album:Geraldine, GB Band, The - Geraldine]. Bodus.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ Anderson, Nicola (19 November 1998). "Performance of a lifetime for Phil and his Geraldine". Irish Independent. Dublin. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b O'Rourke, Frances (16 February 2013). "'He protected me from the minute we met'". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "Phil Coulter to sell the house he loved so well for over €1.2m". Derry Journal. Derry. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "Miriam Meets..... Phil Coulter and Geraldine Brannigan". Sunday with Miriam - RTÉ Radio 1. Dublin. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
External links
- Geraldine Brannigan discography at Discogs